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Qinxuan Pan, 29, was wanted for the Feb. 6 murder of Kevin Jiang.
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MIT graduate wanted for Yale murder is arrested
Qinxuan Pan, 29, was wanted for the Feb. 6 murder of Kevin Jiang.New Haven Police Department
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student wanted in the killing of a Yale student has been arrested by U.S. Marshals in Alabama after evading authorities for three months.
Qinxuan Pan, 29, was arrested in Montgomery Friday morning in connection to the death of 26-year-old Yale graduate student Kevin Jiang in New Haven, Connecticut, on Feb. 6.
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Qinxuan Pan was found in the 400 block of Fairview Avenue in Montgomery and was taken into custody as a fugitive Friday morning, the marshals said. Two federal agencies, the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force and the U.S. Marshals Middle District of Alabama, worked with the local police in Montgomery on the arrest.
It’s a moment New Haven’s Daniel Reyes has worked hard for. Surrounded by family, the Achievement First Amistad High School senior saw online he’s now accepted into Yale University. “I felt a bunch of pressure on me,” said Reyes, who still says it’s hard to believe after a year that was unbelievable. He says it was a support team.
Manhunt for suspect in Yale studentâs murder ends with Montgomery, Ala. arrest The international manhunt for Qinxuan Pan, wanted for the February homicide of a Yale student, ended with his arrest in Montgomery, Alabama, on May 14, 2021. (Source: Montgomery County Detention Facility) By WSFA Staff | May 14, 2021 at 12:24 PM CDT - Updated May 14 at 3:34 PM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The international manhunt for an MIT graduate student accused of killing a Yale University student has come to an end with his arrest in central Alabama.
The U.S. Marshal Service confirmed Friday the arrest of Qinxuan Pan in Montgomery, some 1,200 miles from Connecticut where he was being sought for the murder of 26-year-old Kevin Jiang.