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I'm making sure our recordings are on. Just give me one second.

Good to go?

Okay.

Okay, start at any point in time.

Wherever you feel comfortable,

and then we're gonna move forward. Okay?

Take a deep breath, Jennifer.

And tell me about what happened tonight.

- 911. Do you require... - Help me, please.

- Ma'am. - I don't know where my parents are!

Ma'am, calm down. What's going on?

People broke into our house and stole all this money.

Okay, ma'am...

My parents are yelling downstairs. Please send help!

Then I heard two pops.

My mom screamed.

I yelled out for her.

Then a couple more pops.

Take your time.

Take your time.

- Where are you? - Avenue.

Avenue Road? Can you spell the street name for me, please?

Dad?

- I'm just calling 911! - Ma'am. Hello?

I'm okay! I'm all right!

This case was something we'd never seen before.

It was a situation that I could never have imagined.

All I could hear was my dad screaming on the street.

I was yelling to him, but he wouldn't come in.

I don't know if he didn't hear me. He wouldn't come in.

This quickly developed into something that nobody ever saw coming.

You know what? Just stay there. Okay?

Jennifer?

Jennifer?

Give it the best you can, given what you're dealing with.

Remember, we're here to help you.

You okay?

You know what? You can't worry about this.

I mean, we learn.

But you did what you had to do, right?

That's the bottom line.

It's late. I'm in bed.

I've just fallen asleep. Phone rings.

I'm thinking, "You gotta be kidding me."

I mean, Markham's a very family-oriented area.

Very low crime rate.

I mean, less than you would see around the rest of Canada.

But now they're telling me, "We've had a double shooting."

"It's a very violent scene."

"And you're gonna be the primary in the case."

The call came in about 10:30 p.m. tonight.

Uh, it came from a resident of the house.

It is a confirmed homicide. We have one person deceased.

We have a second victim that's been shot as well,

uh, and then hospitalized.

Um, other than that, I don't have a lot.

Our first task is to identify what has actually happened in the house.

This is a violent crime that has taken place.

We have one deceased female, Bich Pan,

and we have another male, Hann Pan,

who's suffered injuries to his head.

The Pan family had immigrated from Vietnam years ago,

and were simply described as hardworking people

with nothing obvious about them

that explains why they'd be targets for such a horrendous attack.

We start receiving reports back from the hospital.

Hann has been transported there by air ambulance.

He's actually sustained a gunshot wound to the eye,

that traveled into his skull and down into his jaw and neck.

And he's been put into an induced coma.

We are worried Hann Pan is not going to survive his injuries

and that we're only gonna have one witness that we can interview.

And that is his daughter, Jennifer Pan.

Thank you.

Please be silent.

Just close that door for me.

Okay, Jennifer. My name is, uh, Randy Slade.

I introduced myself to you at the hospital,

I'm from the York Regional Police homicide unit.

As the lead investigator, this does rest on my shoulders.

It can't be a shoddy job, it can't be a surface check.

It has to be a full analysis of the Pans' life, really.

I mean, what may have precipitated this?

Did they have enemies? Uh, who knows?

So, I want you to sort of take yourself back to earlier on today.

Tell me what happens from there.

So, my mom had prepared dinner

'cause she was heading to go dancing that night.

Line dancing.

She does it every Monday.

So, her and I sat down for dinner first,

and then I... upstairs in my room,

called it a night.

Put the TV on, talking on the phone with a friend of mine.

And then, shortly after,

my mom came home, and I believe that was around 9:30 or so?

Suddenly, I just heard my mom calling for my dad to come down.

And that's when I peered out of my bedroom door.

A guy was there, and he came at me and

tied my arms back and said, "I have a gun behind your back."

"Do what I say. If you do what I say, then no one will get hurt."

"Where's the money? Show me where your money is."

Then three men, they dragged me down the stairs

and asked my mom where her purse was.

My mom kept trying to get up, and they kept telling her, "Sit down."

And so, I didn't want her to get hurt. I told her, "Mom, sit down."

They tried to find her wallet,

but she... her English isn't good, so she kept saying, "Purse."

They kept pushing her down onto the chair.

Okay.

Take your time.

Take your time.

All this is very important, so take your time.

At that point, they had taken me and tied me to the top of the banister.

I could still move, but... I was afraid to because the one guy had that gun...

Next thing I know, I hear my parents going down the stairs,

and my mom was asking him for me to come with them.

And he wouldn't let me come with them.

And... after they said... The last things I heard them say was...

"You lied. You lied to us."

"You lied to us."

And then I heard two pops.

My mom screamed.

I yelled out for her.

Then a couple more pops.

Take your time.

Take your time.

Trying to get someone to talk about a traumatic event is very difficult.

She may want to repress the memory.

It's critical that, first and foremost, to make sure she's fine.

But, as well, I want her to continue speaking to our investigators.

And just... take a minute.

I am the point of contact for the victims.

If they're having a difficult time, at any point in time,

you're always on call for them.

If they're struggling with anything,

you're that person they reach out to.

But at the same time, it is so traumatic.

I could not imagine experiencing what Jennifer is going through.

So, in my mind, I'm thinking, "Just keep it slow and steady."

You know? "Just monitor her statement."

"Keep her talking about what had happened."

Okay, so let's back up again.

Other than your parents, can you hear other voices down there?

I think I heard my mom say or moan or something,

and then they did one more pop before they left.

And then one of the guys said,

"We have to go now. It's been too long."

And then they ran out the door. And I think...

I'm watching Jennifer, and I feel for her.

I mean, she's been tied up and separated completely from her parents.

Help me, please.

Ma'am, calm down. What's going on?

They had guns, and they were holding my parents at gunpoint.

Can you lock your door?

I can't. I'm tied. My hands are tied.

She is unable to go and help them, to be of any assistance to them.

I know this is tough, but you know the importance of this statement.

Tell me about the guy who tied you up.

Can you describe his race to me?

Yes, he was Black, with dreadlocks.

Okay, and number two guy?

He had a hoodie, but I could tell that he was darker than

the first guy.

So, he's a male Black as well?

- But thinner build. - But thinner build.

And then another one with a Jamaican accent.

Okay.

Did you ever hear how they got into the house?

- No. - Doorbell ring?

- No. - Kicked door?

Nothing like that?

I don't remember how they got in. I didn't get to see anything.

Okay.

Um...

What about your parents?

What, in your opinion, would cause people to target them?

Are they known to keep large quantities of cash in their house?

Do they have... a large quantity of cash in their bank?

I wouldn't say that it was large enough to raise flags.

It's enough to pay bills.

Okay.

My mom's very diligent on making sure... Just enough.

Just enough.

Okay, and what about your dad?

What type of car does he drive?

He drives a Mercedes, and he loves that baby.

Is that right?

So, your mom drives a Lexus, your dad drives a Mercedes.

These are fairly expensive cars.

They're not cheap.

Here's a family that came from Vietnam to Canada.

They worked hard, had a modest lifestyle.

Bich was a supervisor at a car part company,

where Hann was employed as a machinist.

Their home was, albeit nice, it wasn't luxurious.

But it was paid off.

Hann Pan, what's his lifestyle about?

I mean, is he involved in some sort of nefarious business deals?

Was this, you know, a hit with regard to gambling debts

or weapons or drugs?

Or a dispute with a neighbor?

Something that has triggered him to become a victim.

They said to my father, "You lied to us. You lied to us."

"You just had to cooperate."

And then they shot him.

I'm looking at a room that's ransacked.

It's typically what a room would look like.

Some bloody clothing.

Pajamas.

The area where Bich was soaking her feet after line dancing.

But there's also stuff that ought to have been taken,

some valuables that weren't touched.

There's a safe and a very expensive camera in the closet.

There's a wallet with 20-dollar bills

that certainly would've been taken if it was cash-related.

I mean, by all accounts, it sounds like

the Pan family were a fairly normal family. Um...

But outward appearances are one thing,

what actually happens inside the house or the goings-on

are something completely different, right?

Is there anything else you can think of that might help us right now,

in this investigation?

Not off the top of my head.

Okay. So, the recorder's being shut off.

It is now 4:30 in the morning. We're done.

- Can I use the washroom? - Of course you can.

Once the interview was over, I take Jennifer outside

and we walk out rather silently.

We don't really say too much to each other.

And I'm thinking to myself, "Wow, your mom has been murdered,

and your dad is in the hospital in a coma."

How do you recover from something like this?

A woman is dead, and her husband injured after a home invasion in Markham.

Police tell us there was a knock at the door at this couple's home,

then three gunmen burst inside.

Why the Pan household?

Why so violent?

Questions detectives say they don't have answers for yet.

It's now 8:00 in the morning,

and I'm giving a full briefing to homicide uniform investigators.

We have a violent crime scene, so there's really no time to wait.

There's nothing normal about murder.

But this one is particularly unnerving.

I immediately start thinking about my own family,

and about how things can change, um, in a moment.

And change forever.

The first assignment I'm tasked with is conducting

the large-scale canvass of the area in and around where the Pans live.

We're looking for eyewitness information

or any other pieces of evidence that might become relevant and important.

If you have any information, useful or not,

if you could just please call York Regional Police

or call your local police service or call Crimestoppers.

It might be that one tip, that one piece of information

that gets three very violent individuals off our streets.

We don't get a lot of homicides in Markham.

I mean, it's a very safe area.

Very diverse cultural background.

There's people from the Caribbean, from Asia, Southeast Asia.

It's just a very quiet neighborhood.

When it comes to something like this happening...

it's like a grenade going off.

I couldn't understand why Bich was killed.

I was very emotional. I could not believe this had happened.

There were times that I came to her house to hang out

and often eat dinner with them.

They were very hospitable.

Very generous people...

who loved their friends.

Hann works five days a week and some overtime.

He certainly isn't involved in the Mafia or gambling or drinking.

He's just a humble, down-to-earth man.

They were just really quiet people. They didn't bug anyone.

Yeah, it's really sad.

The randomness really scares me. It's, uh...

If there was a motivation or if there's reason,

then we can all say, "Oh, it's... They had the reason why."

I promise you we'll leave no stone unturned in our efforts

to identify and to bring to justice

the suspects who brutally murdered Bich Ha Pan

and terrorized her husband and daughter last night.

Mr. Pan remains in serious condition.

Thankfully, the daughter was not physically injured in this ordeal.

We are appealing to anyone that may have information,

might know who the suspects are, to please come forward.

The canvass has been going on for about six hours.

At first, we're not getting anything helpful.

But then we finally get some information.

And learn about this person that's associated to the Pan residence.

His name is Danny Wong.

He is a drug dealer.

And he's recently been in a relationship with Jennifer Pan.

An ex-boyfriend with some shady dealings is a significant detail.

She should've provided information about that.

Now we're thinking, this Danny Wong...

He may be the reason why this family was targeted.

Is it something to do with drug dealing?

Okay? I'll go through it. Come right out.

Okay.

Okay. Let me go through the form. The radio recording's on.

I'll read through this form with you. This is a sworn video statement form.

"You understand the criminal consequences of making a false statement?"

- Yes. - So, just take your name and say...

- My name is Daniel Wong... - Just speak up a little louder.

My name is Daniel Wong, and I give consent that this is being taped.

Okay. Good.

The night this happened, what were you doing?

- I have to ask... - I was at home sleeping.

At home. What time did you get home?

Um...

It was Monday.

Monday, I got home at about nine...

Nine to 10:30, somewhere around that time.

You've been in trouble with the police for drugs?

I've been in trouble with possession and trafficking,

but, um, I stopped.

Like, as soon as I got in trouble, I didn't really do anything else.

Uh, okay. So, tell me about your relationship with Jen...

- I'm actually her ex-boyfriend. - Oh, okay.

Yeah, we had a relationship near the end of high school.

Okay.

And we sort of continued it until about, uh, two years ago.

- Okay. - So, then we just... couldn't really...

We actually... We didn't...

We were planning to stay together,

but... there was a big issue with her parents... sort of thing.

- What was that? - Her parents were very strict.

They drove her to the path where there's no time for a relationship.

- Um... - Was there other reasons?

Um, probably because I didn't make enough money.

I was working at Boston Pizza.

And they didn't approve of that.

We've been together for seven years, and I haven't formally sat down

and ate dinner with them, anything like that.

Okay. So...

And then she wanted to continue the relationship,

and I told her,

"Well, you know,

your parents don't want us to be together."

"And there's nothing we can do about it."

And we just... I just moved on.

Okay. And do you have a girlfriend?

- Sorry? - New girlfriend?

- Currently? I'm seeing someone. - Okay. What's her name?

- Christine. Yeah. - Christine. Okay.

- But you and Jen still talk regularly. - She tries to call me.

Once in a while, I'll call her, just to see how she's doing

because we were actually both getting harassed by private phone calls.

- Who? You and Jen? - Yeah, me and Jen.

Okay. And you've received those over the last...

Like... up to, actually, two days ago.

Two, three days ago.

They just call, and then I'd answer,

and it'd go quiet for about ten seconds, and then they'll hang up.

And it would happen over and over,

and it got ridiculous.

It was like 100 times. Up to 100 times.

Then it went from hang-ups to...

- Text messages. - Text messages saying what?

Saying, "We're watching you."

And Jen was getting crank calls too?

Yes.

She would have come to visit me at work, bring me lunch, sit, talk to me.

We were friends, right?

And... they'd often say, "What is she doing here?"

- "We told her to stay away." - Right.

The last few that I received was, "Bang, bang, bang."

- So that's important. Right? - Yeah.

- It was a message? - Yeah, a text message.

- Oh, a text... - "Ha, ha. Bang, bang."

"Ha, ha, ha." Some pretty messed up...

- Yeah, pretty messed up. - Yeah.

Okay.

It seems Danny Wong's been the subject of hundreds of crank calls

over the last few months, as well as Jennifer.

This unknown source has sent, "Bang, bang, bang."

And then a week later,

Jennifer's parents are then shot in the house.

So, do you feel that what happened the other night

has something to do with you?

Right? Because it's...

I'm more than 95 to 99% sure that has nothing to do with my drugs.

That's a bold statement.

- Yeah. I'm pretty sure... - How can you say that?

Because for marijuana, no one's gonna shoot you for a gram.

Or even a piece of it.

Like, that's it. Like...

- Let me just... I'll leave for a second. - Yeah.

If you can think of anything, go over the story.

- Make sure you get dates and times. - Yeah.

- I'll ask you again, okay? - Okay.

I'm gonna go out for a minute to wrap my head around it too.

Something's not right about this interview.

I mean, there's more questions than there are answers.

Is Danny Wong the target?

Or is it Jennifer?

We now need to learn everything we can about Jennifer Pan.

Who she hangs out with, what are her circle of friends doing?

Is there something in her background

that would shine light on why this incident took place?

I met Jennifer when I was around 13 years old.

We went on a lot of school trips together,

and sometimes we'd go skating or catch a movie with a group of friends.

Um...

She was great to talk to.

Jennifer, you know, was bubbly, happy, confident, and very genuine.

She talked about Daniel every now and then.

They seemed happy, um, at first,

but there was a lot of drama in the relationship as well.

Somebody's always high and low.

Someone's always heartbroken, breaking up, getting back together.

To be honest, I don't think that Daniel was the best boyfriend.

I remember when Jennifer had been working

for the entire summer to scrounge up some money.

And she said she spent it all on a paintball gun for him.

I couldn't even fathom

spending a couple of thousand dollars on one piece of equipment.

But she said she felt like she had no one better to spend it on.

Including herself.

York Regional Police are still searching for clues

in Monday's violent home invasion that claimed the life of a Markham woman.

At this point, investigators are not ruling out any scenario,

including the possibility the men were confused

and broke into the wrong home.

John Vennavally-Rao, CTV News. Markham, Ontario.

So, at this point, we're fielding calls from neighbors and the community

and they are in somewhat of a panic.

They are worried that they may be victims.

Sorry. One question at a time.

They want answers.

We're scratching our heads as to why they would shoot this innocent woman

and try to kill her husband, and steal a small amount of cash.

It just makes no sense.

York Regional Police are appealing for witnesses tonight.

So far, there's only one clue to work with.

That clue comes in the form of some grainy security images.

Images that police managed to seize from a neighbor's security system.

There are also images

that police hope might help identify the three armed suspects,

who literally terrorized a family here.

This is a big moment in this case.

The video is from across the street and points directly at the Pan residence.

As luck would have it,

we could just about see three suspects coming into the house.

And then, around 30 minutes later, we could see them exiting.

One exited very quickly,

then a short time later, two run out of the house as well.

All three suspects entered through the front door.

But what's critical to me is...

...there was no forced entry.

Someone invaded your home, ma'am?

Someone broke in, and I heard shots, like pops.

I don't know what's happening. I'm tied upstairs.

They just broke in and tied you up?

Yes.

Did you ever hear how they got into the house?

- Doorbell ring? - No.

- Kicked door? Nothing like that? - No.

Okay.

Is there anything else you can think of that might help us?

I now need to get Jennifer in for another interview,

and ask her some of the more difficult questions.

I want to know who she's involved with.

What's going on with Danny Wong.

Not off the top of my head.

I want to know everything about her.

Good to go?

Okay, Jennifer. We're now being recorded.

This is not new to you. We've done this once before.

There's no one else in the room other than you and I,

and monitoring this statement again is Deborah Gladding.

I can see Jennifer is struggling

with having to come back in for a second interview.

But we hope this is a safe room for her to speak to us one-on-one and candidly.

And that it gives her an opportunity to tell us what is actually going on.

I'm just a little nervous.

Don't be nervous. Okay?

I know that's tough to say.

The truth is always the best way to relieve anxiety. Okay?

Tell me about your relationship with you and Daniel.

It... was a really tough one.

Um...

- We went to high school together. - Yeah.

It lasted about six years, but I wasn't supposed to have a boyfriend.

You were dating him essentially

without your parents' knowledge and consent.

Yes.

Did you ever figure if Daniel stopped being a drug dealer...

Couldn't that have drawn bad people to your house

looking for large sums of money?

- I... - Which is an obvious question.

I don't...

I've asked him what he's up to, and he says running. Like, doing runs.

But I don't ask him into detail.

I just went blind ear 'cause I'm not with him.

Have you been experiencing anything,

what you'd call in the last little while, any type of threatening behavior?

- Yeah. - Tell me about that.

Um... His... I don't...

Well, he says it's just a friend, but everyone says it's his girlfriend.

Um, she has messaged me,

telling me to back off, to leave Daniel alone.

What did you equate it to?

Just jealousy.

You still are equating it to the girlfriend.

Well, I don't want to...

I don't know 100%, so I don't want to point fingers.

If you're not 100%, and you don't want to point fingers,

why do you believe it's her?

Because she has personally messaged me on Facebook, telling me that I'm stupid.

And sometimes, when I text him,

um, she texts me using his phone,

telling me that he's with his girlfriend Christine

and to leave him alone.

Now, why didn't you tell me about that last...

When I spoke to you the other day?

I... Everything had just happened. I didn't think too much of it at the time.

Jennifer is now suggesting Danny Wong's new girlfriend

is somehow involved in this.

That perhaps the harassing phone calls to him and Jennifer

are being generated from Christine's end.

To get her out of the picture.

Is this a possible love triangle that's going on?

And if that was the case, how did the parents become the victims?

Did they find out you were dating Daniel?

- Eventually. - And how did that go over?

Not well.

Explain to me what "not well" means.

Like, who was against you having a boyfriend?

My father.

Your father?

Okay, tell me about that.

Well, he gave me an ultimatum.

To either choose Daniel or to choose them.

And I chose to stay home with my family.

But... even though he had moved on...

I... We still wanted to be friends.

Okay. So then what happens?

Well, at first, I continued phone contact with Daniel,

but I got caught.

And...

That's when they took away my cell phone.

And they said that they'd drive me places.

And so, pretty much, I'd wake up, I'd do my piano studies,

um, I may go see my teacher for lessons,

but that's pretty much it.

Jennifer was coming to my home for weekly classes,

and it was her father who actually drops her off outside my door.

As a young pianist, she was exceptional.

She was winning all the competitions, year after year.

She was the best of the best.

I mean, the dedication that her parents put behind her,

the thousands of dollars a year spent on all the competitions

was just incredible.

Then one day, at one of the lessons,

she just started to sob.

She started to break down.

And I had never seen that from her.

And she says, "Fernando, my parents, they don't trust me."

"Where I go, they follow me around."

"They don't want me to go out with my boyfriend."

"He's not acceptable to my father."

"He won't allow me to waste time."

"To go out with a cook."

"They are just driving me... crazy."

What kind of judgment did your father pass on him?

He said that, you know, he wasn't a good match for me.

He wasn't going anywhere in life, and... um...

he wouldn't be able to support a family.

Okay, tell me more about him. Tell me what you're feeling right now.

He helped me through a difficult time in high school,

when I was younger.

I have asthma,

and when we went over to Europe, it acted up over there,

and he took care of me there.

You still have feelings for Daniel, don't you?

Yes.

So, how was your home life?

You finish high school, then what do you do?

I was...

I wanted to do... kinesiology,

but my father was very adamant on doing something in the medical field

that was a little bit more successful,

I guess you can say.

He knew I didn't have the stomach for being a doctor,

so he wanted me to become a pharmacist.

Bich Ha said that their daughter had studied to be a pharmacist,

but after graduating, she still couldn't find a job.

She worried and talked a lot about it.

All she wanted was for her to be successful.

And not be looked down on by society.

When you look back at our high school,

everybody was expected to be a doctor, a dentist, a lawyer, or an engineer.

There's no other choice. Maybe an accountant.

I mean, we had a lot of immigrant families,

people from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, all over the place.

And we all had the same kind of pressure from our parents.

That's hard enough already, but for Jennifer...

she was not anywhere close to being top of class.

Not even in earshot.

This was a school where getting straight A's is a standard.

Did you go to school for pharmacy? Did you get into university for pharmacy?

- No? - No.

And how is this going with your dad? How is the...

He didn't know. I lied to him.

- What did you lie to him or tell him? - That I was going to school.

For?

For... Just premed... Not premed, sorry. Science.

- Science. - Bachelor of Science.

And, um, did your mom know that you weren't going to university?

No.

Both parents thought you had gone to university.

Yes.

You gotta be shitting me.

- What school? - Ryerson.

Okay.

They would drive me down to Toronto,

and they thought I was going to class.

Yes.

But I wasn't.

This is huge.

This is of the same level

a covert operator would use as a cover story.

And how did you feel about that?

How did you feel about having to lie to your parents?

I felt guilty, but every time I tried to bring it up...

There was just so much...

So much expectation.

Expectation is definitely not specific to the Vietnamese culture.

But it is definitely a hard style of parenting,

and it can definitely make or break a child.

If you're in an environment

where you're expected to come out on top every single time,

and you're failing to meet that expectation,

I think that could lead to disastrous results.

We discovered not only is Jennifer lying to her parents

about attending university,

but she's continued this life for over four years.

She's also forged a false degree from the University of Toronto.

This is shocking.

They never questioned you about this?

No.

If Jennifer is truthful enough to say, "Look, I've lied for four years."

That's a foundation to the rest of the story.

I mean, what other lies hasn't she told us yet?

So, let's talk about the call to 911.

- Okay. - Okay?

- 911. Do you require... - Help me, please.

Ma'am, calm down. What's going on?

Someone broke in, and I heard shots, like pops.

I don't know what's happening. I'm tied...

We listen to the 911 call several times.

I'm tied upstairs!

I'm tied upstairs!

We went over it frame by frame,

listening to it, playing it back, and dissecting what had happened.

- Can you lock your doors? - I can't.

I'm tied! My hands are tied behind my back!

I had my cell phone in my pocket!

All the time, what bothered me was the fact that

how is she able to make a phone call

while her hands are tied behind her back to a banister?

So, how did the hands get behind your back?

He told me to stand up so he could tie my hands together.

And I was trying to... make it loose so I could...

I could do something, but he had pulled them so tight.

And he made sure I squealed before he...

Before he let go.

So, they're tight and behind your back.

And that's when he grabs me and starts leading me down the stairs.

Does he pat you down or search you or do anything?

Thank goodness, no.

'Cause if he'd pat me down, he would've found my phone.

You're now bound to this... to the railing.

Can you show me? Stand up and turn around and tell me...

Just show on the camera how your hands are bound.

Can I just tell you?

Take it out of a traumatizing event, which it is,

and put yourself into a more clinical position.

Because I want to see

how you could get your phone out of your waistband.

Just stand up and focus in on how you did it.

I want you to stick that in your waistband as an example.

Okay? So, just take your sweater off and make the call.

I could see that this is taking a toll on her.

She doesn't want to relive that part and have to reenact that.

But at the same time, we need to know how she was able to do it.

Stand up and turn around.

Put this in the side that you believe it was in.

Great. Turn around so that... Only... You're looking away from me.

You're looking exactly like...

Now, here is where the banister is. Put your hands back behind your back.

Okay.

Now... Are you restrained from movement?

How far can you move your hands from the banister?

- They tied my upper arm. - Yes?

- Around the banister. - Yes.

- But my hands were bound together. - Bound together.

This is the arm wrapped around against the banister?

- Mm-hmm. - Okay.

So now, how can you get to the phone?

How do you make the phone call?

- 911. - Mm-hmm.

And do you talk down like that?

Yes, I'm yelling at the phone with this.

And how can you hear?

I turned the volume on max.

Yes.

So, that's exactly the way you're talking to her against the railing.

- Mm-hmm. - Okay, that's good enough. Sit down.

Put your sweater back on.

Yeah. Just put your sweater on. Yeah.

The fact that she's able to pull out her phone

and make that phone call

is very interesting to us.

But not enough that it redirects us from the other theory we're looking at.

So, why would they leave you alone?

The elephant in the room is, why would you leave a witness?

It's not... It doesn't make sense.

If you shoot two people, you're going to shoot the third.

Why would they not do the same to you?

The only thing I can say is he said I cooperated.

Now the question obviously stands, Jennifer, is you admittedly lied.

You've lied to your parents about going to school.

I'm saying to you right now,

is there anything throughout the course of your statement today

where you've lied to me?

From your interaction with Daniel?

From your "I'm not involved in drugs,

and I don't have anything to do with them, and we don't have large sums of money"?

What about life insurance?

Do your parents have life insurance policies?

I think. I don't know.

- You don't... - I know they had a...

- I have one on myself. - Yes.

And my mom...

They used to have one for me when I was younger.

- Okay. - But half of that went to education.

Half went to life insurance, and when they found out I...

I didn't go to university, they...

- They asked for the money back. - So, hang on a second here.

You told me that they never knew you didn't go to university.

When did they find out you didn't go to university?

I told them that I graduated but I never went to university.

That I went for two years, but I never finished.

Okay.

And they wanted the money back as a result?

Yes.

So... back to another very difficult question.

The resentment that you may have had towards your parents

for the interference in your relationship and your life

and essentially locking you down in your house.

At the end of the day, I love my parents, and I chose to be with them.

And if I wanted to, I could have just left, but I didn't.

I wanted to stay with them and take care of them.

So, no interaction, no belief. You had nothing to do with this?

No.

- You don't engage in illegal activity? - No.

Okay. I heard a knock. Bear with me.

It's just me.

You're okay still?

Everything's going... Okay.

Do you need a bathroom break?

- Yes, please. - Okay.

Sorry. I'm just a little rattled.

Okay. Yeah. You're doing fine.

I'm just trying my best. Maybe the choices I made haven't been the best.

Mm-hmm.

But you can't worry about that.

I mean, we learn, and you did what you had to do, right?

And it was something that you felt that you needed to do.

It's just like pieces here and pieces there and...

I don't... I don't want to say... something wrong.

Yeah, but I mean, you know, all the pieces are gonna come together,

and it's all gonna fit.

Because what you're saying is the truth, right?

It's pretty clear she's not telling us everything.

You know, the grooming.

The nervousness.

The touching on her stomach?

I firmly believe that she knows something.

But there's only one other eyewitness, and that is her father, Hann Pan.

Obviously, we can't interview him at this point because of the coma.

So, until that happens,

everything's still on the table as far as possibilities.

Let me just clear the hallway, and then I'll escort you out. Okay?

Jennifer is very quiet on the car ride home.

She's been lying. She didn't go to university.

It's all been a web of lies that she spun for the last four years.

But I can relate to that demand and that need to succeed.

My parents came from the Caribbean, and came to this country,

and there's an expectation

to always be able to be better than the next person.

So, in my mind, it's not just black and white.

For me, the first thing that comes to mind

is how pissed I'd be if I were her parents.

I mean, it is somewhat shocking that someone's led that life.

And what was she doing for the four years?

That's a question that needs to be answered.

York Region Police has set up a command post in the neighborhood

to try to ease residents' worries and to take in tips.

Jack Heath is deputy mayor of Markham.

It's important to know that this was random,

and they're not happening very often.

And Markham is a safe community.

We've got an extraordinarily good police department,

and they're doing their job.

There's an adrenaline flow initially with homicide cases.

Then that fades as people get tired.

But it's important to keep that energy up, not only for myself...

but for my team.

So, we checked with the hospital.

And learned that Hann Pan's being taken out of his coma.

This is the moment in the investigation where everything changes.

It's the chance to actually understand what happened in that house.

And this is something from a person

who looked death in the face and survived.

All you can hear is the buzz. The buzz of Mr. Pan's machines.

One of the first things that I notice is his right eye is bruised

and there's a very small... dot

right beside his nose.

Uh, and that's where he was shot.

Mr. Pan then recounts what happened on that night.

He went to bed early.

His wife had been line dancing.

And Jennifer was at home.

Mr. Pan is then awoken by a man with a gun,

who tells him to get up and to come downstairs.

He sees his wife in the living room.

She's hysterical.

She kept saying over and over again, "We don't have any money."

"We don't have any money. Can you let us go?"

One of the men in the house just told her to shut up.

Detective MacDonald rings, and he says to me, "Are you sitting down?"

Mr. Pan tells me that he was on the couch being pistol-whipped.

Mrs. Pan was sitting in a separate couch.

Begging for her life.

And while this is happening,

Jennifer walks down the stairs in the company of one of the suspects.

She's without bindings on her hands

and appears to be in friendly conversation.

- Help me, please. - Calm down. What's going on?

Someone broke in and I heard shots, like pops.

I don't know what's happening. I'm tied upstairs.

You gotta be fucking kidding me.

He told me to stand up, so he could tie my hands together.

And that's when he grabs me and starts leading me down the stairs.

Then I heard two pops.

My mom screamed.

Lie, lie, lie.

Take your time.

Take your...

At this point, I'm absolutely convinced that

she's involved in the murder of her mother and the attempted murder of her father.

So, I'll post uniformed officers at the hospital immediately.

Under no circumstances

is Jennifer going to be in the same room with her father alone.

I go back to speak with Mr. Pan again just to make sure that

there's no other information that he wants to tell us.

This time, he leans in, and he says,

"Use your police techniques."

"Use your police techniques to find out what Jennifer did."

All right. Come on in.

Have a seat over here.

Yep.

Sit down here, if you don't mind. Yep.

Okay.

This third interview of Jennifer is paramount to the investigation.

So, just to let you know right away...

Which means we are no longer watching this on a screen.

...videotaped and audiotaped. Okay?

That's actually for your protection and mine. If anybody ever asks...

We're now in the monitored room, basically glued to the window

waiting to see how this interview is gonna unfold.

Of course, you don't have to give a statement if you don't want to.

Do you understand that?

I want to do it.

Okay. Just hold on a second.

We've seen Jennifer demonstrate

this sophistication of lying to cover her tracks,

to lie to her family and friends for years.

Okay, we're having technical difficulties here.

What we're gonna do is I'll move my equipment to the other room.

Okay? And then we'll move over there. Next door, okay?

But now she's going up against Bill Goetz,

a detective who is trained in identifying and detecting lies.

In him, Jennifer's met her match.

Okay. Now, let's go across the way, okay?

So, tell me about the piano. When did you start with piano?

When I was four.

Wow.

Yeah, I took it in grade school too. I still remember "Swans on the Lake."

I knew how to play that, that's about it.

Um, now, your parents.

Do you ever feel that it's pretty tough to live up to their expectation?

- Yeah. - I get that feeling.

That maybe you weren't as smart as what they thought that you were.

Yes.

What else did you do to pretend you were in school?

When they asked for something, I'd try to make a document for them.

Okay. So, what type of documents did you...

- Student loan... and report cards. - Okay.

Okay. And how did you do them?

Using Photoshop.

Photoshop. Okay. And did they ever question it?

- Not really, no. - No?

I'm sure there were days when you actually planned that,

"This is the day I'm gonna tell 'em," and then... you just couldn't spit it out.

All right. Um...

Now...

Well, if your parents had let you, would you still be with Daniel?

If they didn't interfere. What would have happened?

Maybe I'd still be with him. I'm not sure.

But he'd already moved on.

Okay.

And how did that make you feel?

Hmm. He was the person who would just... filled an empty void for me.

So I felt that a part of me was missing.

I wasn't happy with any parts of my life.

My friends were moving on with their lives,

and it felt that I wasn't going anywhere.

I was kinda being left behind.

Okay.

And what was the worst that things got?

I cut myself.

We're gonna have to deal with it one step at a time. Okay?

Now, the reason why I am here today

is that I'm an expert in what we call truth verification.

Okay? I'm not a homicide detective.

What Jennifer doesn't know is that in Canada,

police are allowed to lie.

So long as we're not bringing the administration of justice into disrepute,

then we can do that.

So, my job, in any case, is to go over all the forensics of that case.

Okay?

I mean, they're going over that house with a fine-toothed comb.

Now, do you know what satellites can do?

No.

Okay, do you watch any of these war programs on TV,

where you can see the satellite honing in on buildings?

And basically, if people are moving around in a house,

um, it's like an X-ray, okay?

Are the people in the positions that the witnesses are telling us they were in?

Or are they different?

Bill Goetz is introducing a theme, using the satellite information.

This is obviously a trick,

um, to get Jennifer to realize that maybe what she's saying has been false

and she may need to produce another lie to cover up for those lies.

Do you know who was in that house that night?

I don't know.

You do, Jen. There's no question about that. Okay?

The issue here is this, and you have to look at me.

Your dad wasn't supposed to be a witness.

That's where this whole thing went wrong.

Okay? Your dad wasn't supposed to live.

You gave a description of a Black guy with dreads.

There was no Black guy with dreads in there. Okay?

He gave a good description of the guy that you were with,

and he's not even Black.

- But... - Why did you say that?

- That's what I remember. - No.

You're involved in this.

Right?

What happened?

What happened?

Jen?

You didn't think this far ahead, did you?

And those guys didn't show up there to take your money.

They came there to shoot your parents.

And they didn't get there randomly.

This was set in motion.

But once they started, once they came in, you couldn't stop it, could you?

Could you?

Jen?

- I wanted it to stop. - I know.

Why didn't they stop for you?

Hmm?

I didn't know who they were.

But you were part of the planning, right?

Right?

Jen?

You're sorry, aren't you?

Mm-hm.

Pardon?

It's okay.

It's very faint, so I have to lean up.

I can't hear you here.

They were supposed to take you?

I needed them to kill me.

At this point, I'm almost in disbelief as to what I'm hearing.

Why?

I didn't want to live anymore.

Is what she's telling us now the truth?

They're supposed to take the whole family out?

No, just me.

What went wrong?

I don't know.

Okay. What do you know?

How come it was supposed to be you?

Because I didn't wanna be here anymore.

Why not?

Because I was such a disappointment.

Okay, so how did this play out then?

Hm?

It wasn't supposed to happen like this.

Okay, I appreciate that. How did it happen?

What was your request?

Come in.

And take me out.

And how much was he gonna charge?

Two thousand.

Okay.

And what's his name? What did he go by?

Homie. Homeboy.

Okay. He's not gonna show up randomly.

You're gonna have to know exactly when he's coming.

How did that play out?

He texted me.

- Pardon? - He texted me.

Okay. What was the agreement?

I told you, $2,000. They were supposed to kill me.

Then they called me to make sure they had access.

Okay. So, how did they do that, though?

What was the question on the phone?

Was it a text or a phone message?

A text. "VIP access."

- What does that mean? - To make sure there was a way in.

So, after your mom got home, what did you do?

Went down, said hello.

Pretended to check the door.

You have to sit up because I can't hear you here.

How did you get in contact with Homeboy in the first place?

I asked a friend.

Okay. Which one?

One I can't find anymore.

What's his name?

It's clear that we need a warrant to get into Jennifer's phone.

To find out who she's associated to, um,

and how did she make this happen.

Jen?

We quickly identify the content of her texts.

Immediately, we can see she's received one from Homeboy.

This is pretty telling.

But it's really just the beginning.

What is particular of interest is the text message conversation

between Daniel Wong and Jennifer.

"Jennifer: What do you mean? What are you sorry for?"

"Can you please answer?"

Daniel responds, "I don't know how to say this."

"I feel the way you feel,

but about her."

"Jennifer: So, you feel for Christine what I feel for you?"

"Then call it off with Homeboy."

"Daniel: Call it off with Homeboy?"

"You said you wanted this with or without me."

"You said you wanted this for you."

And then Danny gets pissed at her.

I mean, this is the nail in the coffin for Danny Wong.

He's clearly assisted Jennifer in contacting Homeboy.

The information here is gold.

We now have one of the conspirators.

We need to find this guy.

We assign a surveillance team on Danny Wong

and investigate one phone to the next.

We look at multiple phones left, right, and center.

Systematically, we were able to pinpoint who our suspects are.

We were able to identify Eric Carty as one of the suspects,

David Mylvaganam as a suspect,

as well as Homeboy, Lenford Crawford, as the third suspect.

Lenford was an associate that Danny hangs around with,

who also deals drugs.

They're going to be arrested.

Shit. Okay. So, you know the kid, right?

Yeah.

- The police came for him today at work. - And took him?

Yeah.

They're placing him under conspiracy.

Wow. You got to be kidding me.

Fuck. I don't know what's going on, man.

Unreal. Unreal.

It's all gonna come out, okay?

And we need to have a resolution here because this wasn't for you.

Okay? The request was for your parents and your parents only. Okay?

Is that what you want me to say? But that's not...

Tell me what happened.

I want you to tell me that you made the plan for your parents.

But that...

We're going to get to the rest of it anyways.

Okay? We already...

The interview's gone on for three-plus hours.

Jennifer's described how this is a suicide by hit man gone bad.

Yes, criminals aren't that smart some of the time, but I don't think

they could get this whole plan mixed up and kill the wrong people.

Total bullshit. She set this whole thing up.

It doesn't feel good to have secrets, does it?

Now the cards are gonna fall.

Jen?

Give me a second.

This is the moment where,

based on the evidence as it presents itself...

we can now understand exactly what happened that night.

Jennifer received a text from Homeboy, saying, "Game time."

Then she waited until her mom came back from line dancing...

and came down to say good night to her mom.

And then she walked over to the door

and unlocked it.

Effectively leaving her parents as prey.

And then went back upstairs,

where she continued to text with the suspects.

We believe that she then turned the lights on and off...

...signaling for them to come into the house,

and then she went back to her bedroom, to wait for it to unfold.

If you can imagine the shock or the horror that Bich and Hann must have experienced

when these strangers entered the house.

Dad?

- I'm just calling 911! - Ma'am.

Hello?

I'm okay! I'm all right!

It's evil.

It's as evil as it gets.

Okay.

I need you to listen close to me. Okay, Jen?

At this point in the investigation,

I'm going to be arresting you for murder.

Also, attempted murder, and conspiracy to commit murder.

Do you understand that?

Just tell me if you understand those charges.

- Yes or no. - Yes.

Yes, okay.

It is my duty to inform you that you have the right to retain and instruct...

Police have made an arrest in the deadly home invasion in Markham,

and tonight, in a stunning twist, the daughter of the victim is charged

with orchestrating the crime that caused her mother's death.

Police now say the victim's daughter Jennifer Pan is the mastermind

behind the killing of her mother Bich Ha Pan

and the shooting of her father Huei Hann Pan.

My wife and I looked at each other. We simply just couldn't accept it.

Is there something that I missed? Was there something that I didn't see?

People are horrified and confounded by the very idea of someone

killing the people who brought them into this world.

I immediately flashed back to the moment

that I hugged Jennifer at her mother's funeral.

I had been so genuine and so emotional at that point,

that I felt like everything I said was hollow,

and I just felt, you know, betrayed somehow.

So, I come back in the next morning, and I'm in shock.

When did this h... How did this happen? When? What? What is going on?

I mean, I had actually felt sympathy for her.

You're okay.

How could she have done something like this?

After the arrest, we found her diary.

Which led to some interesting reading as to the frame of mind she had.

It showed that Jennifer complained that her parents were restrictive,

but only because they didn't want her dating a drug dealer.

In Jennifer's own words, they worried that he would bring her life down.

Everything else is about Daniel and being with him.

She would draw butterflies and puppy dogs.

She wanted to have this fairy-tale relationship with Danny Wong.

That was her end goal.

And she was going to do her damnedest to make that happen.

We now believe all the hundreds of text messages,

the hundreds of threats to Daniel Wong...

It was Jennifer.

It was Jennifer constantly contacting him,

trying to make her way back into his life, and move Christine out.

This is excessive behavior.

Over-the-top behavior, that she just wants to be with him.

For me, Jennifer was just looking for love and validation.

She probably thought Daniel's the only one who really understands who she is.

So, if she loses that, then what's left?

You know?

But why would Daniel want to get involved?

He's already in a relationship with another female

and had cut it off with Jennifer.

There's the financial gain.

The insurance, the house, a part of that was going to be hers.

Jennifer was going to come into, reasonable, half a million dollars.

Just right down there.

And Daniel probably thought he can influence Jennifer

and have access to this money.

Okay, good.

I believe, to possibly further his drug activities.

When Hann Pan found out, the ultimatum.

"I told Jennifer that she has to cease the relationship with Danny Wong."

"If not, you have to wait until I'm dead."

Much to our surprise,

we discovered that this was not her first attempt at murder.

And that she had approached a friend of hers, around 10 months before,

and asked him to kill her father.

She even went as much as paying this person.

This plan obviously didn't come to fruition.

But this just shows you the intent that she had.

The cold and calculated plan that she put in place.

Not once, but twice.

That happened? I don't think so.

So, she had planned this before?

She should pay the price.

The most heartbreaking part is that on the night of the homicide,

uh, there was a gunman pointing a gun at Bich.

Bich's put on her knees,

and her last words were "Don't hurt my daughter."

A Toronto-area jury has found a woman guilty

in a hire-to-kill plot that targeted her parents.

Jennifer Pan has been convicted of the first-degree murder of her mother

and attempted murder of her father.

At first, she had no reaction, but as the news sunk in,

she broke down and started to sob.

In the end, she chose Daniel.

And was determined to be with Daniel.

At any cost.

For her, this was a love story gone wrong.

This, um... This was important.

Uh, what we do is important.

And...

There needed to be something good that came out of it. And this, um...

This was not gonna help bring anybody back, but...

I think we did right by Mrs. Pan, and we did right by Mr. Pan.