AI researcher planned the 'perfect murder' but tiny mistake led to his capture

A former AI researcher planned, and nearly executed, the 'perfect murder,' but a miniscule mistake in his getaway led to his arrest. Qinxuan Pan, 34, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate, nearly got away with murder after he led federal authorities on a months-long manhunt to find him after he shot-and-killed Kevin Jiang, a 26-year-old Yale University graduate student. Qinxuan Pan, 34, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate, nearly got away with murder after he led federal authorities on a months-long manhunt to find him after he shot-and-killed Kevin Jiang, a 26-year-old Yale University graduate student Kevin Jiang, 26, a graduate student at Yale University was shot-and-killed in New Haven, Connecticut on February 6, 2021 Jiang had just proposed to his girlfriend, Zion Perry, who was also a student at the prestigious university On the day of his murder, Jiang had just spent the day with his fiancée, Zion Perry, who was also a student at the prestigious university. Jiang was a former US Army National Guardsman This photo from March 2020 shows Zion Perry, laughing with Pan The protective mother made a phone call from a hotel using a clerk's phone. Investigators now believe that had Pan not gotten stuck on the train tracks on that fateful February night, Jiang's murder may never have been solved.