U.S. Marshals in Alabama Capture Connecticut Murder Suspect Accused of Killing Yale Student

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New Haven, CT
– The U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive
Task Force, in conjunction with the U.S. Marshals Middle District of
Alabama and the Montgomery Police Department, today arrested fugitive
Qinxuan Pan, who is wanted in Connecticut and charged with the February
murder of Kevin Jiang.

Pan was arrested in the 400 block of Fairview
Avenue in Montgomery. He was taken into custody without incident and
transported to the Montgomery County Detention Center.

“I am extremely proud of the cooperation and
efforts of the U.S. Marshals, the Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task
Force, and our state and local partners in apprehending Pan,” said U.S.
Marshal for the Middle District of Alabama Jesse Seroyer Jr. “Once we
received information that Pan was in Montgomery, a plan was developed
and executed. This is another example of hard work by federal and state
partners to arrest violent fugitives.”

Pan had last been seen in the early morning hours
on Feb. 11 driving with family members in Brookhaven or Duluth, Georgia.
The New Haven Police Department obtained an arrest warrant Feb. 26
charging Pan, an MIT graduate student, with the murder of Jiang, a Yale
University student. The U.S. Marshals in Connecticut started working
this case immediately in February as a person of interest until the
murder warrant was issued Feb. 26 by the New Haven State’s Attorney’s
Office.


“The successful apprehension of Qinxuan Pan this
morning in Montgomery, Alabama, marks the culmination of countless hours
of investigation and is a testament to the dedication of all the
investigators involved,” said Lawrence Bobnick, acting U.S. Marshal for
the District of Connecticut. “The unwavering commitment of the men and
women supporting this operation was truly remarkable. Further, this
arrest exemplifies the routine selfless cooperation between the U.S.
Marshals Service, with its network of nationwide fugitive task forces,
and state, local, and federal law enforcement entities across multiple
jurisdictions and states.”

The U.S. Marshals wish to recognize the
contributions of all who assisted in this investigation, including the
New Haven Police Department, the Massachusetts State Police, the
District of New Haven AUSA office and the State’s Attorney’s Office in
New Haven, the Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut,
the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, USMS investigators
in Connecticut, Massachusetts, North Carolina, South Carolina, West
Virginia and Alabama, the USMS New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive
Task Force, the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, the Gulf Coast
Regional Fugitive Task Force, the Montgomery, Alabama, Police Department
and numerous other USMS task forces around the country that have run
down leads during this case.

The Violent Fugitive Task Force is a team of law
enforcement officers led by U.S. Marshals from the District of
Connecticut. The task force’s objective is to seek out and arrest
violent fugitives and sexual predators. Membership agencies include
Hartford, New Haven, West Haven, Bridgeport, Norwalk, and Waterbury
Police Departments as well as ICE.

The Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force
(GCRFTF) became fully operational in July 2006 and operates out of USMS
offices throughout Alabama and Mississippi, with its headquarters office
located in Birmingham, Alabama. The GCRFTF partners with numerous
federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies throughout Alabama
and Mississippi and continues to recruit other agencies to participate
in the task force.

Additional information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found
at http://www.usmarshals.gov.

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