If you're a fan of Netflix's critically-acclaimed true-crime hits, then you may already be familiar with the torturous real-life tale of 24-year-old Jennifer Pan and the attempted assassination of both her parents.
The streaming service's feature-length documentary film What Jennifer Did, tells the ins and outs of this psychologically-chilling case and has left viewers' mind-blown.
The Netflix phenomenon explores the circumstances which led the Canadian student to believe that murder was the only means of escape from her home life.
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Since its release, however, more and more details about the 'kill-for-hire' crime that shocked the nation in 2010 have emerged, further horrifying audience members.
Among the latest revelations are the five words that Jennifer's Vietnamese immigrant mother Bich Ha Pan uttered before she was brutally shot dead at her Ontario home.
For those unfamiliar with the stomach-wrenching story, in the dead of night in November 2010, a band of masked intruders 'broke into' the Markham, Ontario, home of Bich, her husband Huei Hann Pan, and their daughter, Jennifer.
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What appeared at first to be an armed robbery - with the three men demanding that the married couple hand over all of their money - soon evolved into a brutal killing, after the group took Jennifer's parents down into the basement and shot them.
Prior to being killed instantly upon impact, it has now been revealed that a terrified Bich made a heartbreaking final request when she came face-to-face with the killers.
"Please don't hurt my daughter," she pleaded, before she was murdered.
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Jennifer's father Huei managed to survive the ordeal, crawl back up the stairs and be rushed to the nearest hospital.
It was Jennifer who had alerted the emergency services, managing to ring them from her mobile while tied to the staircase.
This, in turn, caused questions to arise as to why Jennifer hadn't been dragged to the basement below, and why only her parents were chosen to be killed.
After an in-depth police investigation, officials ultimately found Jennifer to be the main suspect.
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Authorities were particularly alarmed when they learned that Jennifer had managed to fool her parents into believing she was attending university in Toronto for a number of years.
As the doc explains, Jennifer felt under immense pressure from her parents to be academically successful.
On top of their education assertiveness, her parents were also restrictive over who their children dated, and were displeased with Jennifer's choice to strike up a relationship with her boyfriend Daniel Chi-Kwong Wong, forbidding her to see him.
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It was later discovered that Jennifer rounded up a group of hitmen and paid them to kill her parents, also hoping to pocket a colossal $500,000 in inheritance.
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Following an emotional court case, Jennifer was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 25 years for the murder of her mother and attempted murder of her father.
Full timeline of the Jennifer Pan case:
Jennifer hires hitmen to kill her parents
In the hopes of inheriting a $500,000 (£393,000) fortune and getting rid of her pushy parents, in November 2010 Jennifer, 24 at the time, enlisted the help of hitmen to kill her parents.
What appeared at first to be an armed robbery - with the three men demanding that the married couple hand over all of their money - soon evolved into a brutal killing, after the group took Jennifer's parents down into the basement and shot them on 8 November.
Her mother Bich was instantly killed upon impact, while her father managed to survive the ordeal.
The 9/11 call that changed everything
Jennifer frantically called 911 to report the crime, but police soon began to poke holes in her story about how the incident unfolded - especially as she was left unharmed and was somehow able to call 911, despite her hands supposedly being bound.
Jennifer becomes a suspect
An in-depth police investigation ultimately led to Jennifer as the police's main suspect.
Authorities were particularly alarmed when they learned that Jennifer had managed to fool her parents into believing she was attending university in Toronto for a number of years.
Jennifer's lies crumble and double life is exposed
The naturally average-achieving student claims she was consistently pressured by her parents to achieve top-notch grades, become an Olympic athlete, a martial arts professional and an award-winning musician.
Their pressure supposedly came at such an extent that Jennifer actually faked studying at university, creating false documents and forged loan letters.
Jennifer is jailed
On 13 December, 2014, Pan was found guilty of first-degree murder and attempted murder. She was sentenced the following year to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years.
Her co-conspirators Daniel Chi-Kwong Wong, David Mylvaganam and Lenford Roy Crawford were convicted of first-degree murder and attempted murder in December 2014 and sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 25 years.
Eric Shawn "Sniper" Carty was given an 18-year sentence after pleading guilty to conspiring to commit murder, with eligibility for parole after nine years. He passed away in prison in 2018.
Jennifer’s 2023 appeal
Last year, Pan was granted a new trial for the murder of her mother.
It was found that the original judge in her trial had made an error by telling the jury they were only to consider first-degree murder, instead of also being able to consider second-degree murder or manslaughter.
At the time of writing, Canada’s Supreme Court is still undecided on whether it will hear the case.
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