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Who is Jennifer Pan from Netflix’s What Jennifer Did – and where is she now? The ex-child pianist was convicted of hiring hitmen to brutally murder her parents in 2010 – and is getting a retrial

Jennifer Pan, who was convicted of hiring hitmen to shoot her parents in 2010, is the subject of a new Netflix documentary. Photo: Court exhibit
Jennifer Pan, who was convicted of hiring hitmen to shoot her parents in 2010, is the subject of a new Netflix documentary. Photo: Court exhibit

  • Jennifer Pan’s shocking criminal case that took place over a decade ago has been thrown back into the spotlight in the form of a Netflix documentary, What Jennifer Did, released on April 10
  • The film features a series of interviews, police footage and photos from the traumatising night that ended with Pan’s mother being shot to death, and her father sustaining severe injuries

Jennifer Pan’s shocking criminal case that took place nearly a decade ago has been thrown back into the spotlight in the form of a Netflix documentary, just released on April 10.

Named What Jennifer Did, the 90-minute production outlines Pan’s horrific crimes involving her plot to hire hitmen to kill her parents, and her web of lies that unfolds as the documentary goes on.

A new Netflix documentary about Jennifer Pan was released on April 10. Photo: @allegedlyashow/Instagram
A new Netflix documentary about Jennifer Pan was released on April 10. Photo: @allegedlyashow/Instagram
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The film features a series of interviews, police footage and photos from the traumatising night in 2010, which ended with Pan’s mother tragically being shot to death, and her father sustaining severe injuries after being shot as well.

Jennifer Pan as a child; she was later convicted of murder and attempted murder of her parents. Photo: Netflix
Jennifer Pan as a child; she was later convicted of murder and attempted murder of her parents. Photo: Netflix

So why is this case relevant now? According to Today, Pan and her co-conspirators are getting a new trial, despite Pan being found guilty in 2014 of first-degree murder of her mother and the attempted murder of her father.

Here’s everything we know about Jennifer Pan, what happened, and where she is now.

What did Jennifer Pan do?

Unable to cope with her parents’ demands, Jennifer Pan hired hitmen to kill them. Photo: @torontolife/Instagram
Unable to cope with her parents’ demands, Jennifer Pan hired hitmen to kill them. Photo: @torontolife/Instagram

In November 2010, a group of men entered the Pan home in Markham, Canada, where they shot and killed Pan’s mother, Bich Ha Pan, and shot her father, Huei Hann Pan, in the head and shoulder. He survived the injuries and fell into a coma for three days, according to Business Insider.