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A Yale grad student is shot to death in what investigators fear was a perfect murder

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Kevin Jiang , a Yale graduate student and former Army National Guardsman , was shot to death in New Haven , Connecticut .

He was shot multiple times in the head by a motorist after a minor fender bender, police say.

Witnesses say he got out of his car to check on how the other driver was and exchange information.

Police say the eight spent shell casings lying near Jiang were similar to45 caliber bullets found at the scene of four shootings in the area.

Kevin Jiang 's murder may have never been solved.

Kevin Jiang was found dead in a car near a Best Western hotel in New Haven , Connecticut .

U.S. Marshals joined the case and learned that Pan 's family had access to millions of dollars in assets.

Investigators believe Pan was also responsible for the four45 caliber shootings.

Jiang 's mother spoke at Pan 's sentencing to say she felt that 35 years was too short a sentence for her only son.

Friends wonder what Kevin , a man of deep faith, might have thought about his killer.

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