A quiet New Haven street. A silver Hyundai idling under a streetlamp. Gunshots in the cold night air.
On February 6, 2021, Yale graduate student Kevin Jiang — a U.S. Army veteran and environmental researcher — was found dead beside his car after what first appeared to be a minor traffic collision. But within hours, investigators uncovered a deeper and far darker story: one that reached across academic corridors, emotional obsessions, and the fragile line between brilliance and breakdown.

Told in the style of Forensic Files and Mindhunter, this three-part narrative reconstructs the case from the ground up — from the frozen crime scene on Lawrence Street to the interstate manhunt that ended months later in Alabama. Each chapter follows the investigative turns, digital evidence, and human decisions that revealed a chilling portrait of fixation and flight.

This is not a story about violence alone — it’s about intellect, identity, and the cost of emotional silence within the world of high achievement.