Jim Fang segment aka Murder 101 class

[zack007attack]

Does anyone remember this case? It's the one where a detective from the SFPD uses a special method to solve the murder of businessman Jim Fang. He teaches a class about the murder, then gets several different perspectives as to who may have killed Jim Fang and why. It's one of the most intriguing UM segments I've ever seen. What did you think of this method?

[xxxxmattxxxx69]

Does anyone remember this case? It's the one where a detective from the SFPD uses a special method to solve the murder of businessman Jim Fang. He teaches a class about the murder, then gets several different perspectives as to who may have killed Jim Fang and why. It's one of the most intriguing UM segments I've ever seen. What did you think of this method?


Was that the one where they stuffed the body in like a dumpster outside the Chinese restaurant and a witness sees the killer right after the body was dumped? If so I vaguely remember it

[zack007attack]

Was that the one where they stuffed the body in like a dumpster outside the Chinese restaurant and a witness sees the killer right after the body was dumped? If so I vaguely remember it

No. You're thinking of the murder of Su Ya Kim in NYC. Jim Fang was murdered in his van, and his female accomplice was a witness to the whole ordeal. It happened in San Francisco.

[TracyLynnS]

I remember it, but definitely not in detail.

I do recall the part of the segment where the detective was teaching a class to quite a few people. Seems like the tables were some kind of beige color and they were arranged into a large shape, something like a square U sort of shape like this: |_| in the meeting room. (Weird thing to remember, I know.)

I'm also not clear on the dumpster part being involved. Could have been a different case (but not the Su Ya Kim case) but I thought a garbage truck was shown picking up all the kitchen waste from asian restaurants.

Was Mr. Fang abducted in a van and stabbed to death? Coulda been maybe a whistle blowing scenario or an organized crime situation because Mr. Fang refused to participate in their shenanigans?

You all know my memory is terrible, so I probably got some of this all jumbled up.

[TracyLynnS]

Found this on a episode guide site:

Unsolved Mysteries: Season 7
Episode 1: Episode #308 (s07e01)

The Investigators: San Francisco investigators turn to students in a college course called "Murder 101" to try to solve the murder of Jim Fang who had been stabbed to death by unknown assailants whose motives appeared to be robbery.

[TracyLynnS]

Sorry... duplicate post.