“HE IS GOING TO MAKE ME MOVE OUT”!!! BELIEVE IT OR NOT, PROSECUTORS SAY A CALIFORNIA TEENAGER PLOTTED WITH HER SIBLING TO MURDER HER STEPFATHER IN HIS HOME… AND SHE HAS NOW BEEN GRANTED PAROLE AFTER SERVING ABOUT 20 YEARS IN PRISON.
Brae Hansen was 37 years old when she went before state parole officials.
She was granted parole on Friday.
The decision came after she served about 20 years behind bars.
Hansen had been serving time for the 2007 slaying of her stepfather, Timothy MacNeil.
She had helped plot the killing when she was a teenager.
Her brother at the time was Nathaniel Marcus Gann.
Gann has since transitioned and changed their name to Aerith Asora.
Both siblings were teenagers when they were convicted of first-degree murder for MacNeil’s death.
Both were sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
According to court filings and the Daily Mail, the siblings plotted to make the murder look like a home invasion.
In 2007, Hansen lived with MacNeil on Marraco Drive in San Diego’s Rolando neighborhood.
Her mother had died by suicide the previous year.
Following the mother’s death, MacNeil began dating another woman.
That relationship left Hansen feeling “unloved and worthless,” according to court records.
Matters escalated when MacNeil told Hansen she would have to move out when she turned 18.
Hansen called Asora, who was attending college in Arizona.
The two siblings began plotting to kill him.
Their initial plan was to hire a hitman.
They went as far as leaving money, their late mother’s gun and a spare house key outside the home.
But they were unable to find a killer for hire.
Asora then decided to carry out the killing personally.
Hansen later told police she changed her mind about killing her stepfather after the hitman plan fell through.
Yet Asora was not backing down.
On July 19, 2007, Asora drove to San Diego.
Asora woke Hansen inside the residence.
According to court documents, Asora told Hansen she intended to go through with the murder “whether she wanted to or not.”
Asora shot MacNeil multiple times.
The gunfire struck MacNeil above his right hip, in the face, in the shoulder and in the back of the head.
He died at the scene.
MacNeil’s alleged final words were, “Why are you killing me, Nathan?” and “Why are you doing this to me?”
Asora fled the residence.
Before driving back to Arizona, Asora threw the black clothes and ski mask worn during the shooting into a tree.
Police officers discovered MacNeil lying in a pool of blood inside the house.
They found Hansen cowering nearby.
Her hands were bound in zip ties.
Detective Maria Rivera initially interviewed Hansen at the police station.
Rivera then took Hansen to the home of her aunt and uncle, Richard and Bonnie MacNeil, according to court documents.
Rivera questioned Hansen again later that evening.
Hansen broke down during the questioning.
“Nathan tied my hands,” Hansen said.
The statement exposed her involvement in the homicide.
It also directed investigators toward the shooter.
Hansen was ultimately charged with first-degree murder for her role in the plot.
Her eventual release was made possible in part by legal reforms in California.
State law expanded parole consideration for people who committed offenses before turning 25.
According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Board of Parole Hearings, youth offenders can qualify for special parole hearings.
Hansen’s first parole hearing took place on Jan. 7, 2025, according to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office.
The parole board initially denied her release for three years.
And the hearing was subsequently moved up to Aug. 21, 2026.
The board granted her parole.
San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan strongly opposed the decision.
“This was a callous, premeditated murder motivated by greed that took the life of Timothy McNeil and forever changed the lives of his loved ones,” Stephan said.
“We are deeply disappointed by the Board of Parole Hearings’ decision to grant Brae Hansen parole.”
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