“WE CAN MAKE THIS LOOK LIKE A BREAK-IN”!!! BELIEVE IT OR NOT, PROSECUTORS SAY BRAE HANSEN HELPED PLOT THE 2007 MURDER OF HER STEPFATHER AS A TEENAGER, AND NOW SHE HAS BEEN GRANTED PAROLE AFTER SERVING ABOUT TWO DECADES IN PRISON.
A California woman convicted of helping orchestrate the 2007 murder of her stepfather has been granted parole.
Brae Hansen, now 37, had served roughly two decades in prison following the killing.
Hansen was still a teenager when the crime occurred.
She and her sibling were both convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Timothy MacNeil.
Her sibling, then known as Nathaniel Marcus Gann, is now named Aerith Asora.
Following their trial, both siblings were sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
Prosecutors said the pair plotted the attack to make the homicide look like a home invasion.
The motive centered on growing tension inside the home after the death of Hansen’s mother.
That conflict developed further when MacNeil began dating again.
MacNeil later informed Hansen that she would have to move out of the residence once she turned 18.
According to court records, Hansen and Asora first attempted to hire an outside hitman to kill MacNeil.
As part of that effort, they left money, a gun, and a spare key outside the house.
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But that initial plan fell apart.
Then Asora carried out the killing directly.
MacNeil was shot multiple times during the attack.
The gunfire struck him in locations including his face and the back of his head.
His reported final words were: “Why are you killing me?”
Afterward, investigators arriving at the home discovered Hansen inside with her hands zip-tied.
Authorities described the zip ties as an apparent attempt to stage the crime scene.
Hansen later admitted that Asora had tied her hands.
Hansen’s release became possible under California statutes that expanded special parole consideration for individuals who committed crimes before age 25.
She was denied parole during a hearing in 2025.
Yet her parole hearing was subsequently moved up on the calendar.
The state parole board granted her release in August 2026.
The San Diego County District Attorney strongly opposed the decision to grant parole.
Prosecutors from the office described the 2007 murder as “callous” and “premeditated.”
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