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Re-release - The Ongoing Case of Bree Jonson

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Brie’s mother said the body showed bruises on the neck and scratches on Julian Ongpin.

1. LAGIM: A Filipino True Crime revisits the ongoing case of Brie Hansen, whose death on 18 September 2021 in San Juan, La Union remains unresolved. 2. The host names Brie Hansen, Sally Honzon, Julian Ongpin, the PNP, and the NBI because each one shapes the timeline and the competing interpretations. 3. The episode asks what happened in the Flotsam and Jetsam resort room and why the case has not produced a final answer. 4. Brie arrived in La Union on 17 September 2021 for plans tied to a December art exhibit and a future studio. 5. Friends picked up Brie and Julian Ongpin around 9 or 10 in the evening, and the group moved from one closed bar to another because of curfew. 6. The friends then went to a DJ friend’s place, where they drank, listened to music, and described the atmosphere as relaxed. 7. CCTV later showed Brie and Ongpin still awake and drinking for a couple of hours after they returned to Flotsam and Jetsam. 8. At around 3.30 a.m. on 18 September, Ongpin sought help from resort staff and said Brie had died by suicide in the bathroom. 9. Medical responders tried to revive Brie and rushed her to Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Centre, where she was declared dead on arrival. 10. Police found 12.6 grams of cocaine in the resort room, and Ongpin was arrested and later tested positive for cocaine use. 11. Sally Honzon said Brie was against drugs, had prescribed anti-anxiety medication, and had plans that made suicide seem unlikely to her. 12. Honzon also said the body photo showed bruises around Brie’s trachea and scratches on Ongpin’s face and forearm. 13. The host says Ongpin first described a hanging with a bathroom hook and later changed the object to a bra strap and a cat chain. 14. The law firm for Brie’s family said the CCTV showed a “heated altercation” and that Ongpin climbed a ladder to the bathroom window. 15. The same legal team said the bathroom had no place strong enough to support a hanging, and they sought a motion for reconsideration after Ongpin’s release. 16. The PNP said Brie likely died by suicide, but the NBI also started its own autopsy and later planned a psychological autopsy of Brie. 17. The episode’s tone is chronological, report-driven, and openly critical of delays, missing evidence, and shifting official explanations. 18. The format mixes timeline narration with quoted statements from Karen Davila, police officials, and the family’s lawyers. 19. Listeners interested in Philippine true crime and unresolved public cases. 20. Listeners seeking a light, self-contained story with no legal detail.

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A measured revisit of a case that still resists the official story.

The re-release returns to Brie Hansen's death and the suicide narrative that hardened almost immediately after she arrived at the Flotsam and Jetsam resort in San Juan La Union and was dead by half three in the morning on September 18, 2021.

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You want a measured case study that keeps questioning the suicide narrative around Brie Hansen.

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