Family discovers she had bought insurance from suspect

Her brother says they are desperate for answers as they try to make sense of tragedy

- Wong Shiying, Samuel Devaraj

More than two weeks after she went missing while on a solo trip in Spain, Ms Audrey Fang was finally home, with her family holding a wake in Petir Road on April 27 after her body arrived in Singapore.

Speaking to The Sunday Times at the funeral wake, her brother Benjamin Fang and her cousin, who wanted to be known only as Ms See, said the family is still trying to make sense of the tragedy.

Mr Fang, 34, said: "I'm glad that she's finally back home with us, and we can send her off properly.

"But we still have many unanswered questions on what happened in Spain and why she died the way she did." Ms Fang, 39, was found with 30 stab wounds and other injuries near a parking area for lorries in the town of Abanilla on April 10. It is about 150km from the hotel the Singaporean was staying in.

On April 16, Spanish police arrested Singaporean Mitchell Ong, 43, in connection with the case.

Fighting back tears, Mr Fang said his sister was a pillar of strength after their mother died in 2019. The siblings had lived with their parents in the same flat.

Desperate to understand Ms Fang's relationship with Ong, the family went through her belongings. They found letters from insurer AIA, which they showed ST.

The agent's name stood out - Ong Cheong Yi. It is the suspect's Chinese name.

He listed on an old LinkedIn profile, which is no longer available, that he was a financial planner at Manulife Singapore between 2011 and 2013, and had worked at AIA Singapore between 2014 and 2019.

Ong used the name Mitch and Mitchell in his many business dealings, and in social media posts, but had registered his marriage in June 2012 as Ong Cheong Yi, which was the name he used as a student at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and Raffles Junior College.

A legal record search showed he also used the name Mitch Ong Cheong Yi.

Mr Fang and Ms See were shocked when they realised it was the same person.