Megan Gale breaks silence on brother Jason’s death
Megan Gale has broken her silence on the death of her brother Jason, taking to Instagram to reveal the past months have been “the hardest” of her life.
Jason Gale, 49, was reported missing on Friday July 17.
On July 21 his body was found in bushland south-east of Perth.
Mr Gale is said to have been traumatised after witnessing the death of his colleague Robert Cunico in 2018.
On Monday evening, Megan Gale posted a 12-minute video to her Instagram followers, describing the “shock” loss.
“Well it’s been a while,” Gale wrote in the post.
“I thought I’d jump on and have a bit of a chat. It’s been probably the hardest couple of months of my life and I honestly have had no desire to post anything.
“Even this felt foreign to me.
“What I’ve been through in recent times certainly wasn’t the most positive of experiences to document and I most certainly couldn’t fathom the thought of turning my circumstances into content.
“That just seemed so very wrong.
“To everyone who has messaged me in regards to my brother and asked if I’m ok, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
“I am fine. Not amazing but doing ok. And so thankful for so much.”
She went on to describe the difficult decision to leave her partner, Shaun Hampson, and their two children in Melbourne to attend her brother’s funeral in Perth.
During her hotel quarantine in Perth, she says she broke down.
“The only way I could get through it was to not think about what happened with my brother to block it out, pretend it hadn’t happened,” Gale said.
“Twice I broke about two minutes each time, but I just shifted focus ... I couldn’t allow myself to grieve and sink into that deep sadness in there.”
She said that she is still “working through” Jason’s death and is finding it difficult to be in public during this time.
“I guess being a public person, meant it was everywhere which comes with the territory, unfortunately,” she says.
“I had a very short period of time to make the decision (about the funeral).
“But I also wanted to be in Perth to support my mum and my brother and the rest of my family and play a part in sending my brother off and putting him to rest.”
Gale also thanked Hampson for looking after their children River and Rosie.
“I couldn’t ask for a better or more supportive partner — or human to get me through this,” she said.