Jill Meagher’s husband has paid his murdered wife an emotional tribute on the second anniversary of her death, writing that he loved her more than she loved life.
In a Facebook post, Tom Meagher wrote about the couple’s last moments together on September 22, 2012, saying he remembered Ms Meagher emerging “from the bathroom, beaming with Friday enthusiasm, wearing a towel wrapped so tightly around your head that it forced your eyes to slant upward”.
“Your skin was bright pink from your customary scalding-hot shower, and the edges of the towel left a white imprint on your forehead.”
The 29-year-old Irish national was raped and murdered while walking home from a Brunswick bar after a night out with colleagues.
Mr Meagher posted the status update early on Monday morning, writing that he still remembered the “sound of [her] voice singing, and fading slightly with each step I took until it vanished”.
Mr Meagher described how his wife’s “exam results, sketches, notes, stories and characters” still littered the couple’s home.
“I read your diary, and laugh at how funny you were,” he wrote.
“I still keep your clown make-up and your perfume … I keep the thousands of photos you kept unashamedly of you.”
“You were a true original Jilly, a free soul, you were unashamedly you.”
