Jill Meagher's parents face tough times Jill Meagher's parents have spoken about their pain following their daughter's horrific death. Jill Meagher's parents George and Edith McKeon outside Melbourne Magistrates' Court. Jill Meagher. JILL Meagher's grieving parents are facing a bleak second Christmas without their daughter, with her father battling an incurable brain disease. George and Edith McKeon also said they were on the brink of financial ruin as Mr McKeon faces a complex civil law suit on the other side of the world. The Perth couple has stayed largely out of the spotlight since Adrian Ernest Bayley was sentenced in June to a minimum of 35 years for Ms Meagher's murder and rape. But they have now revealed the pain of losing their daughter remains fresh despite her killer being brought to justice. "I can't cry any more tears, I'm cried out," Mrs McKeon told Channel 10. We've lost our daughter to a horrendous, horrendous death. Mr and Mrs McKeon travelled to Melbourne for Bayley's proceedings and, despite their grief, Mrs McKeon said she felt they emerged from the ordeal with a triumph. "We succeeded in putting 'it' away," she said. But the heartache soon deepened for the pair when Mr McKeon was diagnosed with an incurable brain condition. He has had three strokes, but losing his 29-year-old daughter has been his greatest pain. That doesn't have a great affect on me. I mean, Gillian has died," he said. A besieged Mr McKeon has also been ordered by a US court to appear in Ireland this week as part of a complex civil law suit, but he can't fly because of his disease. He faces a $270,000 penalty if he doesn't appear. As Mr and Mrs McKeon prepare to face another Christmas without their daughter, they say they are at least comforted by the legacy she has left behind. "Her legacy is a change in the law and a change in the attitude," Mr McKeon said. It is a great comfort. Mrs McKeon added: "She always had a lovely, lovely smile. What you see was what you got with her. And we miss her.