Help Lachlan have a proper funeral

On Wednesday, the 16th of March, Mum and I answered the door to the police who informed us of the tragic news of Lochie's passing.

Friends, family and of course, Mum and I are devastated... at only 23 yrs old, he had a lifetime struggle with mental health, battling his demons every day. We are happy that he no longer has to fight these demons, but it destroys us knowing that he is gone forever. He had the world ahead of him.

It is with a broken heart we are asking our family, friends and the community if they could assist with a donation so we can give our beloved Lochie a beautiful service, and a place of rest so he can be forever at peace. Further, to allow family to get therapy and crisis counselling, as the current services available are $60-85 per session, money we don’t have. Trauma will just build without any psychological interventions 

We want to thank everyone, our family, friends, QPS and their specialist search units, the community, and even those who were total strangers who came to help us while Lochie was missing, whether that was in person, through spreading the word, or through social media and regularly checking up.

We want to further thank the Officers who came on day 1 and showed their support and compassion towards us, and towards Lochie. Another thanks to the local MP's who offered to print of thousands and thousands of flyers to help aid the search for Lochie. Another big thank you to those first responders for locating Lachlan's body, and bringing us the closure we so desperately wanted.

We would love that Lochie be remembered for the beautiful person he was, and not have the stigma to his mental illness, which did not define the true person he was. We wish to use any money that is left over after the funeral to donate to charities aimed at mens mental health. We also wish to create a foundation under Lochie's name to help further spread mental health awareness, and aim to reduce the stigma surrounding these issues.

We will all miss you dearly, and we are so sorry that this world was too hard for you.

Please, if you are ever in need, or have a friend in need, please reach out to someone. If you are having suicidal thoughts, please call 000 or 13 11 14.

It is not weak to speak.