Just two days after burying 29-year-old Scarlett Faulkner, her family has been struck by a second tragedy. Scarlett's brother, Jason Faulkner, was found dead over the weekend, the siblings' cousin Melissa McCarthy confirmed.
McCarthy wrote, “My heart, 2 days after burying your sister Scarlett, your [sic] gone now Jason, her lovely brother. The laughs we had, oh Jason what are the family gonna do? I can't get my head round it, no doubt Scarlett Faulkner was there to meet you - together again forever.”
She added, “Please keep my aunt Mary and Banny and family in yere [sic] prayers.”
Jason, one of Scarlett's 16 siblings, died shortly after participating in her funeral at St Munchin’s Church on Friday, where he served as a pallbearer.
Scarlett Faulkner died last Monday, three weeks after she was reportedly beaten with an iron bar on a roadside near Birdhill hamlet in north Tipperary.
The family has not released any official information regarding the specific cause of Jason's death.
