Innerchild
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Car in Surf Mystery Deepens (June 26 or 27 1988)Police divers searched the main Cottesloe beach on Friday (24[SUP]th[/SUP] June?) for clues to the missing Fremantle woman, Julie Cutler (22)
…It was found about 35m off the beach well away from the groyne.The car’s ignition and lights switches were on and both front doors were unlocked. The driver’s window was open and rear doors were locked.
The car was winched ashore and taken for forensic tests. Divers on Friday received a floormat thought to have come from the boot of the Fiat. It was found next to the groyne.
The entry point of the car in the water remains a mystery. There was no evidence such as scrape marks, that the car had been driven or pushed off the groyne.
To drive from the service road around the walkway to the groyne would have involved negotiating deep sand drifts that have blown across the walkway.
The officer ……. Marine Parade to the Cottesloe SLSC and boatshed. Such an entry would involve running the car off a 1 m concrete retaining wall across a narrow stretch of sand and into the surf.
Miss Cutler was last seen on the early hours of Monday morning after finishing work at the Parmelia Hilton Hotel in Perth. She was wearing a close fitting black dress. She was seen by a couple leaving the hotel about the same time...
…It was found about 35m off the beach well away from the groyne.The car’s ignition and lights switches were on and both front doors were unlocked. The driver’s window was open and rear doors were locked.
The car was winched ashore and taken for forensic tests. Divers on Friday received a floormat thought to have come from the boot of the Fiat. It was found next to the groyne.
The entry point of the car in the water remains a mystery. There was no evidence such as scrape marks, that the car had been driven or pushed off the groyne.
To drive from the service road around the walkway to the groyne would have involved negotiating deep sand drifts that have blown across the walkway.
The officer ……. Marine Parade to the Cottesloe SLSC and boatshed. Such an entry would involve running the car off a 1 m concrete retaining wall across a narrow stretch of sand and into the surf.
Miss Cutler was last seen on the early hours of Monday morning after finishing work at the Parmelia Hilton Hotel in Perth. She was wearing a close fitting black dress. She was seen by a couple leaving the hotel about the same time...