Marion Barter TIMELINE with credit to Mel 1303
(Printed here so we can add to or edit it. What's missing?)
October 3, 1945- Born in Marrickville
1950ish- moved to Brisbane.
1957ish- Moved to Oyster Bay
Dec 1967- Marries Johnny Warren (ep 2)
1968/69 Johnny & Marion’s trip to the UK (Marion visited Amsterdam for the first time on this trip)
1971- Splits from Johnny Warren, suffers nervous breakdown (according to John Economis)
1972- Began working with Janice White
1972- Began relationship with Stewart Brown
May 1973- Sally born
Oct 1974- Owen born
1975- Left Stewart, took children to Queensland. Returned to try and rekindle relationship when father-in-law was diagnosed with cancer
1977- Married Stewart Brown
1979- Divorced Stewart Brown, moved to Lapstone
?- Ray Barter moves in, after a few dates, having never met the children.
June 9 1985- Marriage to Ray
1988- Marion, Ray and Sally (Owen?) move to Gerringong
1989- Divorced Ray Barter
1993- Interviewed for position at TSS
?Marion buys house
1994- Commenced work at TSS
1996- Christmas with parents and Wilson family.
?Marion talks about a melanoma
?April 1997 Marion resigns from TSS
?Marion sells house
May 15th 1997 changed name by deed poll to Florabella Natalia Marion Remakel
?Dentist signs paperwork for new passport
?Date of new passport
?Marion is sighted by Sally with a man in a car
?Marion stays with Loveday
?Loveday drives Marion to bus station
June 23 1997- Left Australia from Brisbane airport with two suitcases
June 1997 Arrives in Seoul, South Korea
? Marion arrives in London
? Marion hires a car
July 15th 1997 date supposed to travel on Orient Express but decided not to
? Mention of Mazz and the Dutch dentist in postcard (date of postcard?)
July 31 1997- Marion calls Sally, leaving a message on her answering machine.
July 1997- sent early birthday gift to sister Deirdre, whose birthday was August 7.
August 1 1997- Marion calls Sally from a payphone, indicating that she had postponed her trip on the Orient Express (highly suspicious in my opinion- everyone said that she desperately wanted to do this). Marion specifically says that she won't be in touch much (after having sent postcards/letters to a lot of people).
August 2 1997- Passport returns to Australia. Passenger Arrival card states that...........
August 30, 1997 - postcard sent from Tunbridge England to Marion's family
August/September 1997- daily withdrawals of $5000 from a bank in Byron Bay, with three of those days having withdrawals coming from a bank in Burleigh Heads. (exact dates of these withdrawals?)
September 13 1997- Marion visits Optometrist in Grafton
October 18th 1997 - Son Owen’s birthday but no call was made to him which alerted Sally
October 22 1997- Sally reports to Byron Bay police station, with Senior Constable Graeme Childs lodging an occurrence. A stop was placed on Marions account, with a message for her to contact her daughter as a matter of urgency.
Late oct 1997- Byron Bay police related to Sally by phone- that he had spoken to Marion, who didn’t want any contact, or anyone to know where she was. No record in police documentation of this.
Late 1997- Jack Wilson, Marion's father, in notes prepared for the Salvation Army, states that he asked the police what identification had been made and they said that the bank security had contacted Marion on the phone and that she didn’t want any contact.
1997- Sally showed photo of Marion to bank teller, who seemed to recognise her and took the photo to the manager. The teller returned, took a copy of the picture and asked Sally what she would like him to say if he saw her.
Feb 12 1998 Betty Brown sends letter to Jack Wilson, confirming that his request for assistance had been received.
March 18 1998- Letter from Salvation Army- to Jack Wilson. Confirming phone call, reiterating that his daughter had been identified withdrawing money at a different bank and that she spoke of starting a new life. Colonial State Bank at Ashmore- 15 October, 1990 (typo?) Marion withdrew the balance of her account. In referenced phone call, Marion had said she was angry with Sally for not putting the money from the car sale into her account, that she didn’t want anything to do with her family.
Oct 22 1998- Sally marries at TSS- Marion didn’t attend.
July 20 2001- Sally's first child born
March 6, 2002- Son, Owen, dies at 27 years old.
2002- Crimestoppers caller says a woman called Marion who was missing from northern nsw was killed and buried in bushland near Armidale.
April 15 2003- Salvation Army begins new search, instigated by Sally.
July 1 2003- Jack Wilson, Marion's father, dies.
2010- Gary Sheehan investigates in Armidale- SES, dog in Armidale. Followed up at an address in Armidale. Address real, name not- people at the house had no idea.
Feb 7 2006- Salvation Army unable to locate Marion
2007- Marion’s passport expired
2007- Sally contacts AFP missing persons unit. AFP going to use Marion’s case for missing persons week, but NSW police asked them not for investigative reasons.
July 6 2007- Sally had NSW police unit changed to missing from occurance
July 11 2007- officer in NSW missing person unit sent email confirmed that status had been changed.
July 27 2007- NSW inspector to AFP- Marion was spoken with in last month.
August 2007- email to AFP- shows that Marion was not spoken to in the last month.
2009- Gary Sheehan takes on Marion’s case.
2010- Sally makes statement to police- prior to disappearance, Sally called her mother at Lesley’s, but Lesley thought that Marion was staying with Sally. Lesley said that her mother had also comeback very late on night, saying she had locked her keys in the car. (I assume this is after she has sold the house, before she left).
May 15 2011- NSW police inform Chris (Sally’s husband) that Marion had changed her name prior to leaving. Gary Sheehan went to Sally’s house to tell her about the change in name on her passport.
October 2011- Marion noted as “located”
December 2011- Apparently Sally is told that Marion was removed from the missing person- which Sally disputes.
2012- Gary Sheehan has Marion removed from listing as a missing person. (This is confusing)
July 23 2013- Clark Hunter messages on facebook- Natalia is alive but you will never see her again. It was not her intention to disappear, she was forced.
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