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THE GUARANTOR Podcast
launched 1 December 2024
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Join Graeme Crowley, Natalie Hatton (Julie's daughter), and others on the journey of ​requesting for a long overdue INQUEST for Julie Hatton
The story of the short life and violent shooting death of Julie Hatton, 22 years in 1978 outside Eidsvold, Queensland, ruled self inflicted, and the journey of discovery of her daughter Natalie to find out what really happened to Julie on the days leading up to her death.
Episode One - 'Darreen'
Released on:
Sunday 1 December 2024
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Welcome to The Guarantor. The life and death of Julie Hatton. In this episode Graeme introduces the subject of the podcast Julie Hatton. He describes where she grew up, lived and died. Her daughter Natalie introduces Darreen and Eidsvold, Qld to the listener. Long time friend of Julie Hatton, who is referred to as Julie G recalls growing up in Maryborough and the Gold Coast with Julie Hatton nee Clifford.
Episode Two - Elephant in the Room
Released On:
Saturday 14 December 2024
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We hear from neighbours of Darreen property, Ellen and Ian who lived on Kildare.
Also in this episode of The Guarantor, Graeme introduces Natalie to the listener.
She records her life from 10 weeks old.
We hear again from Julie Hatton’s childhood friend, who I call Julie G.
A picture is starting to develop of Julie Hatton being isolated, depressed and living in a potentially toxic environment.
Episode Three - Chaotic Sunday
Released on:
Saturday 11 January 2025
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​In this episode Graeme comments on official documents obtained by Natalie Hatton in relation to the death of her mother. Graeme discusses these documents in-depth in a later episode. Graeme continues his conversations with former neighbours Ellen and Ian and discusses their recollections of that chaotic Sunday.
He also plays recordings of neighbours Jan and Julie G.
Discrepancies are noted in the recorded times of death of Julie Hatton.
Episode Four - When did Julie Hatton die?
Released On:
Saturday 25 January 2025
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In this episode Graeme conducts further investigations into the time and location of Julie Hatton’s death.
There is, according to a number of witnesses, a significant difference in the time the shooting occurred and the time the shooting was reported to police and ambulance.
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Why so many stories......
THE TIMELINE
What happened to Julie
I have been on a journey since January 2021 trying to piece together land titles for cattle properties, and coastal real estate, brands, bank loans and then finally questions about my Mum, due to discovering many red flags.
I will save the finer details for a book, as it's too much for a website.
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My aim is for The Guarantor podcast by Graeme Crowley and website, is for an inquest to commence so we can find out when and how my Mother, Julie Hatton died.
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SATURDAY
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Julie goes missing
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21st birthday party, guests leave party crying hysterically due to phone call received
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OCT
SUNDAY
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Before lunch Scotston witnesses receive a phone call from Darreen that Julie had shot herself.
Fire Meeting was cancelled due to accident at Darreen
Scotston witnesses drove immediately to Darreen after the phone call.
Julie is sighted lying on the lawn near the office steps with no gun beside her body
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Witness from Old Rawbelle is already at the scene.
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Scotston witness was informed that the gun was removed from the lawn to the office cupboard by Old Rawbelle witness.
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Hatton family members arrive at scene from Murungha
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Baby Natalie (10 weeks old) is agreed to be taken away by Hatton Family members to Scotston.
Scotston witnesses leave the scene and once home (mins away) they phone neighbours at Kildare notifying them there was an accident at Darreen
A second phone call was exchanged between
Scotston witnesses and Kildare witnesses on their own private phone line between the cattle properties.
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A Kildare witness attends Darreen no later than 2pm.
On arrival Kildare witness noted no vehicles, trucks or cars were sighted at Darreen nor did he pass anyone on the side of the road during his 10 min drive down to Darreen from Kildare
No one came out of the house to greet him, so he set off on foot through the garden gate, down the eastern side, past the office steps, around the corner to the front veranda and sighted husband and Old Rawbelle witness on the front steps of Darreen house. ​​
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Kildare witness spoke to husband while Old Rawbelle witness was standing by
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The following few words were exchanged
"You blame me for this"
"Yes I do"
and he left the scene to return to Kildare
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Kildare witness did not sight Julie's body on the lawn anywhere on his walk in or on his walk back to his vehicle. He naturally assumed Julie had gone in the ambulance.
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Kildare witness did not see or past any Hatton family members on his drive down to Darreen while he was at Darreen nor on his return trip back to Kildare.
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Kildare witness did not see any vehicles, horse float, truck or dairy cow on the side of the road, as has been claimed.
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At 4.20pm Old Rawbelle witness claims to be driving past Darreen with a dairy cow in the back of truck / horse float to return to Scotson
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Old Rawbelle and husband claim to be waving to each other and then husband found his wife on the lawn, then ran to his ute to chase Old Rawbelle down for help.
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Old Rawbelle witness claims husband drove up fast behind him to wave him down and they returned to Darreen house in husband's ute, leaving horse float, land rover and dairy cow on the side of the road. ​​
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Husband told Old Rawbelle to call the ambulance, police and his brother Roger.
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Police / Ambulance were finally notified at 4.35pm on Sunday afternoon.
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1 x Monto ambulance officer arrived just before
2 x Police officers from Eidsvold arrived at approx. 5.30pm.
Julie is found still breathing, lying on her side with the gun removed from the office cupboard and placed beside her body.
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Sergeant GROUNDWATER leaves the scene, in ambulance van, heading to Monto hospital.
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Constable RAATZ remains to talk to husband, Old Rawbelle witness and Julie's brother in law.
Julie passes away in ambulance enroute to the Monto hospital, approx 6.30pm.
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Julie's family was notified she was cooking a roast for dinner and then she took her own life.
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Julie's friend was notified by the husband that Julie took the horse, dog and gun down the paddock and left the baby with Mum.
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02
OCT
MONDAY
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Post-mortem examination at 3pm
03
OCT
TUESDAY
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Julie is buried in Eidsvold
05
OCT
THURSDAY
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Funeral notice is placed in the local newspaper after the burial
QUESTIONS
On Saturday WHERE did Julie go while she was missing
WHO phoned the 21st Birthday party in Brisbane about Julie
While Peg was at the 21st birthday party in Brisbane...WHERE was her husband TED
WHERE did Peg and her daughter drive too after leaving the 21st birthday party in Brisbane all in tears
WHEN did Old Rawbelle witness 'really' arrive at Darreen
WHICH Hatton family members arrive at Darreen around lunch time
WHO made the choice to move Julie's body from the steps near the office
WHY didn't anyone pick up Julie to take her to town in their own car
WHERE did the Hatton family members go when Kildare witness arrived
WHERE was Julie's body when Kildare witness walked in
HOW did Old Rawbelle arrive at scene before lunch - which vehicle, as none were at Darreen at 2pm
WHO moved the GUN and WHO moved the GUN back beside the body
Natalie's Timeline
2021 was the year I took deep dive into asking questions about my Mother's death, and this is my timeline from my own research.
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As I had discovered a web of untruths about the land titles, brands & bank loans, experienced physical assault, gaslit, used and abused and controlled, I knew there was no point asking the person I trusted, as I was told my mother was sunbaking near the tennis court when she took her own life.
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It was time for me to question everyone that was involved.
THE JOURNEY for the Truth
January 2021
​A phone call between Paul and I occurred, as he was trying to push me out of my 20% share of Delubra. I reminded him that Delubra was to come to me because of the joint tenancy when we purchased the property in December 1997. I was accused of being off with the fairies.
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I contacted land titles in Bundaberg to gather the titles for Delubra to have evidence of the joint tenancy.
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​March 2021
Attended the brands department to find out more about the HAT brand, to see if what I was told (when I was in my early 20's) lined up with what was going on, just before I got flogged with poly pipe in May 2000.
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April 2021
Wrote to Commonwealth Bank of Australia and National Australia bank asking for all documents I had signed, as I didn't have a copy of any of these documents, nor was I given any advice about the documents I had signed. All I recalled was all bank statements or any papers including those that were to be sent to me privately, were all sent to 'Darreen' and never to my own primary residence during the 16 years I was signing for the banks, for the benefit of family members.
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May 2021
Caught up with Julie G in Maryborough to ask questions about the bank loans, spoke of my abusive marriage and started sharing about Paul's abusive nature towards me and wondered if Mum experienced the same physical abuse during her marriage like I did.
June 2021
Paul tried to blackmail / scare me into accepting $2M dollars for my share of Delubra during a phone in June and if I didn't accept his offer he would sell the house on me.
July 2021
Spoke to an Aunty of mine, who I shared with about how Paul is trying to bully me and told her about how I ended up in hospital during my marriage, (August 2019) she didn't know, I was physically assaulted by my ex husband, as I was telling her that no family members called me to see if I was okay after being knocked into the step in the office.
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She cautioned to me 'be really careful of ruffling your father's feathers' after we chatted about Mum.
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During this phone call I learned that her and husband arrived just after it happened and had they not gone back to get the baby's bottle they would have been there in time to distract Mum from taking her own life.
September 2021
More to come
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October 2021
More to come
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November 2021
Requested for a DNA test, after finding out Ted Hatton could possibly be my father.
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December 2021
2 friends of Mum's visited me and told me what they knew and how Mum took her own life down the paddock with her horse and dog and I was left at the house with my grandmother Peggy Hatton.
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This visit was the one that set me off down the many rabbit holes to try and find out where everyone was on Sunday 1 October 1978.
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January 2022
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Mission
I have requested for my Mother - Julie Hatton's case from 1978 to be investigated and an INQUEST needs to be held, promptly, due to the age of the witnesses.