Imagine if the Marion Barter file dropped on your desk for investigation, for the first time ... you flick through it, who piques your interest? Who do you decide to interview/speak with first? H'mmm, myself, I would go straight to "the dentist" who declared the photo of Florebella Natalia Marion Remakel to be a true photo of Marion Barter ... they have the name and address of said person, I believe. I feel the dentist holds the key .... who is he/she? Completely interested to find out and hear their story. The ad in Le Courrier, definitely have to find out who placed that ad ... that's in second position, it's just so curious that it's a Lennox Head PO Box, Ballina phone number, surname that apparently was not in the country at the time .... I've started hunting through Le Courrier archives again, looking for a clue, there must be something we're missing there .... ah well, there it is .....[/QUOTE
Those are all really good questions and the whole Remakel thing is evidently one of 2 things I feel. Either... this was very possibly not their real name at all. In which case it was likely a French speaker originating from any French country in the world. But if just a pseudonym why would they get Marion to change her name to Remakel? So maybe they both did. Maybe this man was changing his identity anyway. Maybe he knew a Remakel. Quite possibly, unbeknownst to him he was acquainted with fernand Remakel or was a football fan and took the name from him. Marion changed her name in 1997. Maybe he did too. Maybe an answer lies in another possible name change to Remakel somewhere in the world.. Very possibly in Luxembourg. Not sure how one could go about getting that info... Most likely just the the police.
The second possibility is his name was Remakel and for whatever reason he posted the ad.. Hoping to find an Australian female, with the long term plan of making a new life with her.. Perhaps if no Remakel entered Australia within those years, maybe Marion visited him? Do we know of any solo vacations she took in the years previous to her disappearance? And what about checking flight records into the UK under Remakel? Maybe they met at an agreed point and both wanted to visit UK so did so together? I wonder whether in correspondence Remakel explained where he was from, but he had a friend in Australia who lived near ballina and set up the ad in his name on his behalf and asked him what to write and acted as a go between when contacting La courrier. Just some thoughts....