Circumstances of Disappearance
Cutler was an employee at the Parmelia Hilton Hotel in Perth, Western Australia in 1988. She was last seen leaving the hotel in the early morning hours of June 20, 1988 after a staff function ended.
Her car was discovered two days after her disappearance, on June 22, 1988. The vehicle was located in the ocean off of Cottesloe Beach in Western Australia.
The case is still being investigated by the Macro Task Force, which was set up to investigate the Claremont serial murders. A report in The Sunday Times has stated that in 2000 Julie`s father was told by Macro detectives that his daughter could have been the first victim of the Claremont killer. It was also revealed then that Julie went to university with a man who is the prime suspect in the Claremont murders.