Australian Coroner Says Dingo Did Take Baby

When 9-week-old Azaria Chamberlain disappeared from her tent while on a camping trip with her parents in the Australian Outback in 1980, they claimed a dingo—an Australian wild dog—had taken the baby. An initial inquest agreed, but a second investigation resulted in a murder charge for the infant’s mother, Lindy Chamberlain. She was convicted in 1982 and served more than three years in prison before the decision was overturned. In 1995, a third inquest did not determine the

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