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First Inquest
In the first live telecast of Australian court proceedings, Denis Barritt ruled that the likely cause was a dingo attack. -
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Dingo got my baby
Dingo ate my baby -
Azaria goes missing
After Azaria was born her family and her her wnt on a trip to Uluru for a holiday. It is said that one night after Lindy Chamberlain put baby Azaria to bed a dingo came into the tent and killed her. Baby Azaria was only 8 weeks old, some say Lindy and/or Michael killed. -
Baby Azaria's jumpsuit is found1
The NT police and forensic investigators searched the campsite and surrounding areas. They found Azaria's jumpsuit that was tatered and torn. -
Home Raid
In September, 1981, the Charmberlain's Mt Isa home is raided. More than 300 items are taken, including clothing and scissors. -
Investigation Continues - Second inquest
The NT police were not happy that the parents were not charged. Investigations continues, and another inquest was held in Darwin. Based on ultraviolet pictures of Azaria's jumpsuit, said that "there was an incised wound around the neck of the jumpsuit (a cut throat)" There was a print of the hand of a young/smal adult on the jumpsuit that you could see in the pictures as well. -
Court Ruling
Lindy Chamberlain was trialed for murfer, convited and sentenced to life imprisonment. The court said that Lindy had cut Azaria's throat in the front seat of their car, hiding the body in a big camera case. She then joined the group of campers and fed one of her sons a can of baked beans. She thenwent into the tent and raised the cry that the dingo had taken Azaria Chamberlain. While everyone was looking for Azaria, she disposed of the body. -
Appeal
An appeal was made to the High Court in November 1983. They asked to overturn the convictions because the verdicts were unsafe and unsatisfactory. In February 1984 the court refused the appeal by majority. -
Case Re-opened
An english tourist fell off Uluru during a climb. Itt was eight days before the body was found. It was lying below in an area full of dingo lairs and when the police searched the area for missing bones that might have been carried off by dingoes, but instead they discovered Azaria's missing matinee jacket. The Chief Minister of the Northern Territory ordered Lindy Chamberlain's release and the case was reopened. -
Parents Released
The Northern Territory Court of Criminal Appeals overturned all convictions against Lindy and Michael Chamberlain. The court said that they were very bias and invalid assumptions made during the initial trial and so the case was left open. -
Compensation
Two years after they were released the Chamberlains were awarded $1.3 million in compensation for wrongful imprisonment. This money though only covered less than one third of their legal expenses. -
Divorce
The couple had trouble with their relationship and divorces, both are now re-married. -
Third inquest
A third inquest in 1995 took place, with the coroners report stating that there was hardly any new evidence and nothing really anymore to discuss. This left the case as an "open verdict". -
Case Closed
A new inquest opened in February 2012. At the time of Azaria's disappearence, it was beliebed that dingoes would only attack humans if they were provoked. Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton and Michael Charmberlain gabe some more evidence of dingoes attacking children unprovoked. In June 2012, the coroner ruled that a dingo was to blame for Azaria's death.