After 32 years, resolution to a long-running mystery: did a dingo or Azaria Chamberlain's parents kill the infant child in the Australian wilds? The dingo did, a court rules. [Reuters]

  • theophrastvs

    You’ll notice that the dingo’s attorney is still weighing the option of an appeal

  • http://twitter.com/pishabh pishabh

    I’m sure Elaine is pleased

  • oldtaku

    Well, there’s not really any new evidence here. All they did was note that dingoes have attacked other people since, so it’s plausible. The only mystery cleared up is legal. Though the jacket they found back in ’86 was enough evidence for me to believe it happened.

  • Dr Boom

    That would be the matinee jacket that the dingo left cut marks that were more akin to those left by scissors than canine teeth, not to mention that it managed to unbutton, remove the body and rebutton back up again before discarding it.

    • Antinous / Moderator

      None of that turned out to be true. The first police officer to see it described it quite differently.

  • http://glitch.tl/ Michael Smith

    I found this bit on wikipdia:
    The family had several encounters with dingoes after making camp at Uluru, including on the night of 17 August when Chamberlain fed one a piece of crust
    It is now highly illegal to feed dingoes in some places because this directly puts people (especially small children) at risk. Dingoes come to regard humans as a food source and hang around campsites. So in a sense, Lindy Chamberlain does bear some responsibility for the death of her daughter.