Posted on 12/19/2011 1:59:40 PM PST by nickcarraway
The father of a baby who infamously vanished in the Australian Outback more than 30 years said Monday that he was confident a new inquiry into the tragedy will officially rule that a dingo took his daughter.
The disappearance of 9-week-old Azaria Chamberlain on Aug. 17, 1980, from a campsite near Ayers Rock, the red monolith in the Australian desert now known by its Aboriginal name Uluru, divided Australians between those who believed a native dog known as a dingo killed her and those who believed she was murdered by her mother, Lindy Chamberlain
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LOL!
That was good. ;o)
There was a rumor at the time that 'Azaria' (the child's name) meant 'sacrifice in the wilderness'.Also,Lindy didn't cry enough.It was also thought that Azaria's older brother may have killed his sister.That poor family went through hell and it tore them apart eventually.
A dingo took my keyboard.
What's the problem? A baby of that age carries only about being warm, dry and fed.
We took both our daughters backpacking when they were under six months, though older than nine weeks.
It's actually a lot safer to take a young baby than one who can crawl or walk and get into trouble.
Not really. The parents were devout Seventh Day Adventists, not well-known in Oz at the time, and the church was portrayed in the Oz media as a crazy child-killing cult.
Something to keep in mind. One person's Church is often another's Cult.
Nope, all convictions were overturned in 1988 after new evidence was found.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azaria_Chamberlain_disappearance
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