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On 17th of August 1980, Azaria Chamberlain was taken/killed. She dissapeared from her tent at the families camping trip at Uluru, Northern Territory. She was only 10 weeks old at the time.
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A tourist found the bloody remains of Azarias jumpsuit and singlet near a bolder at the base of Ayers Rock.
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The first coroner's inquest into the death of Azaria.
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Denis Barritt finds that a dingo/wild dog did in fact take Azaria and presumably kill her.
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Northern Territory police search the Chamberlains home in Cooranbong, New South Wales.
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A second Coroner's Inquest into the death opens.
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Second Inquest Coroner Gerry Galvin commits Lindy Chamberlain to trial on charge of murdering Azaria. Michael Chamberlain is charged as an accessory.
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The Chamberlain trial opens in a Darwin courthouse.
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The defence opens its case in the Chamberlain trial.
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The Chamberlain case goes to the jury. Lindy is found guilty of murder and is sentenced to life at hard labor while Michael is found guilty of being an accessory after the fact and his sentence is deffered.
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Lindy gives birth to a little girl, Kahlia Chamberlain
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Lindy is released on bail pending an appeal.
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The Northern Territory turns down Lindy Chamberlain's application for early release from prison
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A matinee jacket was found matching the description of the jacket Azaria wore on the day of her death. This is an important part of the investigation and has been said to explain why there may not have been any dingo saliva on the actual jumpsuit.
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Lindy Chamberlain confirms the matinee jacket was her daughters.
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Lindy is released from prison. The Northern Territory Government announces that there will be a new inquiry into Azaria's death.
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The American version of the TV show "Sixty Minutes" runs interviews with the Chamberlains as part of a story strongly suggesting that theyre innocent. -
May 22, 1987
Justice Moorling issues a 379-page report analyzing the evidence in the Chamberlain case. The report finds the evidence against the Chamberlains to be insubstantial. -
The blood that was found inside Lindy's car is proven to in fact not be blood but a chemical sometimes used by car manafacturers
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A Cry in the Dark" , a movie about the Chamberlain case is released. -
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Lindy receives $1.3 million compensation from the government for wrongful imprisonment. -
A third coroner's inquest this one a "paper inquest" into the death of Azaria is held.
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Coroner Lowndes concludes that the cause of Azaria's death "cannot be determined."
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August 6, 2004
Frank Cole, A Melbourne pensioner now 78, takes a lie detector test to prove his story that in August 1980 he shot the dingo that killed Azaria, then showed the baby's body to his companions. He passes the lying test, but Lindy still has doubts about his story. -
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After a series of dingo attacks on humans, a fourth coroner's inquest into the death of Azaria is opened. Lindy Chamberlain expresses the hope that the inquest will both clear her name and alert the public to the fact that "dingoes are a dangerous animal."
