Dingo did kill tge baby...

[OhNoMyFanjo]

dingo did kill baby in oz.

This is one of those cases tgat divided people, now it's official.

That poor poor family.

Dreadful that it has taken so long to prove the Mother innocent.

blimey i thought it was official years ago tbh

Such a shame the mother served 6 years in prison, losing her baby would have been bad enough. Very sad.

i can't read the story as i've blocked the DM but if she served time in prison i hope she is going to sue for a shit load of money.

I never really understood why people didn't believe them.

We camped in Australia and ended up sleeping in the car because the dingos were circling our tent and snarling at us.

Domestic dogs have killed children so why did people find it so hard to believe that a wild dog had done the same?

So glad for the family that they have finally got the right answer. Poor Chamberlain family.

Hope this family will now find some peace.

I guess when a child disappears under mysterious circumstances people will ALWAYS suspect the parents - as we see with the McCanns - but in this case to be convicted on such piss-poor forensic evidence is shocking.

It wasn't just six years she served - it was six years with 'hard labour' something they still handed out when she was convicted

It was a terrible miscarriage of justice. There was a lot of prejudice against the family because they did not react in the way the media wanted/expected. (Sound familiar?) Lindy Chamberlain served 3 years. She gave birth to her fourth child while in prison.
It just meant so much to those poor parents today to have the daughter's death certificate issued with the dingo as a cause of death. Very moving news footage and the coroner's voice wobbled as she formally gave her condolences on the loss of their daughter.

Gosh - and this was such a long time ago. I hadn't realised it was still unproven.

Poor family to have had to wait so long to prove their innocence.

The couple have been long exonerated but the cause of death has remained open.

"why did people find it so hard to believe that a wild dog had done the same?"

Don't you remember those poor little twins attacked by an urban fox in 2010? Despite this very clear eye-witness account, animal rights nutters were so incensed that anyone should accuse a fox that the family ended up needing police protection.

I remember this story so well, it was MASSIVE at the time. (I'm Australian)

I'm so glad they have their innocence proven. It must have been beyond awful.

Does anyone else remember the blood in the car bit? Was that just media bullshit? The media were so vicious.

I read a book about the case years ago - struggling to remember the name. Wasn't there a film where Meryl Streep played Lindy Chamberlain?

Even the trial judge said he didn't sum up in favour of a conviction.

I think there were blood stains in the car because the family had picked up an injured RTA victim and taken him to hospital - the prosecution said Lindy had cut her daughter's throat in the car.

There was massive prejudice against the family because they belonged to an unusual religious group and people thought them a bit weird.

The film, A Cry in the Dark, is excellent.

And yes, there was a lot of focus on the fact that Lindy Chamberlain wasn't emotional at quite the times the media demanded. The religious angle certainly didn't help them. It's good they've got justice today; the last verdict left too much room for doubt.

The spray of blood in the car came from evidence the discredited forensic expert gave - nothing to do with the media

Oh thanks for clearing that up.

The alleged blood in the car was found to be copper oxide which was prevalent in the area the Chamberlain family lived in. The forensic expert never tested it just assumed it was blood.