Do you remember that God-awful mushroom cut Meryl Streep sported when she played the mom who swore her missing baby was gobbled up by a dingo in the Australian outback? A Cry in the Dark, for sure.
Even though the movie earned Meryl an Oscar nod, for Lindy Chamberlain it was real life, and nothing short of living hell. Convicted of murder, she served four years in prison before the ruling was overturned.
Now, 30 years on, the father of Azaria Chamberlain feels confident that a new inquiry into her disappearance will officially rule that a dingo was to blame.
On 17 August 1980, nine-week-old Azaria Chamberlain was snatched from a campsite near Uluru (Ayers Rock), allegedly by the wild Australian dog. The case had the nation divided, with many believing the baby was murdered by her mother.
In February, according to Northern Territory coroner Elizabeth Morris, a fourth inquest into the tragedy will review the 1995 inquest which failed to determine a cause of death. Although previous inquiries showed no dingoes ever attacking children, several incidents of children being mauled have been recorded on Fraser Island, the last wild habitat of purebred dingoes.
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