The coroner’s verdict is in.
Azaria Chamberlain was, according to the coroner, killed by a dingo at
Ayers Rock. But I’m at a loss to
understand how this decision was reached.
A body was never found.
For all we know, Azaria Chamberlain is still alive, somewhere.
But assuming she did die, I’m not convinced a dingo
was the cause. Her mother Lindy saw a
dingo leave the tent. She didn’t see a
baby with that dingo, and only knew the baby was missing when she went into the
tent. The aboriginal tracker who claimed
to see the dingo footprints also said there were indications of a baby’s body
being dragged, but can’t seem to explain how she knew it was a baby. And she didn’t see blood stains.
Questions remain
about the dingo that supposedly killed Azaria.
Why would a dingo go into the back of the tent, past two sleeping boys,
to where the baby girl lay? Why take her? How did a dingo later get the matinee jacket
off the body, without totally destroying it in the process?
Somebody knows what happened to Azaria Chamberlain. Did Lindy, in a fit of post-natal depression,
kill the baby? As a good Christian
woman, she was supposed to be happy in her role as a pastor’s wife, but who’s
to say she was totally miserable and saw no other way out? She got little or no support from the church
she belonged to. And what about the
person/s who disposed of the matinee jacket at the dingo’s lair? What do they know about the fate of that we
girl, and why haven’t they come forward with the information? Is it out of guilt?
Easy to blame a dingo for a crime that may or may not have
happened. But those responsible for a
murder, if one occurred, need to be held responsible.
