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# Azaria Chamberlain

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Azaria Chamberlain is the name of a baby that went missing in 1980 near Ayers Rock in Australia. Her mother, Lindy Chamberlain, said that she was taken by a dingo and killed. Police said that Lindy Chamberlain had killed the baby and had lied. Lindy Chamberlain went to jail. In 1986, Lindy Chamberlain was taken out of jail, because they said that police had lied in court. A movie called Evil Angels was made about this story. This is one of Australia's greatest murder mysteries.

In 2005, a woman called Erin Horsburgh said that she was really Azaria Chamberlain and wanted police to do a DNA test to check. But police said that the woman was lying and making it up and they did not want to check. A DNA check would have made police open the case again to find out what really happened.

Some people think that a dingo cannot kill people, because a dingo is like a little dog. Some other people think that a dingo can kill people, and other times dingoes have hurt people. Many people make jokes about this, as they think that this is a lie. People say "A dingo stole my baby" as a joke, when you are lying.

Some aborigines said that Azaria Chamberlain was taken by a dingo, but she was not killed, and they looked after her for a while. Police would not talk to the aborigines in 1980. Erin Horsburgh says that is what happened. Many aborigines believe that Erin Horsburgh is Azaria Chamberlain.

Lindy Chamberlain divorced her husband Michael Chamberlain while she was in jail. She then married her lawyer who got her out of jail.

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