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 == Missing ==
-Azaria Chamberlain was asleep in the family tent at the Ayers Rock camping ground on 17th August 1980, with her older brother Reagan, 4, when a dingo entered the tent and took Azaria.
+Azaria Chamberlain was asleep in the family tent at the Ayers Rock camping ground on 17 August 1980, with her older brother Reagan, 4, when a dingo entered the tent and took Azaria.
 Her parents and other brother, Aiden, 6, were around a campfire nearby, with other campers.

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−	~~AT least~~ she ~~wasn~~'t a ~~fundamentalist wackjob~~....	+	'''Azaria Chamberlain''' was the nearly-ten-week-old daughter of [[Seventh Day Adventist]] pastor [[Michael Chamberlain]] and his wife [[Lindy Chamberlain]] who was taken and killed by a [[dingo]] at [[Ayers Rock]] in central [[Australia]].
−	~~CONSERVAPEDIA SUCKS!~~	+
		+	== Missing ==
		+	Azaria Chamberlain was asleep in the family tent at the Ayers Rock camping ground on 17th August 1980, with her older brother Reagan, 4, when a dingo entered the tent and took Azaria.
		+	Her parents and other brother, Aiden, 6, were around a campfire nearby, with other campers.
		+
		+	Lindy Chamberlain, hearing a cry from her baby, returned to the tent just in time to see what appeared in the dark to be a dingo leaving the tent, and, investigating, found her baby gone.
		+
		+	A search proved fruitless, and police became suspicious of the circumstances.
		+	Public opinions on the case were strong, and there was a widespread rumour that the name [[Azariah\|Azaria]] meant "Sacrifice in the wilderness".
		+	The name actually means "whom Jehovah helps".
		+	However, a [[coroner\|coronial]] inquest found that a dingo had, in fact, taken Azaria, and that her body had been disposed of by a person or persons unknown.
		+	The coroner also pointed out that the name does not mean and has never meant "Sacrifice in the wilderness".
		+
		+	== Parents charged and convicted ==
		+
		+	However, the [[Northern Territory]] government had the findings of the coronial inquest quashed, and a second inquest ordered.
		+	Whereas the first inquest had concentrated on the dingo, the second concentrated on allegations of blood in the Chamberlain car.
		+	As a result of the second inquest, Lindy Chamberlain was charged with the murder of Azaria, and Michael Chamberlain with being an accessory after the fact.
		+	The subsequent court case in front of a [[jury]] found both parents guilty as charged. Whilst Michael Chamberlain was given a suspended sentence to allow him to raise his remaining children, Lindy Chamberlain was sentenced to life with hard labour.
		+
		+	== Freed ==
		+
		+	Five and a half years after her disappearance, a matinee jacket matching the description of the one that Lindy Chamberlain said her daughter was wearing when she disappeared, was found at the base of Ayers rock.
		+	This evidence showed that Lindy had been telling the truth, and she was released from prison pending further investigation.
		+	A further trial quashed all convictions against Michael and Lindy Chamberlain.
		+	Lindy Chamberlain subsequently received AU$1.3 million compensation for wrongful imprisonment.
		+
		+	== Film ==
		+
		+	The case has been put to film a number of times, including the following:
		+	* ''Who Killed Baby Azaria?'' was made for TV in 1983, when Lindy Chamberlain was still in jail, and reportedly presumes that she was guilty.
		+	* ''Evil Angels'', known as ''A Cry in the Dark'' outside Australia, was made in 1988, directed by [[Fred Schepisi]], and starred [[Meryl Streep]] and [[Sam Neill]] as Lindy and Michael Chamberlain.
		+	* ''Through My Eyes'' is a two-part TV mini series made in 2004.
		+
		+	== Sources ==
		+	* Linder, Douglas, [http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/chamberlain/chamberlainhome.html The Lindy Chamberlain Trial], 2005.
		+	* Steel, Fiona, [http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/not_guilty/chamberlain1/1.html A Cry in the Night]
		+	* Hogg, Russell, [http://law.anu.edu.au/highcourt_project/Chamberlain%20Case%20rtf.rtf Chamberlain Case (1984)]
		+
		+	== External links ==
		+	* [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0086580/ Who Killed Baby Azaria?] on the Internet Movie Database.
		+	* [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0094924/ Evil Angels] on the Internet Movie Database.
		+	* [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0409633/ Through My Eyes] on the Internet Movie Database.
		+
		+	{{DEFAULTSORT:Chamberlain, Azaria}}
		+
		+	[[Category:Australia]]

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−	'''Azaria Chamberlain''' was the nearly-ten-week-old daughter of [[Seventh Day Adventist]] pastor [[Michael Chamberlain]] and his wife [[Lindy Chamberlain]] who was taken and killed by a [[dingo]] at [[Ayers Rock]] in central [[Australia]].	+	AT least she wasn't a fundamentalist wackjob....
−		+	CONSERVAPEDIA SUCKS!
−	~~== Missing ==~~
−	~~Azaria Chamberlain was asleep in the family tent at the Ayers Rock camping ground on 17th August 1980, with her older brother Reagan, 4, when a dingo entered the tent and took Azaria.~~
−	~~Her parents and other brother, Aiden, 6, were around a campfire nearby, with other campers.~~
−
−	~~Lindy Chamberlain, hearing a cry from her baby, returned to the tent just in time to see what appeared in the dark to be a dingo leaving the tent, and, investigating, found her baby gone.~~
−
−	~~A search proved fruitless, and police became suspicious of the circumstances.~~
−	~~Public opinions on the case were strong, and there was a widespread rumour that the name [[Azariah\|Azaria]] meant "Sacrifice in the wilderness".~~
−	~~The name actually means "whom Jehovah helps".~~
−	~~However, a [[coroner\|coronial]] inquest found that a dingo had, in fact, taken Azaria, and that her body had been disposed of by a person or persons unknown.~~
−	~~The coroner also pointed out that the name does not mean and has never meant "Sacrifice in the wilderness".~~
−
−	~~== Parents charged and convicted ==~~
−
−	~~However, the [[Northern Territory]] government had the findings of the coronial inquest quashed, and a second inquest ordered.~~
−	~~Whereas the first inquest had concentrated on the dingo, the second concentrated on allegations of blood in the Chamberlain car.~~
−	~~As a result of the second inquest, Lindy Chamberlain was charged with the murder of Azaria, and Michael Chamberlain with being an accessory after the fact.~~
−	The subsequent court case in front of a [[jury]] found both parents guilty as charged. Whilst Michael Chamberlain was given a suspended sentence to allow him to raise his remaining children, Lindy Chamberlain was sentenced to life with hard labour.
−
−	~~== Freed ==~~
−
−	Five and a half years after her disappearance, a matinee jacket matching the description of the one that Lindy Chamberlain said her daughter was wearing when she disappeared, was found at the base of Ayers rock.
−	~~This evidence showed that Lindy had been telling the truth, and she was released from prison pending further investigation.~~
−	~~A further trial quashed all convictions against Michael and Lindy Chamberlain.~~
−	~~Lindy Chamberlain subsequently received AU$1.3 million compensation for wrongful imprisonment.~~
−
−	~~== Film ==~~
−
−	~~The case has been put to film a number of times, including the following:~~
−	* ''Who Killed Baby Azaria?'' was made for TV in 1983, when Lindy Chamberlain was still in jail, and reportedly presumes that she ~~was guilty.~~
−	* ''Evil Angels'', known as ''A Cry in the Dark'' outside Australia, was made in 1988, directed by [[Fred Schepisi]], and starred [[Meryl Streep]] and [[Sam Neill]] as Lindy and Michael Chamberlain.
−	* ''Through My Eyes'' is a ~~two-part TV mini series made in 2004.~~
−
−	~~== Sources ==~~
−	* Linder, Douglas, [http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/chamberlain/chamberlainhome.html The Lindy Chamberlain Trial], 2005.
−	* Steel, Fiona, [http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/not_guilty/chamberlain1/1.html A Cry in the Night]
−	* Hogg, Russell, [http://law.~~anu~~.~~edu~~.~~au/highcourt_project/Chamberlain%20Case%20rtf~~.~~rtf Chamberlain Case (1984)]~~
−
−	~~== External links ==~~
−	* [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0086580/ Who Killed Baby Azaria?] on the Internet Movie Database.
−	* [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0094924/ Evil Angels] on the Internet Movie Database.
−	* [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0409633/ Through My Eyes] on the Internet Movie Database.
−
−	~~{{DEFAULTSORT:Chamberlain, Azaria}}~~
−
−	~~[[Category:Australia]]~~

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	[[Category:Australia]]		[[Category:Australia]]
−	~~[[Category:People]]~~

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 The name actually means "whom Jehovah helps".
 However, a [[coroner|coronial]] inquest found that a dingo had, in fact, taken Azaria, and that her body had been disposed of by a person or persons unknown.
-He also pointed out that the name does not mean and has never meant "Sacrifice in the wilderness".
+The coroner also pointed out that the name does not mean and has never meant "Sacrifice in the wilderness".
 == Parents charged and convicted ==

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 A further trial quashed all convictions against Michael and Lindy Chamberlain.
 Lindy Chamberlain subsequently received AU$1.3 million compensation for wrongful imprisonment.
 == Sources ==
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 * Steel, Fiona, [http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/not_guilty/chamberlain1/1.html A Cry in the Night]
 * Hogg, Russell, [http://law.anu.edu.au/highcourt_project/Chamberlain%20Case%20rtf.rtf Chamberlain Case (1984)]
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Chamberlain, Azaria}}
 [[Category:Australia]]
 [[Category:People]]

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 == Missing ==
-Azarian Chamberlain was asleep in the family tent at the Ayers Rock camping ground, with her older brother Reagan, 4, when a dingo entered the tent and took Azaria.
+Azaria Chamberlain was asleep in the family tent at the Ayers Rock camping ground, with her older brother Reagan, 4, when a dingo entered the tent and took Azaria.
 Her parents and other brother, Aiden, 6, were around a campfire nearby, with other campers.
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 == Parents charged and convicted ==
-However, the [[Northern Territory]] government had the findings off the coronial inquest quashed, and a second inquest ordered.
+However, the [[Northern Territory]] government had the findings of the coronial inquest quashed, and a second inquest ordered.
 Whereas the first inquest had concentrated on the dingo, the second concentrated on allegations of blood in the Chamberlain car.
 As a result of the second inquest, Lindy Chamberlain was charged with the murder of Azaria, and Michael Chamberlain with being an accessory after the fact.