the girl's mother, lindy
chamberlain, or insisted all
along she'd been taken by a
wild dog, a dingo, while they
were camping.
she was convicted of the baby's
murder in 1982 and then freed
four years later when the
baby's jacket was found near a
dingo's lair.
our australia correspondent,
duncan kennedy, has this.
>> 31 years after her daughter
disappeared, lindy chamberlain
was back in a courtroom, but
this time to present new
evidence to a coroner about
dingos who she's always blamed
for causing her family's
misery.
azaria chamberlain was nine
weeks old when she vanished.
the family was camping when
mrs. chamberlain claimed she
saw a dingo snatch the baby
from their tent.
azaria's body was never found
n. 1982, lindy chamberlain was
jailed for her murder.
it was only when azaria's
jacket turned up in a dingo's
den four years later mrs.
chamberlain was released.
but rumors persisted over her
involvement, so lindy and her
former husband, michael, are at
this new hearing to present