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Chamberlain family leaves Mount Isa.
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Chamberlain family arrives at Ayer's Rock.
Early in the day while her husband Michael and their sons climed Ayer's rock, Linda took Azaria to explore Fertility Cave. Just outside, she caught a Dingo staring at her. After the sun had set, the families at the camp gathered near the barbeques. There, Linda and Michael spoke to Greg and Sally Lowe, another couple with a baby. -
8:10, "My God, my God, the dingo's got my baby!"
Lindy rushes to the tent and sees the dingo leaving and rushes into the tent to find her baby missing. She then calls Michael, saying "the dingo has the baby," and the two raced after it, seeing it disappear from behind their car. (Testimonial) -
Frank Morris arrives on the scene.
Lindy and Michael quickly get help from the other campers in the search for the baby and the dingo.
Frank Morris investigated the tent, finding blood on a rug ( physical, individual evidence), canine hairs (physical, circumstantial, class evidence),and paw prints (physical, circumstantial, class evidence) leading away from the tent while near 300 campers searched for tracks and clothing. -
Murray Haby finds depression in the sand.
Away from he main search party, Murray Haby found a depression in the sand that ranger Derek Hoff and native tracker Nuwe Minyintiri studied, concluding that it was left by some sort of knitted weave. (Circumstantial, physical, class evidence). -
Michael and another man hear a cry.
Lindy had put the baby in the tent for the night and returned to the barbeque with a can of baked beans for Michael, a which point Michael and another man heard a cry (Testimonial, Individual). Sally Lowe also testified that she'd seen a dingo while taking out the trash (Testimonial, Individual), Murray Haby had taken a picture of a dingo (physical, individual, circumstantial) that he said headed toward the tent (Testimonial, Circumstantial). Judy West hear a growl (Circumstantial, Testimony.) -
Detectives debate the story.
Investigators Frank Morris, Inspector Michael Gilroy, and John Lincoln debate the case at their hotel. Gilroy believed the story, Morris didn't take a side, and Lincoln doubted it. He even went and got a 10 pound pail of sand that he used to try and prove a dingo couldn't have dragged the baby by holding it in his mouth. This was disproved by dingo expert Les Harris who has seen dingos dragging up to 20 pounds easily. (Physical, Class evidence). -
One week later, Goodwin finds baby clothes.
Wally Goodim found a shredded nappy and baby jumpsuit on a boulder near Fertility Cave. This would become an important piece of physical, circumstantial, individual evidence, the blood flow on the clothes and the lack of (both physical, circustantial evidence) making the prosecution stronger. (Dirt and vegetation on clothes- physical, class evidence.)
However, Les Harris informs investigators that dingos don't slobber much, and that dingo's could and will undress a baby (physical, class). -
Detective-Sergeant Graeme Charlwood took over.
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Charlwood interview Lindy and Michael at Mount Isa.
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The first inquest starts.
Denis Barritt conducts the first of 3 inquests into the Chamberlain case, and states that someone had moved Azaria's clothes after her death, but that there was no reason to assume it was the Chamberlains. He concluded by saying that Azaria was killed by a dingo, and that her parents weren't in any way reasonably involved. -
N.T police search Chamberlain home.
Northen Territory police stormed the Chamberlain home, seizing over 300 pieces of 'evidence' and the family Toranto over the course of 4.5 hours. The reason for the search was British forensic expert James Cameron, who stated that no dingo was involved in Azaria's disappearance. -
Chief Minister Everingham moves for 2nd inquiry.
Everingham won his second inquiry because of the large amounts of what was supposedly fetal blood found in the Chamberlain Torano (Fetal blood in the car- Circumstantial, physical, individual evidence). However, later these findings were cast into severe doubt by Professor Barry Boettcher, who explained why the tests were wrong. The Jury, of course, understood none of what he said. -
Second inquest into the death of Azaria.
Ervingham won his inquest, due to what was supposedly large quantities of fetal blood in the Chamberlain Toranto (physical, circumstantial, class evidence). However, this was later proved by the defense to be false, as Professor Barry Boettcher explained why the tests may have showed them false results. The jury, however, most likely understood none of what he said. -
Northern Territory opened its prosecution.
Lindy, now pregnant, hired Defense attorney John Phillips to combat Ian Barker in her case, judged by Justice James Muirhead. Immediately, Barker informed the jury that Azaria's clothes showed that her throat had been slashed, and that the dingo story was entirely fanciful. Barker called both Lowe's, whose testimony helped the defense more than Barker. The scientists then changed the tide, saying Azaria's throat was slit, the clothes not dingo torn, and the car filled with baby blood. -
The Defense begins its case.
The defense started by proving that a dingo could fit a baby head in its mouth, proved that Cameron's "bloody fingerprints" didn't belong to her. They then called witnesses, who talked about the Chamberlain's honor and goodness, their brushes with dingo attacks, and the scientists attacked the dubious methods of the prosecution scientists. They also gave a reason as to why there wasn't baby blood in the car, but the jury likely didn't understand the complicated reasons. -
Justice James Muirhead instructs the jury.
Muirhead ended the trial, telling the jury to make their decision and reminding them that Sally Lowe had heared the baby just before its disappearance while sitting next to Lindy. -
Jury finds Lindy guilty and Michael an accessory.
The Jury, though intitially split, concluded that Lindy was guilty of 1st degree murder, Michael was an accessory after the fact, to sustained applause from across Australia. Lindy got life in prison, Michael a suspended sentence. -
Lindy's daughter Kahlia is born.
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Federal appeal rejected 3:0.
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High court rejects appeal, 3:2.
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David Brett falls off Ayer's rock and dies.
David Brett fell off of Ayer's rock to his death, unknowingly freeing Lindy, who had steadily been gaining support for her release. He was likely eaten by dingos, and during the search for his body police stumbled over something very important. -
Police find Azaria's missing matinee jacket
After the death of the hiker, investigators found a once white baby's matinee jacket that they concluded was Azaria's near an area of dingo dens. (Physical, class evidence. The blood on it may possibly be individual, but it's very old at this point).
This would eventually end up clearing both Chamberlains, though it was hardly a comfort to their children who were now over thirty. -
Lindy climbs into limo to her new life.
Lindy left Barrimah jail after being released by the Chief Minister, causing a massive judicial inquest to be launched. -
Justice Trevor Morling criticizes entire trial.
In 379 pages, Morling critiqued the witnesses, scientist and methods used to gather information, and the jury's complete disregard for evidence that made it near impossible for the crime to have been committed. -
N.T Court of Appeals quashes all convictions.
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Chamberlains throw victory feast.
The Chamberlians threw a victory feast to celebrate Lindy's release, invinting family and many integral part of their defense, iIncluding their lawyer, Ken Crispin. -
Lindy publishes "Through My Eyes."
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Third Coroner's inquest by Elizabeth Morris.
Another inquest was launched with new evidence, including three fatal attacks on children by dingos. -
Morris confirms a dingo killed Azaria.