Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton
This goo was worth a point in May 2023.
publication date: Saturday, May 6, 2023 (part of May 2023)
category: 
Injustice
clue: She was released from prison in three years and pardoned in four, but it took a total of 32 years after the alleged crime for a coroner to make an official ruling that a dingo did, in fact, have her baby.
explanation: Chamberlain-Creighton was at the center of an infamous murder trial in Australia in 1980, maintaining that a dingo had taken her infant daughter. She was convicted but later freed and eventually vindicated by new evidence found in the area. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
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