MYSTERY CONTINUES

Man says he shot dingo that killed Azaria -- body may be buried in Melbourne

An elderly Melbourne man has said he shot the dingo that killed Azaria Chamberlain 24 years ago and then retrieved her body from its jaws.
Frank Cole, 78, has said that that Azaria's body may have been buried in a Melbourne backyard by one of his mates.
Azaria disappeared from a campsite at Uluru in central Australia on August 17, 1980, but her body was never found.
After two inquests and a trial, her mother, Lindy Chamberlain, was jailed in 1982 for murder, only to be pardoned in 1986.
Mr Cole said he had felt "pretty lousy and guilty" when Ms Chamberlain was jailed but he couldn't do anything by then, and had promised his mates he would stay silent.

Bert Fraser, a neighbour of Frank Cole, said Mr Cole had seen a Gladstone bag in his home, prompting him to reveal the 24-year-old secret to his neighbour.
"I had one (a Gladstone bag) in here and he said, 'That's the same bag that they put the child in when they found the baby,'" Mr Fraser told ABC radio.
"Well, I asked him questions and he told the story: "He said, 'I had to tell someone because I'm getting older' and he said the rest of the chaps have died, the three people, and he'd hate to take it to his grave."
He said he and his three friends, who had since died, decided not to take the body to police immediately, fearing they would be punished for illegally using a firearm in a national park.
He said the group later agreed to take the body to authorities, but never did. Mr Cole said one of his friends might have buried the body in a Melbourne backyard.