*Ø* Azaria mystery unravels

After almost a quarter of a century, it looks like the Azaria mystery that gripped Australia at the time might be laid to rest.

"I know how the baby died" says elderly man

"AZARIA Chamberlain was killed by a dingo and her body hidden by men camping rough near Ayers Rock, one of the group has sensationally claimed.

"An elderly Melbourne man says he shot the dingo that killed Azaria and then retrieved her body from its jaws.

"Frank Cole also believes Azaria's body may have been buried in a Melbourne back yard by one of his mates.

"Mr Cole, 78, told the Sunday Herald Sun he had lived with the secret of what happened to the 9 1/2-week-old girl for almost 25 years.

"The ailing Pascoe Vale pensioner, who is the last of the camping party at the rock (now Uluru), said he wanted to unburden himself before it is too late ..."

Source: NewsCom

(Frank Cole must have had a very quiet .22 if not one of the many police and dozens of searchers and campers at the Rock, who were awake for most of the 48 hours following Azaria's disappearance, didn't hear a gunshot.)