Dr. Rebecca Wilcoxon
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It was intact and a reporter had a onesie there and Lindy Chamberlain was talking about how when dingoes have like an animal, they will pull like the skin back.
And there was commentary on that.
Like, how could a mother just talk calmly about what may have happened to her baby?
People just thought, well, if that was me, I wouldn't act that way.
So therefore, which is quite the leap, therefore she's like slit her baby's throat in the front seat of the car.
But that's what she was convicted of and there was dodgy forensic science evidence in there as well.
And again, it's another evolutionary evolved thing.
Like we meet people and we judge whether they're safe or not.
We make snap judgments about people within milliseconds.
So yeah, I think in a jury situation, we're up against it.
But what people really, really need to do is listen to the evidence.
Hey, Sana, before you go, can I tell you a story?
Sure.
Hi, Anne Jones, host of What the Duck.
You can tell me a story.
It's a good one.
You know that game that kids sometimes play, like Ding Dong Ditch, where they ring a bell and run away?
Yeah.
Well, I mean, apparently there is a worldwide crime spree of ding dong ditch that has been going on and I've been investigating it for what the duck, because the perpetrator is a bit unusual.
Who is the perpetrator?