One of Hollywood’s most enduring mysteries is getting another look. Investigators reopened the case of Natalie Wood’s 1981 drowning after receiving new information they deemed credible.
A detective said Friday, however, that the three-time Oscar nominee’s husband, actor Robert Wagner, was not a suspect.
Los Angeles Sheriff’s Lt. John Corina said nothing has yet changed the official view that Wood’s death in the chilly waters off Southern California’s Santa Catalina Island was anything but an accident.
"Right now, her death is an accidental drowning," Corina said.
Two detectives will delve into the case, interview witnesses, and even re-examine the yacht she fell from. That yacht is currently docked in Hawaii, and investigators will reportedly come to the islands. Ron Mizutani will have that part of the story tonight on the KHON2 News at 5 and 6.
Corina declined to say whether all the new information came from Dennis Davern, who was a captain of the yacht that Wagner, Wood and actor Christopher Walken were sharing on Thanksgiving weekend in 1981. Davern said on national television Friday that he lied to investigators about events on the yacht Splendour when he was interviewed after Wood’s death.
Davern accused Wagner of having a fight with Wood before she went missing and delaying the search for her after she went missing from the boat.
On Nov. 29, 1981, Wood drowned after spending several hours drinking in a yacht with Wagner, fellow actor Christopher Walken and Davern.
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