Sheriff Reopens Case of Actress Natalie Wood's Mysterious Death
November 17, 2011
by Robert Winton


The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department announced Thursday that it was reopening its case into the 1981 death of actress Natalie Wood, which has been one of Hollywood's most enduring mysteries.

Officials then ruled her drowning death while boating off Santa Catalina Island was an accident. But there has been much speculation about what happened in the boat.



"Recently sheriff’s homicide investigators were contacted by persons who stated they had additional information about the Natalie Wood Wagner drowning. Due to the additional information, Sheriff’s homicide bureau has decided to take another look at the case," the department said in a statement.







Wood and Robert Wagner first married in 1957 and divorced five years later.

Both went on to marry other people -- and have children -- only to remarry in 1972.



In 1981, Wagner and Wood had invited Christopher Walken to be their guest that Thanksgiving weekend on Catalina aboard their boat the Splendour.

On the evening of Nov. 29, they had dinner and drinks at Doug's Harbor Reef. They returned to the boat and continued to drink until a heated argument erupted between the two men.



Wagner told The Times in 2008 that it concerned how much of one's personal life should be sacrificed in pursuit of one's career; he was upset that Walken was advocating that Wood give all to her art, even at the expense of her husband and children.

Wood left to go to the master cabin's bathroom. Wagner says he and Walken eventually calmed down and said good night. When he went to bed, he says, Wood wasn't there. It is believed that the dinghy had gotten loose and Wood came up on deck to tie it up.

"I have gone over it so many millions of times with people. Nobody heard anything."

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/11/sheriff-reopens-case-of-natalie-woods-mysterious-death.html

If they're gonna do this, the evidence as to whether or not Wagner intentionally killed her better be convincing, otherwise, they shouldn't bother.

I agree with that, and I have to admit I was surprised to hear that the case is being re-opened. I don't know what they're going to find 30 years later, but I guess one never knows...

I remember when this happened though I was quite young. I've long suspected it was no accident. I've long thought she was pushed.

Just for fun, but check out what I found. This appears to be the very last commercial she made before she died.

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I remember that commercial. I remember asking my parents how she was able to do a commercial if she was dead.

I can only imagine how eerie it must have been for folks watching this ad run after her tragic end. Natalie was one of the most beautiful women on the planet - it's no wonder she was approached to do a commercial for beauty products like lotion.

Boat Captain Alleges Actor Robert Wagner Responsible for Natalie Wood's Death
By Scott Stump, TODAY.com Contributor
11/18/2011


The former captain of the boat from which actress Natalie Wood drowned in 1981 alleged on "TODAY" Friday that her husband, actor Robert Wagner, was responsible for her death.

Dennis Davern said he is now urging homicide investigators to look into Wood's death. She had been boating with Wagner and his Brainstorm co-star Christopher Walken near Santa Catalina Island off the coast of California when she drowned.



"I made some terrible decisions and mistakes," Davern told NBC News' David Gregory. "I did lie on a report several years ago."

He added, "I made mistakes by not telling the honest truth in a police report."









When pressed by Gregory, Davern said he believed Wagner had intentionally kept the investigation into her death low-profile. And when asked if he thought Wagner was "responsible" for Wood's death, Davern said, "yes, I would say so. Yes."

"We didn't take any steps to see if we could locate her," Davern added. "I think it was a matter of, 'We're not going to look too hard, we're not going to turn on the searchlight, we're not going to notify anybody right now.'"









Wagner's publicist issued a statement saying his family supported the L.A. County sheriff's department "and trust they will evaluate whether any new information relating to the death of Natalie Wood Wagner is valid, and that it comes from a credible source or sources other than those simply trying to profit from the 30-year anniversary of her tragic death."









Many of the details he shared have appeared in the book Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour authored by Marti Rulli published in 2009.

"I'm not really the investigator here, and I'm far away from even thinking about profiting over a 30-year anniversary," Davern told Gregory. "I've known this information for many, many years and my book has been out for two years. I'm not in it for any kind of profit, I'm in it for the justice of the whole situation."









Davern also answered questions about why he would come forward 30 years later with new information when he could have told authorities much earlier.

"Why now is because I've been trying to tell information about this for many, many years, but there wasn't really anyone listening until now," he said.

"I've been trying to get somebody to listen for a long time and now somebody is listening and they're going to carry on with this investigation. I'm not saying anything different. All the information that I've revealed in the past, it's all in that book, and now it's just up to the investigators to do an investigation."



Gregory also pressed Davern on why investigators should believe him now, as he admitted lying to them the first time.

"At that time my life was just totally crazy, and I don't think it was a time when I was even able to think straight," Davern said.









On the night of Wood's death in November 1981, Wood and Wagner got into a "terrible argument" that was never reported to the original investigators, according to Rulli.

Actor Christopher Walken went to sleep in his cabin after an angry Wagner smashed a wine bottle on a coffee table that sent everyone scattering to avoid the flying glass, Rulli said. Walken has not made any comment since these new details emerged, other than the statement from his publicist Friday.

When a "mortified" Wood went to her stateroom, Wagner followed and an argument began, according to Rulli.



"Dennis made an attempt to stop it, and was told to go away by Robert Wagner," Rulli told Gregory.

"Then minutes later, Natalie was missing...Dennis wanted to do everything. Make a phone call, turn on the search light. His instincts told him something was terribly wrong, and Robert Wagner asked him not to."





The coroner's report from the time of her death indicated that she may have slipped and hit her head after she lost balance from drinking several glasses of wine.

"The rest is just ghoulish nonsense," Wood's attorney, Paul Ziffren, said at the time about speculation that Wood's death was not accidental.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45353418/ns/today-today_people/#.Tsaj5YLcxBl

^ I read that book about a year ago, and they did all sorts of reenactments from things they read in the police reports, etc. If you get a chance to read it, do so, because quite a bit of it makes sense.

I'm not surprised the captain of the Splendour boat allegedly blamed Wagner responsible, as Wagner blamed himself for her death, too.

They were both drunk and had been arguing - which many times leads to tragedy and people doing things they wouldn't do otherwise sober. So who knows?

Natalie Wood's Sister Lana Speaks Out for the First Time Since Case Reopening
by Anthony McCartney
11/18/11


Natalie Wood's sister, Lana Wood, told CNN's Piers Morgan in an interview Friday that she doesn't believe her sister fell off the boat.

Lana Wood told Morgan that she has spoken several times with the boat's captain Dennis Davern and he has told her that Wagner was involved in her plunge into the sea on Nov. 29, 1981.



But Lana Wood said she does not believe that whatever happened was deliberate.

"I don't think she fell, I don't know if she was pushed, I don't know whether there was an altercation and it happened accidentally but she shouldn't have died and that does stay with me and hurt," Lana Wood said.

"I would prefer to always believe that RJ (Wagner) would never do anything to hurt Natalie and that he loved her dearly, which he did, and I don't believe that whatever went on was deliberate. I've always cared about him. I always will care about him," she said.



Lana Wood wrote in a biography on her sister after her death, "What happened is that Natalie drank too much that night."









There have always been questions about Wood's death on Nov. 29, 1981, with renewed attention on the case as the anniversary neared. The case's re-opening and a public call for information are the first hint that the official account may need revision.

Within hours of the announcement, Sheriff's Lt. John Corina said, several people emerged offering their recollections of what happened in the waters off Southern California's Santa Catalina Island.

But he quickly noted that nothing the agency has received so far has prompted it to change the view that there was no foul play.



Corina said his agency would talk to Capt. Davern at some point and other witnesses would likely be interviewed. He downplayed the role Davern's book or the anniversary would play on the investigation.

"We're not concerned with the anniversary date," Corina said. "It may have jarred some other people's memories."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/18/natalie-wood-death-dennis-davern_n_1101366.html?

In addition to being her younger sister, an actress, and having written a book about Natalie's life and career, Lana Wood claims to actually know who it was who raped Natalie when she was a teenager. However, she vows not to reveal his name until he is dead.

It is commonly rumored that it was Kirk Douglas who raped her, and no doubt many people will find that next to impossible to accept if it's actually true, as Kirk is loved by so many.

Yes, I've heard the Kirk Douglas rumor, too. How old is he now? He has to be close to 90 by now.

According to the LA Sheriff's Dept., Robert Wagner "is not a suspect". Who else does that leave? Christopher Walken??

Yes, I've heard the Kirk Douglas rumor, too. How old is he now? He has to be close to 90 by now.

He'll be 95 on Dec. 9th.

Yes, I've heard the Kirk Douglas rumor, too. How old is he now? He has to be close to 90 by now.

According to the LA Sheriff's Dept., Robert Wagner "is not a suspect". Who else does that leave? Christopher Walken??

I've heard a few people think it's Walken, but moreso because of his bad guy roles. I doubt it's him because I can see no reason why it would be. My money is on Wagner and as of now they can't say because until they have prove they can't do anything. Reminds me of the OJ Simpson case where at first they said he wasn't a suspect.

He'll be 95 on Dec. 9th.

Wow, he's older than I thought! Thanks.

^ I read that book about a year ago, and they did all sorts of reenactments from things they read in the police reports, etc. If you get a chance to read it, do so, because quite a bit of it makes sense.
I ordered a copy from Amazon. It came in the mail yesterday. I've always thought Wagner knocked, or pushed her overboard in a drunken rage. He was too concerned with his image. Guess he was afraid she would talk, and put some tarnish on his precious image. I felt sorry for him after she died, but it sure didn't take long for him to find comfort with Jill St. John. :mad: I have read Walken's wife didn't know he was on the yacht that weekend, maybe if he wasn't, or had his wife with him, none of that would've happened. Hopefully, "48 Hours" will have somemore info tonight.

It seems that nowadays if you're a celebrity...they'll try to find a way to send their ass in jail!

They now want Wagner's head!

Detectives Find No Evidence of Foul Play in Natalie Wood's Death
January 10, 2012


The L.A. County Sheriff's Department has uncovered no new evidence in the death of Natalie Wood to suggest that her demise was anything but an accident, a top official said Tuesday.

William McSweeney, the sheriff’s chief of detectives, told The Times that several weeks of new interviews and other investigative work has uncovered no evidence that Wood's death was a homicide.

“At this point, it is an accidental death. Nothing has been discovered to suggest changing that at this time,” he said.





He said detectives are still looking at some aspects of the case, making sure smaller questions not answered in the original investigation are addressed.

McSweeney said that in such cold cases files are never really closed and they can be pulled off the shelf anytime information comes in that's worth looking at.

But he said he's doubtful that more investigating will change the overall conclusion that her death was an accident.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/01/detectives-find-no-evidence-of-foul-play-in-natalie-wood-probe.html

Hmmmm...I still have doubts, but I can only hope that Natalie is resting in peace.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/07/06/natalie-wood-cause-death-changes-from-accident-to-undetermined-on-death/?intcmp=features?test=latestnews



Published July 07, 2012


Natalie Wood's death certificate was changed in late June from "Accident" to "Undetermined," TMZ reported.

According to TMZ, the L.A. County Coroner filed the documents late last month and informed Wood's family of the change. Detectives said the change was made in part due to bruises on Wood's body that were inconsistent with death by drowning.

Wood died November 29, 1981 after an alcohol-fueled party on a boat off Catalina with Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken on board.

Family members were told that authorities cannot definitely prove Wood's death was an accident or due to foul play, TMZ reported.

According to the report, Wood's death was definitely due to drowning, but the manner in which she ended up in the water is unknown.

The investigation is still active.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/07/06/natalie-wood-cause-death-changes-from-accident-to-undetermined-on-death/?intcmp=features?test=latestnews#ixzz1zxc6rexL

I don't know if this will ever be solved. I hope Robert Wagner had nothing to do with this. I'd hate to think he did.

One of the theory's is that the dinghy which was tied to the boat was flapping in the wind and keeping her awake. She might have gone out to secure it and slipped off the boat. Natalie had a lifelong fear of drowning after a harrowing experience of falling into rushing water as a child in a film she appeared in. I sure do hope that Robert Wagner wasn't involved in this. (I doubt it) The answer may never be solved so why not just drop it? May she rest in peace

Natalie Wood's Death Certificate Amended to Reflect Uncertainties
Aug 22, 2012
by Sadie Gennis


Authorities have amended Natalie Wood's death certificate to reflect the lingering uncertainties surrounding her drowning more than 30 years ago.

According to a copy of the death certificate obtained by The Associated Press, the cause of death was changed from accidental drowning to "drowning and other undetermined factors." The coroner's office also amended the death certificate to state that the reasons leading to Wood ending up in the water are "not clearly established."





The investigation into Wood's drowning was reopened nine months ago when the captain of the boat she had been on, Dennis Davern, said he had heard Wood and her husband Robert Wagner arguing the night of her disappearance and blamed Wagner her death.

Wood's death took place on Thanksgiving weekend 1981 while yachting off Catalina Island with her husband and Christopher Walken. Both actors have shared conflicting versions of what happened that night, but authorities are not looking at Wagner as a suspect.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Natalie-Woods-Death-Certificate-Amended-1052220.aspx

More questions about Natalie Wood's death. It seems like everytime we hear something new about this case, it's always more heart-pounding than the last thing. What is it this time? Well, here's what Huffington Post has to say about it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/14/natalie-wood-death-new-audio-recordings_n_1885593.html?icid=maing-grid7|maing6|dl23|sec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D206042

Natalie Wood Death: New Audio Recordings Indicate Robert Wagner's Involvement

The mystery behind the death of Hollywood star Natalie Wood continues to unfold.

On November 29, 1981, the actress, husband Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken boarded a boat off the coast of Catalina Island, in California. Wood was famously found drowned in the water the next morning; the death was ruled as an accidental drowning.

Now never-before-heard audiotapes of Lana Wood discussing her sister's drowning have been obtained by CBS News. Biographer Suzanne Finstad collected the recordings as part of research for her 2001 book, "Natasha: The Biography of Natalie Wood." In the recordings, Lana says that boat captain Dennis Davern had called her while in a state of intoxication and claimed that Wagner had not helped Wood after he had accidentally pushed his wife overboard. Wagner is referred to in the recording as "RJ."

"He said it appeared to him as though RJ shoved her away and she went overboard. Dennis panicked and RJ said, 'Leave her there. Teach her a lesson.' Dennis said he was very panicky that he was sitting and RJ just kept drinking and drinking. And he'd say, 'Come on, let's get her.' And he said RJ was in such a roil mood, at the point, that he then shut up and was waiting for when, when are they gonna go to her rescue, until all the sound stopped."

The statement mirrors what Davern would claim at least 10 years later. In November 2011, the police reopened the investigation of Wood's death. The same month, a somber Davern appeared on the "Today Show" and publicly declared Wagner responsible for Wood's death.

"We didn't take any steps to see if we could locate her. I think it was a matter of, 'We're not going to look too hard, we're not going to turn on the searchlight, we're not going to notify anybody right now,'" he said.

In August 2012, the Los Angeles County coroner amended the late actress's death certificate from accidental drowning to "drowning and other undetermined factors."

For more, click through to CBS News.

Natalie Wood Death: Coroner Releases New Report
by ANTHONY McCARTNEY - AP
01/14/13


Some of the bruises found on Natalie Wood's body may have occurred before the actress drowned in the waters off Southern California more than 30 years ago, according to a newly released coroner's report on one of Hollywood's most mysterious deaths.

The case took another twist Monday when officials released a 10-page addendum to Wood's 1981 autopsy that cites unexplained bruises and scratches on Wood's face and arms as significant factors that led to officials changing her death certificate last year from a drowning to "drowning and other undetermined factors."

Officials were careful about their conclusions because they lacked several pieces of evidence for their review.





Bruises on Wood's arms, a scratch on her neck and superficial abrasions to the actress' face may have occurred before Wood ended up in the waters off Catalina Island in November 1981, but coroner's officials wrote they could not definitely determine when the injuries occurred.

The findings have not altered a sheriff's department investigation into Wood's death, which a spokesman described as ongoing.





Wood, 43, was on a yacht with her actor-husband Robert Wagner, co-star Christopher Walken and the boat captain on Thanksgiving weekend in 1981 before somehow ending up in the water. A dinghy that had been attached to the boat was found along the island's shoreline, but investigators could not locate it to review it last year.

Investigators initially reported that it had no scratches on its hull, and Wood's fingernails were not preserved for analysis.





Several of the original coroner's investigators who worked on the case were re-interviewed, and officials attempted to test some items taken during the investigation into Wood's death and an autopsy, but they could not be located.

"The location of the bruises, the multiplicity of the bruises, lack of head trauma, or facial bruising support bruising having occurred prior to entry in the water," the report states.

"Since there are unanswered questions and limited additional evidence available for evaluation, it is opined by this Medical Examiner that the manner of death should be left as undetermined," Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran wrote in the report completed in June.





Officials also considered that Wood wasn't wearing a life jacket and had no history of suicide attempts and didn't leave a note as reasons to amend its report and the death certificate.

The report was released Monday after sheriff's officials released a security hold.











Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said the agency has known about the findings in the newly released autopsy report for several months and it does not change the status of the investigation, which remains open. He said Wagner is not considered a suspect in Wood's death.

Wood, famed for roles in such films as West Side Story and Rebel Without a Cause, was nominated for three Academy Awards during her lifetime. Her death stunned the world and has remained one of Hollywood's most enduring mysteries. The original detective on the case, Wagner and Walken have all said they considered her death an accident.

Conflicting versions of what happened on the yacht have contributed to the mystery of how the actress died. Wood, Wagner and Walken had all been drinking heavily in the hours before the actress disappeared.





The newly released report states there are conflicting statements about when the boat's occupants discovered Wood was missing. The report estimates her time of death was around midnight, and she was reported missing at 1:30 a.m.

The renewed inquiry came after the boat's captain, Dennis Davern, told "48 Hours Mystery" and the "Today" show that he heard Wagner and Wood arguing the night of her disappearance and believed Wagner was to blame for her death.

Wagner wrote in a 2008 memoir that he and Walken argued that night. He wrote that Walken went to bed and he stayed up for a while, but when he went to bed, he noticed that his wife and a dinghy attached to the yacht were missing.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/14/natalie-wood-death-coroner-report_n_2472840.html?

It just keeps getting more and more bizarre. So sad that this is what Natalie Wood is remembered more for these days instead of her illustrious filmography. :(

It just keeps getting more and more bizarre. So sad that this is what Natalie Wood is remembered more for these days instead of her illustrious filmography. :(

That's true. Seems that whenever something bad happens to celebrities that's what always sticks in people's minds the most, rather than the good things that they did. How sad but that's the media for you.

I find it weird that they are bringing this all up again now after so much time has passed. Maybe I haven't been paying attention but it seems like forever no one said anything about it. I do remember when she died but I barely knew who she was. But it just seems like all of a sudden how she died is big news again. I must have missed something along the way.

Natalie Wood Death Reopened: Robert Wagner Refuses Interview in New Inquiry
by ANTHONY McCARTNEY - AP
01/17/13


Robert Wagner has declined to be interviewed by detectives in a renewed inquiry into the drowning death of his wife Natalie Wood three decades ago, an investigator said Thursday.

Wagner was interviewed by authorities soon after Wood's drowning in 1981, but the actor is the only person who was on the yacht the night Wood died who has not spoken to detectives as part of the latest inquiry, despite repeated requests and attempts, sheriff's Lt. John Corina said.

Blair Berk, an attorney for Wagner and his family, said the actor had cooperated with authorities since his wife died.





Detectives began re-investigating the case in November 2011. Since then investigators have interviewed more than 100 people, but Wagner has refused and Corina said the actor's representatives have not given any reason for his silence.

The detective's remarks provided new insight into the case that has remained one of Hollywood's enduring mysteries. Earlier this week, coroner's officials released an updated autopsy report that had been under a security hold. It detailed why Wood's death had been reclassified from an accidental drowning to a drowning caused by "undetermined factors."

"Mr. Wagner has fully cooperated over the last 30 years in the investigation of the accidental drowning of his wife in 1981," Berk said in a prepared statement. "Mr. Wagner has been interviewed on multiple occasions by the Los Angeles sheriff's department and answered every single question asked of him by detectives during those interviews."

After 30 years, Berk said, neither Wagner nor his daughters have any new information to add. She said the latest investigation was prompted by people seeking to exploit and sensationalize the 30th anniversary of the death.









The renewed inquiry came after the yacht's captain Dennis Davern told "48 Hours" and the "Today" show that he heard Wagner and Wood arguing the night of her disappearance and believed Wagner was to blame for her death.

Authorities have not identified any suspects in the case.





Detectives handling the case said that Christopher Walken gave a prepared statement and talked to them for "about an hour", but that Robert Wagner has been refusing to talk with them.

Corina said detectives have tried at least 10 times to interview Wagner and said some of the refusals have come from the actor's attorney. They also traveled to Colorado to try to speak with Wagner directly, but were unsuccessful.



Detectives have interviewed other actors who knew both Wagner and Wood to learn more about their relationship.

Corina said the latest inquiry had turned up new evidence.

"Most of the people we've talked to were never talked to 30 years ago," he said. "We've got a lot of new information."



Asked if the information might lead to criminal charges, Corina said that would be up to prosecutors if they are presented a case.

"All we can do is collect the facts," he said. "We're still trying to collect all the facts."



Corina said new people have emerged with information each time the case is in the news. Detectives would like to interview other people who haven't agreed to talk, he said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/17/natalie-wood-death-robert-wagner-interview-new-interview_n_2499950.html?

Like I said, it just keeps getting more and more bizarre...

Robert Wagner Now Considered a "Person of Interest" in Natalie Wood's Death
by Liam Mathews
2/1/18


In 2011, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reopened its investigation into the 1981 death of movie star Natalie Wood. Her drowning was originally ruled an accident, but now detectives aren't so sure.

In 2012, the cause listed on her death certificate was changed from "accidental drowning" to "drowning and other undetermined factors." Now, her husband, actor Robert Wagner has for the first time been named a "person of interest" in Wood's death, according to CBS.





Speaking to "48 Hours", which will air an episode about the Wood investigation on Saturday, LASD Lieutenant John Corina said, "As we've investigated the case over the last six years, I think Wagner is more of a person of interest now. I mean, we know now that he was the last person to be with Natalie before she disappeared."

Wagner is not a suspect, but Corina says that Wagner's unwillingness to tell everything that Corina believes he knows about his wife's death makes him a person of interest. Wagner has not cooperated with investigators since the case was reopened.

"I haven't seen him tell the details that match all the other witnesses in this case," Corina says. "I think he's constantly changed his story a little bit. And his version of events just don't add up."

http://www.tvguide.com/news/robert-wagner-person-of-interest-natalie-wood-death/

It seems that the evidence is pointing right to him.
I hope it's not true.

Christopher Walken was with them all that time but he too refuses to respond to questions.
Natalie and the rest of them had all been heavily drinking that day and evening. I think that Natalie was drunk and probably lost her footing and went overboard.

He's not in good health so we might be able to soon talk freely about what seems to be reality.

This attached Lime Street screencap is creepy and saddening, given the strong suspicions now that Wagner is responsible for Natalie Wood's death. Wagner has lied, claimed that he refused to continue Lime Street after Samantha Reed Smith (Elizabeth) was killed. In fact, he and his production buddies tried for months to save the series, including forcing the remaining child actress Maia Brewton to effectively act with Samantha's ghost - in one of the episodes filmed after the plane crash, Maia's character talks to "Elizabeth" through a closed bathroom door.

The proven evidence is that Robert Wagner is both callous toward a dead 13 year old and a liar in interviews and the circumstantial evidence points to him having very possibly caused the death of Natalie Wood.

If anyone has ever seen pictures of 'The Splendor', one will know that it was by no means the size of Aristotle Onassis's yacht and it would have taken mere minutes for just one person to have searched the whole vessel for a missing puppy (much less a missing person) and this boat was comparatively packed with the Wagners, their guests and crew. Yet it was hours before they allegedly concluded Miss Woods was missing then asked for the help of authorities to help in their search.

If anyone has ever seen pictures of 'The Splendor', one will know that it was by no means the size of Aristotle Onassis's yacht and it would have taken mere minutes for just one person to have searched the whole vessel for a missing puppy (much less a missing person) and this boat was comparatively packed with the Wagners, their guests and crew. Yet it was hours before they allegedly concluded Miss Woods was missing then asked for the help of authorities to help in their search.

The more that is coming out, the more it looks like that Wagner and other men from that night should have done the sit-down dance in the electric chair.

I strongly suspect that Natalie Woods was murdered and that there was a big fat cover-up by men who were looking out for themselves.

He's not in good health so we might be able to soon talk freely about what seems to be reality.

This attached Lime Street screencap is creepy and saddening, given the strong suspicions now that Wagner is responsible for Natalie Wood's death. Wagner has lied, claimed that he refused to continue Lime Street after Samantha Reed Smith (Elizabeth) was killed. In fact, he and his production buddies tried for months to save the series, including forcing the remaining child actress Maia Brewton to effectively act with Samantha's ghost - in one of the episodes filmed after the plane crash, Maia's character talks to "Elizabeth" through a closed bathroom door.

The proven evidence is that Robert Wagner is both callous toward a dead 13 year old and a liar in interviews and the circumstantial evidence points to him having very possibly caused the death of Natalie Wood.

Sad to hear that about him.

What would be a motive for Robert Wagner murdering his wife Natalie Wood?

In addition to being her younger sister, an actress, and having written a book about Natalie's life and career, Lana Wood claims to actually know who it was who raped Natalie when she was a teenager. However, she vows not to reveal his name until he is dead.

It is commonly rumored that it was Kirk Douglas who raped her, and no doubt many people will find that next to impossible to accept if it's actually true, as Kirk is loved by so many.

It would have been more believable for Lana to name the rapist while he was still alive and risk a defamation lawsuit.

What would be a motive for Robert Wagner murdering his wife Natalie Wood?

Humans kill for any reason or for no reason.