Natalie Wood Murder Investigation — Shocking New Evidence
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The Natalie Wood cold case is heating up — and The National ENQUIRER has uncovered explosive new evidence that an investigator said exposes her husband, Robert Wagner, in a ruthless scheme to stage a boating accident!
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The aging “Hart to Hart” hunk (shown here, weeks after Natalie's 1981 death at sea, with costar Stephanie Powers), can now sense the long arms of the law closing in. He's been labeled a “person of interest” in Natalie’s death as new details of the cold-case mystery finally emerge.
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In a bombshell new investigation, The ENQUIRER — which consistently pursued the truth about the 88-year-old actor for nearly four decades — has unearthed even more shocking links indicating Wagner’s secret role in the tragedy off California’s Catalina Island!
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Just six weeks before the “West Side Story” beauty mysteriously vanished from their yacht, Splendour, Wagner made a string of suspicious telephone calls to the Los Angeles/Long Beach U.S. Coast Guard base in San Pedro, Calif., investigative book writer Marti Rulli told The ENQUIRER.
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“There is evidence Robert Wagner called the Coast Guard to find out about search and rescue procedures,” Rulli revealed. “He wanted to know exactly what happens when someone is reported missing from a boat! I’m confident Natalie Wood’s death was not spur of the moment — it was in the works for months!”
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The chilling revelation may explain why wily Wagner forced the yacht’s captain, Dennis Davern, to wait four hours before calling the U.S. Coast Guard after Natalie disappeared! Natalie was on a Thanksgiving weekend voyage with Wagner and her “Brainstorm” co-star, Christopher Walken, when she died.
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According to the boat’s skipper, Natalie’s boozed-up hubby exploded in a jealous rage at Walken, smashing a bottle of wine on a table and screaming: “Do you want to f--- my wife?” When Davern heard the commotion, he went to see what had happened.
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At this point, he said, Wagner was in the yacht’s salon yelling: “Natalie’s gone! She’s missing!” Wagner ordered the captain to search the 60-foot pleasure palace, which Davern branded “suspicious.” During the search the ship’s dinghy was gone — and her body was found floating in the ocean the next day!
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The idea the small motorboat could leave the yacht without being heard doesn’t “make any sense,” said L.A. County Sheriff’s Homicide squad boss Lt. John Corina, who is heading the probe into Natalie’s death.
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“No one heard the dinghy start up. No one heard the dinghy take off. It didn’t add up.” Wagner has repeatedly refused to cooperate with investigators — even after autopsy and death-scene evidence was reviewed in 2011. After that investigation, the cause of Natalie’s death was changed from accidental drowning to “undetermined.”
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Investigators now believe Natalie entered the water unconscious! “Classic assault wounds strewn across her body” were almost entirely ignored in the original 1981 autopsy, Rulli told The ENQUIRER. “A facial abrasion with an upward direction indicates Natalie was dragged across the nonskid surface of the yacht’s aft deck!”
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Rulli claimed Wagner tried to buy the yacht skipper’s silence after the tragedy. “He made sure his every need was taken care of because he wanted to keep him close,” she said. But Davern (center) later told Rulli he “couldn’t carry the guilt” and went to the police with the real story of what happened that terrible night.
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Investigators told The ENQUIRER they’re convinced the evidence is overwhelming — and Wagner, who had two stormy marriages to the tragic “Splendor in the Grass” actress, will be indicted and tried for murder.
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Wagner, through his lawyer, has consistently denied any wrongdoing, despite the evidence against him. “There were bruises on Natalie Wood’s body,” Lt. Corina added. “I can’t say who caused the injuries. But we know the last person who was with her before she went in the water. And that was Mr. Wagner.”
The Natalie Wood cold case is heating up — and The National ENQUIRER has uncovered explosive new evidence that an investigator said exposes her husband, Robert Wagner, in a ruthless scheme to stage a boating accident!
Photo credit: Getty Images
The aging “Hart to Hart” hunk (shown here, weeks after Natalie's 1981 death at sea, with costar Stephanie Powers), can now sense the long arms of the law closing in. He's been labeled a “person of interest” in Natalie’s death as new details of the cold-case mystery finally emerge.
Photo credit: Getty Images
In a bombshell new investigation, The ENQUIRER — which consistently pursued the truth about the 88-year-old actor for nearly four decades — has unearthed even more shocking links indicating Wagner’s secret role in the tragedy off California’s Catalina Island!
Photo credit: Getty Images
Just six weeks before the “West Side Story” beauty mysteriously vanished from their yacht, Splendour, Wagner made a string of suspicious telephone calls to the Los Angeles/Long Beach U.S. Coast Guard base in San Pedro, Calif., investigative book writer Marti Rulli told The ENQUIRER.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“There is evidence Robert Wagner called the Coast Guard to find out about search and rescue procedures,” Rulli revealed. “He wanted to know exactly what happens when someone is reported missing from a boat! I’m confident Natalie Wood’s death was not spur of the moment — it was in the works for months!”
Photo credit: Getty Images
The chilling revelation may explain why wily Wagner forced the yacht’s captain, Dennis Davern, to wait four hours before calling the U.S. Coast Guard after Natalie disappeared! Natalie was on a Thanksgiving weekend voyage with Wagner and her “Brainstorm” co-star, Christopher Walken, when she died.
Photo credit: Getty Images/Files
According to the boat’s skipper, Natalie’s boozed-up hubby exploded in a jealous rage at Walken, smashing a bottle of wine on a table and screaming: “Do you want to f--- my wife?” When Davern heard the commotion, he went to see what had happened.
Photo credit: Getty Images
At this point, he said, Wagner was in the yacht’s salon yelling: “Natalie’s gone! She’s missing!” Wagner ordered the captain to search the 60-foot pleasure palace, which Davern branded “suspicious.” During the search the ship’s dinghy was gone — and her body was found floating in the ocean the next day!
Photo credit: Getty Images
The idea the small motorboat could leave the yacht without being heard doesn’t “make any sense,” said L.A. County Sheriff’s Homicide squad boss Lt. John Corina, who is heading the probe into Natalie’s death.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“No one heard the dinghy start up. No one heard the dinghy take off. It didn’t add up.” Wagner has repeatedly refused to cooperate with investigators — even after autopsy and death-scene evidence was reviewed in 2011. After that investigation, the cause of Natalie’s death was changed from accidental drowning to “undetermined.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Investigators now believe Natalie entered the water unconscious! “Classic assault wounds strewn across her body” were almost entirely ignored in the original 1981 autopsy, Rulli told The ENQUIRER. “A facial abrasion with an upward direction indicates Natalie was dragged across the nonskid surface of the yacht’s aft deck!”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Rulli claimed Wagner tried to buy the yacht skipper’s silence after the tragedy. “He made sure his every need was taken care of because he wanted to keep him close,” she said. But Davern (center) later told Rulli he “couldn’t carry the guilt” and went to the police with the real story of what happened that terrible night.
Photo credit: NatENQ
Investigators told The ENQUIRER they’re convinced the evidence is overwhelming — and Wagner, who had two stormy marriages to the tragic “Splendor in the Grass” actress, will be indicted and tried for murder.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Wagner, through his lawyer, has consistently denied any wrongdoing, despite the evidence against him. “There were bruises on Natalie Wood’s body,” Lt. Corina added. “I can’t say who caused the injuries. But we know the last person who was with her before she went in the water. And that was Mr. Wagner.”
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