Natalie Wood died at sea mysteriously in 1981, and now her yacht is being torn to shreds, destroying critical evidence in her death; and multiple sources suspect her husband, Robert Wagner, is behind it! The National ENQUIRER has learned vandals have ripped out antique lanterns from the Splendour’s stateroom, a ladder from its wheelhouse and a pump that prevents flooding. Now, investigative journalist Marti Rulli believes Wagner — who’s been named by cops as a “person of interest” in the beauty’s death — may have hired “drifters” to damage the yacht! Read on for details of this new wrinkle in The ENQUIRER’s ongoing probe, and click here for more celebrity murder mystery….
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“Wagner, knowing that the boat is a crucial piece of evidence, could easily make it a target to be destroyed,” said Marti, noting the former “Hart to Hart” hunk has a “dark side.” Private investigator Vincent Parco told The ENQUIRER: “It goes without saying crucial evidence has been compromised!
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“If investigators ever wanted to use that boat again to do any forensic tests, they won’t be able to because it’s being trampled on and destroyed,” said Paco. Splendour’s current owner, Jean Riley, has docked the craft at the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor outside Honolulu, and is stunned at the damage.
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“The gate is never locked, and I once went there and found people on the Splendour in the middle of the night,” Jean told The ENQUIRER. “People were just breaking in and vandalizing the boat! It’s literally falling apart! It occurred to me that it may have something to do with the Natalie case. I wonder if it’s all connected?”
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As photos exclusively obtained by The ENQUIRER reveal, the damage to the case may have already been done. Vandals have also plundered the ship’s steering wheels, and the boat’s mechanic removed the captain’s chair after he spotted evidence someone was trying to pry it loose, Jean told The ENQUIRER.
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Large gashes have opened on the 60-foot ship’s starboard side after crooks swiped the bumpers protecting the vessel from crashing against the pier. What’s more, Jean can’t afford to dry dock the Splendour to preserve it for investigators, and she’s desperately trying to sell the yacht before it sinks.
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The Los Angeles coroner initially ruled Natalie’s death an accident by drowning and hypothermia. Over the years, Wagner has refused to cooperate with cops — even after the case was reopened in 2011. A year after that, Natalie’s cause of death was amended to “drowning and other undetermined factors.”
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“Wagner, knowing that the boat is a crucial piece of evidence, could easily make it a target to be destroyed,” said Marti, noting the former “Hart to Hart” hunk has a “dark side.” Private investigator Vincent Parco told The ENQUIRER: “It goes without saying crucial evidence has been compromised!
“If investigators ever wanted to use that boat again to do any forensic tests, they won’t be able to because it’s being trampled on and destroyed,” said Paco. Splendour’s current owner, Jean Riley, has docked the craft at the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor outside Honolulu, and is stunned at the damage.
“The gate is never locked, and I once went there and found people on the Splendour in the middle of the night,” Jean told The ENQUIRER. “People were just breaking in and vandalizing the boat! It’s literally falling apart! It occurred to me that it may have something to do with the Natalie case. I wonder if it’s all connected?”
As photos exclusively obtained by The ENQUIRER reveal, the damage to the case may have already been done. Vandals have also plundered the ship’s steering wheels, and the boat’s mechanic removed the captain’s chair after he spotted evidence someone was trying to pry it loose, Jean told The ENQUIRER.
Large gashes have opened on the 60-foot ship’s starboard side after crooks swiped the bumpers protecting the vessel from crashing against the pier. What’s more, Jean can’t afford to dry dock the Splendour to preserve it for investigators, and she’s desperately trying to sell the yacht before it sinks.
The Los Angeles coroner initially ruled Natalie’s death an accident by drowning and hypothermia. Over the years, Wagner has refused to cooperate with cops — even after the case was reopened in 2011. A year after that, Natalie’s cause of death was amended to “drowning and other undetermined factors.”
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