New Doubts in Natalie Wood’s Death: ‘I Don’t Think She Got in the Water by Herself’
Originally ruled an accident, her death was recently reclassified as “suspicious.”
“She got in the water somehow, and I don’t think she got in the water by herself,” Lt. John Corina of the Los Angeles County
Sheriff’s Department told Erin Moriarty, a CBS correspondent, in a special “48 Hours” report to be broadcast on Saturday.
Investigators said they have two new witnesses who support Mr. Davern’s account, according to “48 Hours.”
“A witness provided details about hearing yelling and crashing sounds coming from the couple’s
stateroom,” according to a statement from the Los Angeles Sheriff Department.
By age 9, Ms. Wood had her breakthrough role in the movie “Miracle on 34th Street.”
Over the next 15 years, she starred in “West Side Story,” “Rebel Without a Cause,” “Splendor in the Grass”
and “Love With a Proper Stranger.” She earned an Oscar nomination for each of the last three, solidifying her leading-lady status.
In 2012, the cause on her death certificate was changed to “drowning and other undetermined factors” from “accidental drowning.”
Mr. Wagner, who turns 88 next week, has not spoken to investigators since they reopened the case
but has maintained that Ms. Wood’s death was an accident.