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Unsolved Case: Natalie Wood pt. 5

In 2012, the LA County Coroner’s Office changes the cause of death from  “accidental drowning”  to  “drowning and other undetermined factors”  The new reports casts more questions on the nature of the bruises and abrasions on Wood’s body, positing that they likely had to have been on her body before she fell into the water. Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, the chief medical examiner said in the report “the location of the bruises and the multiplicity of the bruises, lack of head trauma, or facial bruising support bruising having occurred prior to entry in the water. 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.  As of 2013, the LA County Sheriff Department’s spokesman, Steve Whitmore, has described the case as “open and ongoing. Nothing definitive has closed it.” However, he had also previously stated that Wagner is not a suspect. Natal

Unsolved Case: Natalie Wood pt. 4

Theory #2 The second theory follows the possibility of a foul play involving Robert Wagner. It is definitely worth noting, before moving any further, that Davern is an unreliable witness for several reasons including the fact that it took him years before coming forward with what he says is the truth and he also seemed to release bits of information to the tabloids in the years following the incident in a relatively unsavoury way. That being said, many factors of his story ring more consistent with testimony of other witnesses and other evidence. In fact, Walken’s description of what happened when they returned to the boat is also closer to Davern’s than Wagner’s. Walken claims an argument broke out between Wood and Wagner over Natalie’s time spent away from family, to which Walken defended Wood at first, but then stepped outside rather than get further involved. When he returned, the two had made amends. Davern also describes events this way, but instead of Wood and Wagner maki