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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. Natalie’s sister said “I can’t imagine that he (Wagner) would purposely would have done anything to hurt Natalie. However, I know things happen when there is too much drinking and fighting.” Whether or not he was responsible, Wagner claims to feel responsible in part for her death because he did not notice she was gone sooner. Christopher Walken has spoken on the incident as a whole officially saying “The people who are convinced that there was something more to it than what came out in the investigation will never be satisfied with the truth. Because the truth is, there is nothing more to it. It was an accident.”

                                                                                         Article by Azzurra Furnari

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