The death of Natalie Wood, who drowned during a 1981 boating excursion with husband Robert Wagner and co-star Chistopher Walken, was inadequately investigated at the time, according to the co-author of a book on the celebrated case.
"The case was never really investigated in 1981, and yes, I am relieved they are going to give the case the attention it has always deserved," said author Marti Rulli, who wrote last year's "Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour."
Wood, 43, was boating off Catalina Island on Thanksgiving weekend 1981 with Wagner, Walken and others when she somehow went overboard and died. Officials at the time ruled her death an accident, but there has been much speculation since on whether there was more to the story.
Sheriff Lee Baca told The Times that detectives want to talk to the captain of the boat after learning of comments he recently made about events on board. Baca added only that the captain "made comments worthy of exploring."
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/11/natalie-wood-death-probed-by-new-generation-of-detectives.htmlIt's a strange case to be sure...