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Witness suggests Robert Wagner responsible for Natalie Wood death

The investigation surrounding Natalie Wood’s drowning have been reopened. Dennis Davern, the captain of the yacht she was on when she disappeared is now saying he believes her husband, Robert Wagner, who has always claimed Natalie drowned, murdered her. Davern has co-authored a book called “Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour,” with Marti Rulli, who has given Sheriff’s investigators supporting documents used for the book following Davern’s request last year to reopen the case. According to TMZ, the Sheriff is so impressed he’s assigned two full-time homicide detectives to investigate. On the Today show this morning, Davern admitted he lied on a police report when the drowning happened, and said that he thinks Wager was responsible for Natalie’s death. He says just before Natalie drowned, Wagner became enraged when he saw their guest, Christopher Walken, talking to Natalie. Wagner smashed a wine bottle, yelling at him, “What do you want to do, f**k my wife?  Is that what you want?” Walken excused himself and went to his room for the night. Wagner and Natalie went to their room, but Davern heard loud arguing, then a thumping sound, then silence. A short while later, Wagner came to him saying Natalie was missing, but he refused to let Davern call the coast guard. At the time, Coroner’s officials ruled her death an accidental drowning, on the premise that she could have slipped off the side of the boat boat while trying to tie down a dinghy, which had been banging against the hull. However, she was deathly afraid of water and her sister, Lana, says she would never have gone near the dinghy by herself at night — she would have asked the captain to tie it down. When asked on the Today show if the fight between Wagner and Natalie was what led to her death, Davern replied, “Yes.”