# Re-opening Natalie Wood case--did anything come of it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 9, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219 "2012-03-09T02:03:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219/1 "2012-03-09T02:03:26Z")
A coupla months ago there was talk of new evidence in the death of Natalie Wood. Did that ever go anywhere? It seemed to drop from the news pretty fast. Any Californians have any inside info? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219/2 "2012-03-09T02:05:38Z")
Nothing seems to have surfaced. [Wiki.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Wood) > [@](#): > > . Although the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reopened the case in late 2011 based on new witness statements, no evidence to contradict that original conclusion was found. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219/3 "2012-03-09T02:39:01Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Nothing seems to have surfaced. Groan. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219/4 "2012-03-09T14:19:03Z")
I thought there was something fishy about it . . . ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219/5 "2012-03-09T21:41:12Z")
I wondered how long it would take you !@#$ punsters to drift by. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219/6 "2012-03-13T16:09:24Z")
You’re all wet. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219/7 "2012-03-13T16:17:24Z")
I imagine some more books were sold. Otherwise, it looks like it was just a fishing expedition, although that’s probably still open to debait. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219/8 "2012-03-13T18:31:10Z")
Yeah. It’s not like they were drowning in new information. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219/9 "2012-03-13T20:11:54Z")
There wasn’t a wave of new leads, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219/10 "2012-03-13T20:19:28Z")
They discovered she skipped a shower in favor of just washing up on shore. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219/11 "2012-03-13T22:35:09Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > They discovered she skipped a shower in favor of just washing up on shore. “You feed the dogs, Bob, I’ll feed the fish.” ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219/12 "2012-03-13T22:44:53Z")
It’s okay to look for new evidence now and then, but let’s not go overboard. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219/13 "2012-03-13T23:18:08Z")
If only she had been like Grace Kelly and had a good stroke . . . ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219/14 "2012-03-14T01:03:31Z")
Well, I respect the Sheriff for wanting to get to the bottom of the situation. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219/15 "2012-03-14T01:04:04Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > “You feed the dogs, Bob, I’ll feed the fish.” But her nickname was also “Bob”. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219/16 "2012-03-14T17:07:54Z")
Come on. You have to respect Natalie for making a splash at the end of her career. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219/17 "2012-03-14T18:13:26Z")
I’m still surprised Natalie drowned. Usually, Wood floats. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219/18 "2012-03-14T19:15:08Z")
Heh, heh, you said “Wood”. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219/19 "2018-02-01T15:58:35Z")
Updating this thread after another almost 6 years: > [@](#): > > Nearly four decades after the unexplained drowning death of Hollywood star Natalie Wood, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s investigators tell “48 Hours” that her then-husband, actor Robert Wagner, is now a person of interest. Investigators want to speak with Wagner about the circumstances surrounding her death one night in 1981, they say in interviews for “Natalie Wood: Death in Dark Water” to be broadcast Saturday, Feb. 3 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS… > > Investigators today note the autopsy report indicates there were a number of bruises that appeared to be fresh on Wood’s body. “She looked like a victim of an assault,” says Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Detective Ralph Hernandez. > > Do you believe Natalie Wood was murdered?" Moriarty asks. “I think it’s suspicious enough to make us think that something happened,” Corina says. > **[Investigator calls Robert Wagner a "person of interest" in Natalie Wood...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/natalie-wood-death-robert-wagner-person-of-interest-says-investigator/)** > > For the first time since reopening the investigation into the mysterious death of the legendary actress, investigators speak out to "48 Hours" ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219/20 "2018-02-01T16:09:55Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Updating this thread after another almost 6 years: > > [Natalie Wood Death: Investigator calls Robert Wagner a person of interest - CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/natalie-wood-death-robert-wagner-person-of-interest-says-investigator/) > [@](#): > > Investigators today note the autopsy report indicates there were a number of bruises that appeared to be fresh on Wood’s body. “She looked like a victim of an assault,” says Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Detective Ralph Hernandez. She might have been paddled? I am _so_ going to Hell. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-opening-natalie-wood-case-did-anything-come-of-it/615219.md?page=2)