Natalie Wood’s Cause Of Death Shockingly Changed From Accidental Drowning To Undetermined, Highlight Hollywood News

July 07, 2012 Tommy Lightfoot Garrett No comments


In an odyssey that has taken over 30-years, Natalie Wood’s death has been switched to undetermined from accidental drowning. Highlight Hollywood was the first to break the news that the Natalie Wood death investigation was being reopened last November, on the anniversary of the film icon’s 30th anniversary of the day she died in the waters off the coast of California. Actress Natalie Wood’s cause of death, formerly ruled as accidental drowning, has been formally changed to “undetermined.”
The actress, who was 43-year-old when she died was found drowned in 1981, after a night of yachting off the Californian coast with her husband, Robert Wagner, and actor Christopher Walken. The Los Angeles Coroner’s office ruled her death as accidental. The coroner’s report noted that a night of heavy drinking could have caused her to slip and fall, according to MSNBC.

In November 2011, however, the case was reopened after Dennis Davern, the yacht’s captain, came forward with new information about the incident. Davern said he believes that Wagner was responsible for Wood’s death.

According to then friend of Robert Wagener and Natalie Wood, Davern, Wagner and Wood had been involved in an intense argument earlier that night, CBS reports. When Wood went missing, Davern claims, Wagner asked him not to look for her.

As of January 2012, the investigation had still found no new evidence to indicate Wood’s death was a murder.

Now, however, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is changing their tune. Some of the bruises found on Wood’s body, detectives told TMZ, have been determined to be inconsistent with death by drowning.

The detectives noted that they still believe drowning to be the ultimate cause of Wood’s death. However, the suspicious bruises were one factor that led the L.A. County Coroner to change the cause of death on Wood’s death certificate from “accident” to “undetermined.”

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"the Man" feels that RJ killed Natalie. He stands behind McKenna's book which spells it out in detail. What Garrett wrote here is the news that the LASD is feeding the media. He has no idea what's going on behind the scenes, neither does McKenna.

Have you ever seen such see-sawing? LMAO. Garret is one month for this and another for that. Sounds like he's really only one place. For himself.

It figures that weasel would try to piggyback on this story. He washed his hands of Rulli and Davern and threatened to tell tales on Rulli. Now he's back on board? That self-promoting douche can't stand that he let his ego get in the way of a big story and now he's acting like he's still in the loop. He claims to have more stories coming. I will have lost all respect for Rulli if she collaborates with this scum again.

"I will have lost all respect for Rulli if she collaborates with this scum again."

Rulli has absolutely nothing to do with this Daffy Duo of Garrett and McKenna.

Rulli may have gotten suckered by Garrett once, but never twice. Trust me.

I would leave a comment at Garret's blog but we all know what he does with negative comments. He rewords them and then writes about what he reworded instead of posting valid criticism and then he cries he's being bullied. What a joke. That whatever-he-is lost all credibility when he kept nothing straight about justice for Natalie. Didn't he at one point sympathize with Wagbutt?

Hope you're right. At one time he was the only game in town but thankfully things have changed.

Garrett seems to be partnering up with McKenna which is fine with Rulli, I'm sure. She needs neither of them.

I doubt she wants anything to do with them either. 100% she doesn't need them.

This is perfect fodder for the jerkos of the world. Now they have a cesspool to hang around.

What is your particular cesspool ? Abusing yourself at night lying in a bed full of Cheetos dust ?

The cesspool is Highlight Hollywood a place where a wannabe collects all the crap around Hollywood and re-posts it. What a joke. The Natalie new book is the most disgusting thing I've ever seen as a pompous irresponsible publish (if that's what you wanna call the flyby night listed for it) Did you see Garett's post about Robert Blake? He praises the lunatic and acts as if he wished Blake went after Morgan in that crazy interview. Thank the good lord above for decent people, but the internet has brought on the garbage everywhere.

people have always been this screwed up. the internet did not re-invent anything.

as long as there is a buck to be made some moron is going to try to sell u (or tell u) something that you want to believe or hear.

as far as unhealthy minds ... ya, they been around for millenniums

doing things like killing ppl & then covering it up (or simply telling lies) ....

It was patently obvious Blake murdered his wife.

I hope Garrett stays out of the rest of this. This is serious business. There's no need for cutting and pasting foolishness and pretending to be in the know. The LAPD is finally doing their job, the time is right, there's no need for puerile distractions and gauche grandstanding.

the LAPD is not involved in this. There are some who are "in the know" for instance, Robert Wagner knows that he is a suspect.

there are no suspects she drown that's all they know that's why it was changed to undetermined if they had suspects they would have left it alone do you think now if they blame someone which they can't they will change the autopsy report again? LOL remember only the autopsy report was changed not the police report or any part of the original investigation speaks volumes

Stupid fool speaks again. What has changed is the death certificate. Of course the police report remains the same. You can't change a police report you dumb oaf. LOL.
There is, most assuredly, a suspect. The death certificate was changed because the massive bruising on her indicates that she did not die accidentally. The coroner and the detectives who are working on the case do not believe Natalie's death was accident and they continue to investigate and yes, there is a suspect. OH YES!

I doubt that the LASD would give Tommy Garrett a second thought.

There is a suspect. The police know it and he knows it. Scream all you want. It won't do you any good except listening to the sound of your own voices in protest.
As for that Jocko clown who uses all the screen names and anonymous. Say what you want about him and to him. He is a blathering idiot throwing his stench around and trying to act like some important cog in all of this. He is a nobody. A little blustery poindexter type who has a serious case of the Napoleon Syndrome. Don't let the milquetoast frighten any of you. He is nothing. Zero. Zilch. Nada.

The UPWARD direction of the scrape on Natalie's left cheek could NOT have been made in any way from a slippery dinghy or any attempt to board it. More than likely, it was made from contact with Rj's jewelery when he struck her or dragged her off the newly repainted swim step into the water. Sand is always mixed in to make those steps safer and provide extra traction to prevent people from slipping off them, as RJ would make us believe happened to Natalie. That doesn't hold water anymore, does it?? (no pun intended!!)Hope all the cold case investigators are on top of these old issues. Never too late for Nat !!