Sheriff: 'Credible' info stirs Natalie Wood probe

Natalie Wood drowned after investing several hrs consuming on Catalina Island inside a yacht with husband Robert Wagner, above, and Christopher Walken.La County Sheriff's researchers revealed couple of particulars Friday in regards to what evidence motivated these to reopen the analysis in to the 1981 dying of Natalie Wood, but stated it was "credible enough" to visit again the situation.Almost 3 decades following the star of "West Side Story" and "Digital rebel With no Cause" drowned from the coast of Catalina Island, the sheriff's office introduced it was probing new leads within the situation, that was ruled accidental in those days by their very own researchers along with the La County Cororner at that time, Thomas Noguchi."We now have several sources which have come forward with a lot more resources,Inch stated Lt. John Corina, a Sheriff's detective, stated. "It was credible enough to visit again the situation."Although Corina rejected to enter specifics, attention Friday centered on Dennis Davern, who captained Wood and husband Robert Wagner's yacht, the Beauty, around the evening she disappeared. Davern made an appearance on NBC's "Today" on Friday and stated he did "lie on the report in the past,Inch apparently throughout the initial analysis in to the situation.He was vague concerning the particulars, but Davern co-written a 2009 book, "Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Beauty," by which he detailed his account and known as for that analysis to become reopened. The mystery within the conditions of her dying would be the subject of the "48 Hrs" story to become proven on Saturday, a segment made together with Vanity Fair.In another interview, Davern told CNN that whenever he looked for Wood around the yacht, Wagner dissuaded him from trying to find her within the water and instructed individuals aboard regarding things to tell government bodies. Davern stated he known as the Coast Guard after four hrs, but told CNN it had been a "mistake" to possess anxiously waited such a long time.Wood and Wagner spent Thanksgiving weekend aboard the Beauty almost 30 years ago together with actor Christopher Walken, who had been shooting the film "Brainstorm" opposite Wood at that time. Around the evening of November. 29, the 4 came back from the restaurant at Two Provides hiding for, where they'd been consuming, as well as an argument ensued between Wagner and Walken. At some point, Wood left, apparently to retire for that evening, but Wagner stated in the 2008 autobiography that after he came back for their room she vanished.Her body is discovered the following morning.Through his spokesperson Alan Nierob, Wagner launched an argument by which he stated, "Although nobody within the Wagner family members have been told by the L.A. County Sheriff's Department relating to this matter, they fully offer the efforts from the L.A. County Sheriff's Department and trust they'll evaluate whether any new information relevant towards the dying of Natalie Wood Wagner applies, which it develops from a credible source or sources apart from individuals simply attempting to make money from the 30-year anniversary of her tragic dying."Corina, worrying that they're in early stages from the analysis, stated Wagner isn't a suspect within the situation.He added that although researchers haven't spoken towards the Wagner family, they'll contact them "eventually." Corina stated the recent media attention within the situation has brought to "people coming forward and wanting to speak to us.""At this time her dying is definitely an accidental drowning," Corina stated. "Until we discover something which states it is not, it's still an accidental drowning." Contact Ted Manley at ted.manley@variety.com