On Nov. 29, 1981, Natalie’s body was discovered floating in the water after Robert had reported her missing the evening before. Her cause of death was ruled as drowning and “other undetermined factors.”
In the decades since, the case into the West Side Story actress’ untimely death has been reexamined on multiple occasions, though never yielding any concrete answers.
In 2011, new witness statements shared with the LASD Homicide Detectives shed new light on the sequence of events on the evening of her death, the bureau confirmed in a statement shard with E! News in 2018, including new information about Robert and Natalie’s final interactions.
“A witness provided details about hearing yelling and crashing sounds coming from the couple’s stateroom,” the statement read. “Shortly afterwards, separate witnesses identified a man and a woman arguing on the back of the boat. The witnesses believed that the voices belonged to Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner.”
