NATALIE WOOD’S DEATH – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
HERE ARE ALL THE FACTS WE KNOW SO FAR...
NOVEMBER 28, 1981
Natalie and her husband boarded their yacht with Christopher Walken, following a champagnefuelled meal at Doug’s Harbor Reef.
NOVEMBER 28, 1981
Natalie went missing at 11.05pm.
NOVEMBER 29, 1981
A ship-to-shore call was made at 1.30am, alerting authorities of her disappearance.
NOVEMBER 29, 1981
Natalie’s body was found floating in the water of Santa Catalina Island.
SEPTEMBER 1, 1997
Christopher spoke to Playboy about the incident, saying: ‘Anybody there saw the logistics – of the boat, the night, where we were, that it was raining – and would know exactly what happened.’
SEPTEMBER 9, 2008
In his memoir Pieces Of My Heart, Robert detailed an argument he’d had with both Natalie and Christopher over his jealousy, during the 1981 boat trip.
NOVEMBER 17, 2011
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reopened their initial investigation into Natalie’s death after receiving ‘additional information’.
NOVEMBER 18, 2011
Christopher hired attorney Mathew Rosengart after the investigation is reopened.
NOVEMBER 18, 2011
A spokesperson for Robert stated that the actor supported the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s decision to reopen the case.
JANUARY 14, 2013
Investigators determined that bruises found occurred before Natalie had drowned.
MARCH 28, 2017
A case file provides new clues into Wood’s death. The main finding alleged that the actress could have been ‘choked until she went unconscious and subsequently rolled off the boat’.
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Lieutenant John Corina named Robert as a ‘person of interest’ in the case.