LAT: Natalie Wood probe yields no new finding
Detectives say there's nothing to suggest that her death while sailing off Santa Catalina Island in 1981 was anything but accidental.
By Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
January 11, 2012
Nearly two months after they began a controversial new investigation into Natalie Wood's death while sailing off Santa Catalina Island in 1981, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department detectives have found no evidence to suggest that the cause was anything but accidental.
Although the case has not been closed, a top Sheriff's Department official said it's highly unlikely any new ground will be broken on how the actress died.
"At this point, it is an accidental death," said William McSweeney, the sheriff's chief of detectives. "Nothing has been discovered to suggest changing that at this time."
Since reopening the 30-year-old case in November, detectives have conducted numerous interviews and reviewed the entire original case file, McSweeney said. Detectives also traveled to Hawaii to inspect the boat where Wood was last seen alive.
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