Why actor Robert Wagner is now a 'person of interest" in Natalie Wood's death

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 5 February 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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For the first time since Natalie Wood's body was pulled from the cool Pacific waters off Catalina Island in 1981, investigators have publicly identified a "person of interest" in the superstar actress's death. A Los Angeles Sheriff's detective says her husband, actor Robert Wagner, is a person of interest in the wake of new evidence from witnesses who recently came forward. Nancy Grace discusses what's new in this infamous cold case with Marti Rulli, author of "Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour, Cold Case Research Institute director Sheryl McCollum, and RadarOnline.com reporter Alexis Tereszcuk.

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0:00.0	MUSIC
0:06.0	Crime stories with Nancy Grace on Sirius XM Triumph Channel 132.
0:12.0	Actress Natalie Wood is dead at 43, the apparent victim of a drowning accident of Santa
0:17.3	Catalina Island in California.
0:20.3	Bob Shell now, after years of investigation in the last hours.
0:29.6	Movie and TV star Robert Wagner named a person of interest in the horrific drowning
0:37.3	death of his wife, movie icon Natalie Wood.
0:42.2	I'm Nancy Grace, this is Crime stories.
0:45.0	Thank you for being with us.
0:46.7	What led them to finally announce a person of interest?
0:51.4	Many people arguing that's legal cop talk jargon for a suspect.
0:59.9	Mystery swirling around the night that Natalie Wood seemingly falls from her boat, her
1:06.8	yacht, the splendor, or from its dinghy and dies in the dark waters around Catalina Island,
1:13.7	which is really L.A. Los Angeles County.
1:17.0	What really happened?
1:18.4	The autopsy report didn't jive with the theory it was an accidental drowning according
1:24.6	to many.
1:26.6	Right now, breaking news that may have led police to name her husband Robert Wagner TV star,
1:35.1	a person of interest, joining me in all star lineup.
1:39.0	Cheryl McCullum, director of the Cole case institute, who has personally investigated
1:43.7	the case.
1:44.7	Alexis Tareshuk, investigative reporter with radar online.com and special guest, the author
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