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Dennis Davern, speaking on the Today show, said he was urging a fresh investigation. Asked if an argument that included bottle smashing between the couple led to her death he responded: "Yes."
Davern said, "I made some terrible decisions and mistakes. I did lie on a report several years ago." He added, "We didn't take any steps to see if we could locate her," Davern added.
"I think it was a matter of, 'We're not going to look too hard, we're not going to turn on the searchlight, we're not going to notify anybody right now.'"
Davern helped write a book in 2009 that included the information he was providing now, he said. The Los Angeles Times first reported the investigation was being reopened. The newspaper said sheriff's investigators have received new information on comments the yacht's captain made about the case and are reopening it.
Few actresses were more popular than the woman of Russian ancestry. Only 43, she had made 56 movies with the likes of Steve McQueen, Orson Welles, James Dean, Gene Tierney, James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Bette Davis, Laurence Olivier and Bing Crosby. She was taking the Thanksgiving weekend off at Isthmus Cove near Santa Catalina while making "Brainstorm" with Wagner, whom she had remarried after they divorced, and Christopher Walken.
"The official theory is that Wood either tried to leave the yacht or to secure a dinghy from banging against the hull when she accidentally slipped and fell overboard. When her body was found, she was wearing a down jacket, nightgown, and socks. A woman on a nearby yacht said she heard calls for help at around midnight. The cries lasted for about 15 minutes and were answered by someone else who said, "Take it easy. We'll be over to get you. It was laid back," the witness recalled. "There was no urgency or immediacy in their shouts," Wikipedia reports.
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I wonder at the motives of the yacht's captain, waiting 30 years and now promoting a book. There were many questions left unanswered at the time of her death.
ReplyDeleteFresh story coming out soon. The captain insists he raised these questions for years. And they certainly were in his book. Lana also says she believes Wagner did not tell the truth.
ReplyDeleteSee a network got a detective to say Wagner not a suspect. Of course not, the investigation just began. This is a common tactic by news outfits when they are beaten on a story. Lana Wood believes Wagner is responsible for her sister's death. In a Robert Redford tribute video he talks about she hated water. The captain said she would never have gone near the Zodiac where she allegedly fell in and drowned.
ReplyDeleteNo matter who is responsible for NW's death, the timing of this news smacks of commercialism.
ReplyDeleteBob the book came out two years ago. It is not at all clear that the captain is the police source. It might be Lana. I'd love to know what Christoper Walken says. Now there is a killer's face if I ever saw one.
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