epa03535818 (FILE) An undated file picture a young US actress Natalie Wood. One of the greatest mysteries in the history of Hollywood is about to be re-examined. Los Angeles police said 18 November 2011 that they were re-opening the investigation into the 1981 death of screen star Natalie Wood, who drowned during a yacht cruise off Southern California with her husband, actor Robert Wagner. According to a new Los Angeles County report into Natalie Wood's death on 14 January 2013, the actress may have been assaulted before she died. EPA/Ernst Feix

Le indagini per la morte nel 1981 del’attrice Natalie Wood coinvolgono anche il marito di lei, l’attore Robert Wagner. Lo hanno rivelato gli inquirenti in un’intervista a ’48 Hours’, trasmissione Cbs. “Fu l’ultima persona ad essere con Natalie prima che scomparisse”, spiega John Corina, vice sceriffo della contea di Los Angeles.
L’attrice annegò al largo dell’Isola di Santa Catalina, in California, durante una gita in barca. Con lei c’erano altre tre persone tra cui Wagner. All’inizio’ si penso’ ad un annegamento.
Nel 2011 furono riaperte le indagini.