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the version of events that he s portrayed in the media really don t add up to what we ve found. reporter: dennis davern, the boat captain, telling 48 hours when woods disappeared, wagner broke out a bottle of scotch, saying, no, we don t want to call anybody. let s just wait and see if she comes back. allegedly waiting 90 minutes before calling for help. wagner has always denied any wrongdoing. and investigators say with several witnesses dying, time is their biggest challenge as they try and solve this case. david? kayna, thank you. when we come back tonight, remembering a famous actor from a popular sitcom. and that nfl player i mentioned killed by an alleged drunk driver. there is news tonight about the suspect behind the wheel. we ll be right back. vo: gopi has built her business with her own two hands. each unique piece comes to life in the same way. a messy, sloppy, splattery way. but now she s found a way to keep her receipts tidy, even when nothing else is. brand
water. tragic, tragic night. what happened on that boat remains the source of speculation. people love a mystery. this is a great quintessential hollywood mystery. the only other people on board, actor christopher walkin and captain dennis davern. i made mistakes by not telling the honest truth. was he responsible for her had death? yes, i would say so, yes. an old hollywood mystery that remains just that. blake mccoy, nbc news, los angeles. let s get a check on your weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill, some rain and snow is in the northeast, but what we re looking out for is what is punxsutawney going to say in in pennsylvania or do for that matter? we would love that forecast for the early spring. let s get through had this morning first and then we ll talk about fill. very cold air spilled through the great lakes.
case did need another look. reporter: marti rulli wrote a book along with boat captain dennis davern. he was there the night wood disappeared more than 30 years ago on a boating trip near catalina island with her husband actor robert wagner and fellow actor christopher walken. the case was reopened last year after davern came forward with new allegations. it wasn t lying. it was just merely not telling them everything. reporter: davern says wood and wagner were fighting that night and says after they realized she was missing, wagner refused to let him turn on the search light to look for her. robert wagner has always maintained his wife s death was an accident on a night of heavy drinking. what we think is she went outside and slipped on the swim step and hit her head. reporter: the 1981 autopsy also found bruises on her arms and legs.
the digested food is still all in the stomach that she died maybe less than two hours after eating, after finishing eating. judge jeanine: if she dies less than two hours after she finishes eating at the very best for robert wagner that is 12:30. he doesn t call until 1:30. doesn t that corroborate dennis davern saying leave her in the water we ll teach her a lesson. arthur, i will ask you that one. you are the d.a. if your detectives brought you you a case that is 30 years old and the best that you have got is the contents of food in her stomach and how long to take to be digested you can t make a leap in front of a jury that means he pushed her as opposed to her accidentally falling in. judge jeanine: 30 years later what are the chances legally? in the state of california