death in an entirely different and frankly more sinister light. geraldo, i had gotten access to the murder book when i was working on my biography of natalie, and i noticed that there were a couple of call slips in there that really had not been pursued by the then sheriff s investigators, and one of them was from marilyn s thin fiance who was on the boat with her. at the time on the morning of the discovery of natalie s body, he had actually called sheriff s investigators to say that he and marilyn had heard someone yelling help me, please, help me, please. there was nothing in his recollection of her drowning. it was just help me, please, help me, please, and it was coming from the direction of the splendor. he thought this had been going on for about a half an hour and that marilyn had also heard it, but you know, it s still dramatic whether natalie was screaming for help on the deck of the splendor or whether it was when she was in the water. it s highly significant, particularly w
who is an actual witness, at least an ear witness, to natalie s last moments. but the striking thing about marilyn s story is that the police never interviewed her. on your right, suzanne finstad who wrote the definitive biography of natalie wood called in natasha, the natalie wood biography. welcome ladies. marilyn, first if you would, tell us the story of what you heard that fateful night exactly. what did you hear? where were you, and then describe it. i was on the yacht next to the wagners. we were moored in the isthmus off cattily in a island. it was thanksgiving evening and i had gone to bed, about 11:00, and at about 5 after 11 i heard someone yelling, calling for help. help me, somebody, please help
for 30 years, her death was considered an accidental drowning until last week when a review of the autopsy results led the l.a. coroner to change the cause of death from accident to undetermined. raising the grim possibility that natalie didn t fall off the boat that night, she was pushed. on the weekend of november 29th, 1981, natalie wood wagner and her husband, robert wagner, spent the weekend on their boat, the splendid splendf cattily in a island. somehow she ended up in the water and drowned. her death was ruled an accident. recently we have received information which we felt was substantial enough to make us take another look at this case. joining us now from los angeles, two women who can shed considerable light on the facts and circumstances surrounding the tragic death of natalie wood, marilyn wade on your left is the only person we know of
for 30 years, her death was considered an accidental drowning until last week when a review of the autopsy results led the l.a. coroner to change the cause of death from accident to undetermined. raising the grim possibility that natalie didn t fall off the boat that night, she was pushed. on the weekend of november 29th, 1981, natalie wood wagner and her husband, robert wagner, spent the weekend on their boat, the splendid splendf cattily in a island. somehow she ended up in the water and drowned. her death was ruled an accident. recently we have received information which we felt was substantial enough to make us take another look at this case. joining us now from los angeles, two women who can shed considerable light on the facts and circumstances surrounding the tragic death of natalie wood, marilyn wade on your left is the only person we know of
who is an actual witness, at least an ear witness, to natalie s last moments. but the striking thing about marilyn s story is that the police never interviewed her. on your right, suzanne finstad who wrote the definitive biography of natalie wood called in natasha, the natalie wood biography. welcome ladies. marilyn, first if you would, tell us the story of what you heard that fateful night exactly. what did you hear? where were you, and then describe it. i was on the yacht next to the wagners. we were moored in the isthmus off cattily in a island. it was thanksgiving evening and i had gone to bed, about 11:00, and at about 5 after 11 i heard someone yelling, calling for help. help me, somebody, please help