Natalie Wood's death called 'suspicious' after details emerge from new witnesses

Natalie Wood's death is now being called "suspicious" by authorities, nearly 40 years after the Hollywood star drowned off of Catalina Island in California in 1981.

CNN reported that authorities said Thursday they had reviewed over 100 tips surrounding Wood's unsolved murder which led them to new witnesses that "portray a new sequence of events on the boat that night."

SEE ALSO: Robert Wagner a 'person of interest' in Natalie Wood’s death

The "West Side Story" actress, 43 at the time of her death, fell into the water while out drinking on a boat with husband Robert Wagner and "Brainstorm" co-star Christopher Walken on November 29, 1981.

Her death was initially ruled an accident until the case was reopened 30 years later in 2011 after the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department received "additional information" about her death.

"The statements from these new witnesses differ from the original version of events as related by previous witnesses, including the individuals on the boat," Thursday's statement read. "Do we have enough to make an arrest at this moment? No. This remains a suspicious death investigation."

Authorities referred to Wagner, now 87, as a "person of interest" this week. The new witnesses allege that they heard a man and a woman yelling in the couple's stateroom, as well as on the back of the boat, on the night of Wood's drowning.

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Wagner has refused to talk to authorities about the new information surrounding Wood's death. He was married to the beloved actress twice: First, from 1957 until 1962, and then from 1972 until her death in 1981.

The new information is coming to light just as CBS released the first clips from its upcoming "48 Hours" special about Wood's mysterious -- and obviously still contentious -- death, "Natalie Wood: Death in Dark Water," which will air this Saturday.

In the special, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Lieutenant John Corina speaks candidly about his suspicions surrounding the case and why he considers Wagner to still be a "person of interest."

"I haven't seen him tell the details that match all the other witnesses in this case," People reports that Corina says. "I think he's constantly changed his story a little bit. And his version of events just don't add up."

As for Wood's reportedly bruised body, Corina says "I think it's suspicious enough to make us think that something happened." Adds L.A. County Sheriff's Department Detective Ralph Hernandez, "She looked like a victim of assault."

Though Wagner has kept silent about the recent developments around Wood's drowning, he opened up about the ordeal in his 2008 memoir, Pieces of My Heart, in which he recounted an argument with Walken on the boat that night and offers the "only two possibilities" as to why Wood didn't stay on the boat with them, People reported.

"Nobody knows," Wagner wrote. "There are only two possibilities: either she was trying to get away from the argument, or she was trying to tie the dinghy. But the bottom line is that nobody knows exactly what happened."

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