Little Sister Investigates Natalie's Wood's Mysterious Death

 

Little Sister

My Investigation Into The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood

By Lana Wood

In 2011 Sheriff's department reopened the case of Natalie Wood's death that was ruled “suspicious” when she died in 1981. In 2018 the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department named her husband Robert Wagner “a person of interest” in the case. Now Natalie's sister Lana Wood has published a new memoir investigating the death of her sister. If you love a mystery, especially an alleged true crime case, you'll enjoy reading this book and the opportunity to view some evidence and come to your own conclusions.

Lana Wood's book contains revelations from a daughter growing up in Southern California life in the 1940's and 1950's in a family steered by a mother's intent and determination for a sustained connection in Hollywood. She promoted both her daughters with an inexhaustible energy, and great success. Born in 1938, Natalie's first film was in 1943, The Moon Is Down. Lana's first film was at ten years old The Searchers. This fascinating background information provides insights into the personalities of both women.

The focus of this memoir is the sudden and unexpected, tragic death of Natalie Wood during a weekend boating trip near Catalina Island. Those on the boat included Natalie and her husband Robert “R J” Wagner, Christopher Walken, and the boat's captain who worked for RJ, Dennis Davern. The author writes from her own view of her sister's marriage, the boating weekend occasion, and especially the people's actions and events following that weekend including the sheriff's investigation. There are many clues that have not been discovered until years later. There is interesting debate about why clues were buried. Excerpts from the coroner's report are included in this book.

Lana Wood has included pages filled with photos of family and friends, before and after the tragedy. Within this book, Lana's life story surrounds the mystery of her sister. As a film producer and actress, in her younger years, she's been haunted by the questions of her family's tragedy and also haunted by what she now feels may be a lack of action on her part in solving the mystery. After reviewing evidence from the reopened case, Lana Wood does show what she believes happened that night on the boat named Splendour. After reading, it's up to you to decide for yourself if Little Sister has made her case.