Two Never-Before-Known Eyewitnesses Detail Stunning New Evidence From The Night Natalie Wood Died, Homicide Cops Reveal On "Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death Of Natalie Wood" Podcast

NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Two top secret new witnesses have come forward with never-before-disclosed evidence about Natalie Wood's final seconds – and their statements point the finger at her husband Robert Wagner in her death.

According to the homicide division of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the eye and ear witnesses have revealed Natalie was arguing with Wagner at the edge of their boat moments before she disappeared.

The stunning revelation is made — for the first time — in Chapter 11 of the chart-topping podcast series, Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood, produced by American Media Inc. Homicide Detective, Ralph Hernandez, who is co-leading the investigation into Natalie's 1981 death, which was reopened in 2011, spoke exclusively to podcast producers: "Wagner was at that swim step when she disappeared. Dennis (Davern, the boat captain) knows it, and two witnesses came forward corroborate that story. They saw arguing, heard arguing. They saw them at the swim step, and then she was gone."

Detective Hernandez added, "We're not giving up their identity. What I can tell you about the new witnesses is, one, they're not looking for limelight. They're not looking to have anyone pay them for interviews. In fact, two of them, we actually had to seek out and find. People have asked us why we believe that they're credible, and actually, their reasons for not coming forward is what lends to their credibility."

According to Hernandez, the witnesses failed to come forward in 1981 since they believed Natalie's case had been officially concluded after the initial coroner's verdict was "accidental death by drowning."

After the investigation into the 43-year-old actress's death was reopened, the Los Angeles County Chief Medical Examiner amended her death certificate to "drowning and other undetermined factors."

As Fatal Voyage has revealed, the captain of the couple's yacht, Dennis Davern, also saw the couple clashing in a violent spat and has said he believes Wagner "murdered" the Hollywood beauty.

"Over the years I put two and two together, and when I see a man standing on the back of his boat with the door open, and him telling me that Natalie was missing, and he's standing there where you would actually exit the boat, I mean, to me it's obvious that he was the last one with her," Davern told the podcast.

He explained that it was clear that Natalie had been beaten when he went to identify her body the next morning as she was covered in bruises. Wagner, who has long denied any wrongdoing, has maintained the "Splendor in the Grass" actress drowned after slipping overboard while trying to secure the yacht's dinghy. Nevertheless, the 88-year-old actor has refused to cooperate with investigators. In an interview released as part of the new podcast series, when referring to the former "Hart to Hart" star, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide squad boss Lt. John Corina said: "I think he's constantly changed his story a little bit. And his version of events just doesn't add up."

When asked if he believes Natalie was murdered, Corina said: "I think it's suspicious enough to make us think something happened."

'Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death Of Natalie Wood' is available now on Apple Podcasts.

About Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death Of Natalie Wood

New podcast series, Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death Of Natalie Wood has gripped the nation and quickly became the fastest growing new podcast series in America — soaring to No.1 in the iTunes TV & Film charts within 48 hours of its launch. In an appearance on CBS' Dr. Phil on Sept. 13 and Sept. 14, the podcast producers were lauded for their real-time investigation, with Dr. Phil McGraw noting: "This is a podcast you want to listen to. Set some time aside because you will just keep clicking forward and forward."

He added, "You don't want to let the sun set before you start listening to this because it is intriguing."

The final episode of the hit podcast series will be available to listen on Friday, September 28, during which producers will aim to draw conclusions from their cache of new evidence to answer the most burning question of them all: Was Natalie Wood murdered?

SOURCE American Media, Inc.