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BY CHRISTINA HARTMAN

ANCHOR MEGAN MURPHY

A 30-year-old case -- reopened. Hollywood icon Natalie Wood was found dead in 1981, drowned near the California coast.

Though it was officially ruled a boating accident, many had always considered her death suspicious. And now, LA police are reopening the case. First to CNN, who posted its reporting of the news in 1981, when reporters first started asking questions.

“Accidental drowning was the official cause of death. But today’s news conference called by Los Angeles County Coroner Doctor Thomas Noguchi left several key questions unanswered... Naguchi could not confirm what the argument was about, or if it indeed was the reason Wood decided to leave the ship alone. ”

Wood and her husband Robert Wagner had apparently gotten in an argument, which investigators have long known about. But now the captain of the boat says that fight led to Wood’s death.

In an exclusive interview with NBC -- that captain -- Dennis Davern -- says husband Wagner was responsible for Woods’ death. Despite David Greggory’s repeated attempts to get more details, Davern wouldn’t elaborate.

"I've been trying to get somebody to listen for a long time and now somebody is listening and they're going to carry on with this investigation. I'm not saying anything different. All the information that I've revealed in the past, it's all in that book, and now it's just up to the investigators to do an investigation."

So, why now? The LA Times reports, the captain of the boat Wood was on before she died has quote “made comments worthy of exploring.” So far, officials are staying mum on specifics, but the LA Times notes...

“A law enforcement source added that the department had recently received a letter from an unidentified ‘third party’ who said that the captain had ‘new recollections’ about the case. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity because the case was ongoing.”

Wagner’s spokesperson has released a statement to the media, in which he says he fully supports an investigation into Wood’s death.