‘If you value your life, keep quiet’
A witness on the Natalie Wood case received death threats.
A witness in the reopened Natalie Wood case claims that she received a chilling death threat days after the Hollywood star died, reports dailymail.co.uk. The new inquiry into Wood’s mysterious drowning off the California coast in 1981 comes amid new attention to the case on its 30th anniversary.
Stockbroker Marilyn Wayne said in a statement that she received a note warning her, “If you value your life, keep quiet about what you know.” Wayne was on a nearby boat with her boyfriend John on the night of November 28, 1981 when Wood drowned.
“Three days after Natalie died; I found a scribbled message on a torn piece of paper that said, ‘If you value your life, keep quiet about what you know.’” Upon reading this message, Wayne admitted she suspected it was related to Wood’s death.
The retired stockbroker also said she tried to report the star’s ‘last desperate cries for help’ but was ignored. “My cabin window was open. A woman’s voice, crying for help, awakened both John and me. We repeatedly heard, ‘Help me. Someone please help me, I’m drowning.’” However, soon after that the cries subsided. The body of the star was later found battered and bruised off the coast of Catalina Island. (With additional information from REUTERS)
Published in The Express Tribune, November 24th, 2011.