Natalie Wood's yacht captain claims her body was covered in bruises

Dennis Davern, captain of Natalie WoodHis yacht, broke his long silence about the horrible moment when he had to identify the lifeless body of the Oscar winner.

Addressing the acclaimed new podcast "Deadly Journey: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood," Davern said exclusively: "It was horrible."

"She had more blues on her body than you can imagine. I thought, "This poor woman has been beaten!"

c & # 39; was Robert Wagnersaid Davern, who forced him to identify Natalie's body, refusing to do her husband's duty.

"I started thinking," Why me? Why do I have to do this? Davern continued.

"She had bruises on her face, she had bruises on her wrist. There were a number of blues.

"I do not remember exactly where they were all, because after looking at his face, I did not want to look.

This shocking story echoes the details revealed exclusively to "Fatal Voyage" by the L.A. Sheriff's Department Homicide Investigator.

Det. Ralph Hernandez has unfortunately told the star's Injury Inventory in Chapter 11 of the 12-part audio documentary investigation, which can now be downloaded from iTunes.

"You look at the blues, and she looks like the victim of an assault," Det. Hernandez said.

"I think we can say that just by looking at the pictures and having 30 years of experience in law enforcement."

"His death," he added, "is again extremely suspicious."

Wood died under mysterious circumstances during a cruise with Wagner and his friend Christopher Walken Catalina Island, California, November 1981.

Only three days after his death, the coroner L.A. made this fateful statement: Wood, he said, had died of a "tragic accident while he was slightly intoxicated".

But the case was reopened in 2011 and the cause of death was turned into "drowning and other undetermined factors".

Wagner was also named "person of interest" in the case, although he continues to refuse to speak with the authorities.

"Fatal Journey" is the culmination of several years of investigation into the disappearance of Wood.

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