Investigative journalist, television producer, and host of the podcast Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood, Dylan Howard claims he’s uncovered proof that the death of actress Natalie Wood was no accident.

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The film star drowned at age 43 in the waters off Southern California’s Catalina Island over the Thanksgiving weekend in 1981. She had been yachting with her husband, actor Robert Wagner, and then co-star, actor Christopher Walken at the time of her death.

“We know on that fateful night there was a violent confrontation,” claims Howard in the video above. “But what actually took place that led Natalie to leave the boat?”

Watch: Former Yacht Captain Claims To Recall New Details From The Night Actress Natalie Wood Drowned

Continuing, he says, “We have unearthed critical pieces of evidence that were overlooked at the time. And this all paints a very disturbing portrait about the police investigation.”

Initially ruled an accident by the Los Angeles County coroner, the investigation into Natalie Wood’s death was re-opened in 2011, and the cause of death changed from "accidental" to “undetermined.”

Robert Wagner has been named as a “person of interest” in the investigation. Wagner categorically denies any involvement in Wood’s death, and no charges have ever been brought against him.

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Watch part one of this two-part episode Thursday as Dylan Howard joins Natalie’s sister, Lana Wood, on the

Dr. Phil stage. Then on Friday, learn what a key witness who was present on the Yacht the night Natalie Wood drowned told police in 1981, and what he now claims he heard in the hours before the actress was discovered missing.

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Former Yacht Captain Claims To Recall New Details From The Night Actress Natalie Wood Drowned