Davern’s statements prompted the Sheriff’s Division to reopen the case in 2011, and the coroner’s workplace modified the reason for dying to “drowning and different undetermined components” in 2012. On the time, Wagner launched an announcement supporting the investigation but additionally steered Davern’s statements is likely to be an try to revenue from his ebook and the upcoming thirtieth anniversary of Natalie’s dying.
Wagner beforehand admitted in his 2008 autobiography that he argued with Wooden earlier than she disappeared, however he has maintained that he was not concerned. “Did I blame myself? If I had been there, I may have finished one thing,” he stated. “However I wasn’t there. I did not see her. The underside line is that no one is aware of precisely what occurred.”
