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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt=\"Natalie Wood\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/11/18/1117-natalie-wood-reg-01.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Natalie Wood&lt;/strong&gt; was wearing a red down jacket when authorities discovered her body 30 years ago ... and her wardrobe could prove she floated alive in dark water for hours while &lt;strong&gt;Robert Wagner&lt;/strong&gt; allegedly stalled rescue efforts. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marti Rulli&lt;/strong&gt; -- the author of the book that triggered cops to re-open the investigation into Wood's death -- performed a forensic test on down coats similar to Natalie's ... which proved a down jacket acts like a life preserver in water ... \"it will not sink, but instead remains floating.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rulli's finding completely contradicts the opinion of the coroner in the case -- who insisted the jacket would have sapped Natalie's strength and weighed her down in the ocean.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wood's body was discovered in the ocean off Catalina Island -- hours after she went missing from a cruise with her husband Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally, law enforcement believed Wood slipped off the boat while trying to tie down a dinghy. But now, cops have doubts ... after the captain revealed Wood and Wagner had been arguing intensely before she went missing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The captain also claimed Wagner instructed the crew to NOT call in the Coast Guard to aid in search and rescue efforts once they realized Natalie had gone missing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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