• Perroni_Index
    Perroni_Index

    Index

The following index for Brainstorm: An Investigation of the Mysterious Death of Film Star Natalie Wood lists page numbers in the book to help readers easily find the locations of important facts about the critical players and events.

  • “abrasions”, 39, 95, 97, 188
  • A Current Affair, 195
  • Adams, Margaret, 165
  • Aero Bureau, 11, 14, 16, 82
  • Affair, The, 217
  • “a –ing [fucking] bore”, 195
  • American Media, Inc., 57
  • American Mercury magazine, 169
  • Anastasia, 7, 156, 223, 246
  • Antivert (Cyclizine), 41, 46, 47, 48, 49, 255
  • Antonovich, Michael, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179
  • Arabian horses, 214
  • Archer, Warren, 136, 138, 140
  • Archerd, Army, 17, 220, 253
  • Atlanta Constitution, 197
  • “autopsy photographs”, 67, 163, 164, 206
  • Avalon, 60, 68, 76, 77, 116, 119, 132, 184 
  • “Avon dinghy”, 102, 106, 136, 140
  • Baca, Lee, 25, 201
  • Bactrim DS, 50
  • “badge and gun club”, 202
  • “banging dinghy” theory, 111, 130, 195, 224, 253 
  • Banning, 71, 78
  • Bauer, Ted, 68, 69
  • Beatty, Warren, v, 5, 228, 245
  • Bechler, Eric Christopher, 29
  • Beck, Mark, 125, 126, 190
  • Berk, Blair, 205
  • “beeswax candles”, 121, 126
  • Between Two Harbors, 9
  • “beyond a reasonable doubt”, 24, 31, 244, 254
  • Biscailuz, Eugene, 166
  • “blacklisted”, 153
  • Block, Sherman, 202
  • “blood alcohol level”, 12, 41, 46, 49, 53, 94
  • Blue Cavern Point, vii (Bombard), i (dinghy against rocks), 9 (Whiting & Coleman), 9 (“kelp bed”), 10 (Natalie’s body), 40 (Dr. Stanley), 54 (Bombard video), 64 (Wintler), 66 (Smith & Stonier), 83 (Eaker, no photos), 86 (Smith for paper), 399 (distance to Avalon)
  • “blueprint for justice”, 244
  • Blymyer, Ginger “Sugar”, i, 151, 229, 230, 246
  • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, 212, 216
  • Body Heat, 241
  • Bombard, Doug, i, vii, 10, 17, 54, 60, 86, 135, 136, 138
  • Bonavena, Oscar Natalio “Ringo”, 92
  • Bophuthatswana, South Africa, 174
  • Borgo, L. Avon, 73
  • Bough, Steve, 161
  • Bowen, Dennis, 123, 188
  • Brainstorm, vii (sci-fi movie), 8 (Natalie ecstatic), 71 (Esalen Institute), 75 (wrapped up in NC), 121 (Wagner unhappy), 158 (Natalie drinking), 192 (in theaters), 231 (shooting schedule), 237 (Research Triangle Park), 241-242 (Wagner’s first visit, in Los Angeles)
  • Brand, Harry, 174, 175, 180
  • “brass ring”, 224
  • Broccoli, Cubby, 70
  • “broken glass”, 15, 68, 107, 122, 125, 184, 185, 221
  • Butterworth, Eddie, 126
  • California Sailing Academy, 101
  • California Supreme Court, 31, 167
  • Campbell, Judith Immoor, 170
  • Capone, Al, 70, 169
  • Capricorn, iii (Payne’s sailboat), 53 (moored near Splendour), 137 (Curt Craig visit), 141 (Hamilton’s Notes), 143-144 (42-foot vessel, interior, mooring site), 188 (Hamilton’s notes on Craig), 208 (only boat near Splendour)
  • “cardiac blood”, 46, 47
  • Casino building, 116 
  • Catacean, 121
  • “catatonic”, 77, 78, 243, 253
  • CBS, 7, 14, 54, 201, 204, 205
  • Chapman, Don, 74
  • Charlie’s Angels, 128, 216, 217, 218, 247
  • Cheshire, Marian, 238, 239
  • Choi, Dr. Joseph, 17 (deputy coroner), 33 (autopsy report), 34 (his death, strangulation authority), 38 (right forearm), 39 (no pattern to bruises), 40 (throat scratch), 44 (Rape Kit forms), 46 (toxicology reports), 77 (early autopsy), 85 (high level meeting), 96-97 (background and strangulation), 188 (Rasure’s report)
  • “choke-hold deaths”, 34, 40, 97
  • Chronicle, The Durham, N.C., 238
  • Chu, Brian, 177
  • “circumstantial evidence”, 23 (reinvestigating as), 26 (legal definition), 27-28 (snow example with Lana), 119 (application to motive), 123 (to establish timeline), 125 (reason for Wagner’s trip to pier), 150 (Payne & Wayne), 227 (murder case), 242 (application to Wagner)
  • “civil proceeding”, 163, 164 
  • Clark, Mary Ann, 238, 240
  • “cold-induced diuresis”, 58
  • Colditz, 7
  • Coleman, Bill, 9, 68, 88
  • “cold shock”, 52, 53
  • Collins, Lt. S. L., 11, 69, 83
  • Columbia Picture Industries, 217
  • Come Blow Your Horn, 71
  • “community property”, 214, 217, 219, 247
  • “complaint report”, 11, 182
  • “confidential informants (CI)”, 232
  • “consciousness of guilt”, 183, 221, 244, 248
  • “contusion”, 38, 50, 96, 98, 99, 188
  • “convection”, 55
  • Cooley, Steve, 24
  • Coroner, 33-34 (Miller, fingernail scratches, chapter on Natalie, Kornblum, bruises), 58 (conscious in the water), 79-80 (Eaker), 85 (why Natalie left yacht), 85 (Noguchi meeting), 89 (Noguchi background), 94 (Holden), 95 (suspect murder), 98 (rubber sides of dinghy), 100 (Miller investigation), 102-105 (Miller’s mooring & report), 106 (Wagner on radio), 111 (Miller’s investigation conclusion)
  • “coroner’s inquest”, 25, 93, 164
  • “corpus delicti”, 31, 210, 227
  • Craig, Curt Lee, 135, 146, 188, 250
  • “criminal intent”, 183
  • Crouchet, Bruce, 176
  • Crowley, Mart, 10 (“she’s gone”), 119 (Friday night fight), 161 (called from yacht, Wagner’s ride home), 226 (Walken & Wagner arguing), 229 (Devane blow up), 230 (drinking problem)
  • Curphey, Dr. Theodore, 89, 90
  • Daily Mail, 170
  • Daily Mirror, London, 16, 189
  • Daily Mirror, New York, 169
  • Dana, Dr. Suzanna, 55
  • Darvon, 41, 46, 48, 49, 255
  • Davern, Dennis, vii (Splendour captain), 1 (hired in 1975), 14 (ID’d body), 56 (Natalie had low tolerance for cold), 77 (early Christmas present), 106 (Davern makes first radio call), 113 (background), 114-115 (relationship with Wagner), (Quaaludes), 116-118 (Friday night, Natalie’s gift, Natalie’s state of mind Friday night), 119-120 (Saturday morning & afternoon), 120-121 (Saturday night at dinner), 121-122 (wine bottle violence), 122-123 (Saturday night fight, “she’s missing”), 124 (Walken sleeping, Wagner opens scotch bottle, “she’s gone”), 125-126 (discussed what to say, Ziffren, statement for Beck), 126-127 (yacht retrieval, earring, live with Wagner), 127-128 (second LASD interview, therapy), 129 (Wagner pushed him away), 130 (third LASD interview) 
  • Debs, Ernest E., 90
  • “deep, dark water”, viii, 1, 33, 56, 79, 130
  • Deer Hunter, The, 192
  • DeFreeze, Donald, 91, 92
  • Demaris, Ovid, 171
  • “designer jeans”, 69, 186
  • Devane, William, 229, 248
  • “diamond necklace”, 68, 69, 76, 77, 116, 215
  • Dillman, Brad, 130
  • DiMaggio, Joe, 70, 234
  • DiMaio, Dr. Vincent, 55
  • “dinghy pontoon”, 57, 98, 157 
  • “direct evidence”, 30, 245, 249
  • Dizzy Izzy, 113
  • Dogs of War, The, 192
  • Donen, Josh, 230
  • Donen, Stanley, 5, 211
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 168
  • Douglas, Kirk, 168, 171
  • Doug’s Harbor Reef & Saloon, vii, 9, 68, 120, 135, 220, 250
  • “down jacket”, vii, 39, 54, 55, 56, 67, 69, 83, 86, 98, 132, 249, 255, 256
  • Dunleavy, Steve, 195
  • Dubin, Neil, 71
  • Dyer, Sgt. J., 10, 279 
  • Eaker, Pamela, 11 (coroner’s investigator), 12 (probable drowning), 37 (water surface temperature), 45 (medication record), 59 (Herrera), 68 (personal effects inventory), 79-80 (narrative report), 81-84 (Perroni interview), 85-86 (Noguchi meeting)
  • Easy Rider, 100, 102, 106, 208
  • Echeveria, Caesar, 166
  • El Galleon, 116, 118
  • Esalen Institute, 71
  • Ethology and Sociobiology, 227
  • “eviction”, 162
  • “eye-ring”, 109, 111, 112, 131, 224, 250, 254, 256 
  • Eyman, Scott, 4, 228
  • Exhibit 181, 171
  • “extramarital gopher hole”, 78
  • Face, The magazine, 192, 193, 251
  • Faces of Death, 92
  • “false exculpatory statement”, 126, 183, 221
  • “Fatal Gap”, 48, 80, 160, 252
  • FBI, 70, 92, 128, 159, 160, 166, 169, 172, 202, 203, 218
  • “fear-inducing aura”, 168
  • “fingernail clippings”, 33, 108, 191
  • “fingernail scratches”, 33, 97, 98, 107, 108, 191
  • Finstad, Suzanne, 22-23 (author of Natasha, quoting Lana, LASD file), 58 (2012 Coroner’s report), 60 (Wintler quotes), 64 (quoting Wintler on music), 71-72 (Natalie & Sinatra), 75 (Louise Fletcher), 80 (Eaker), 86-87 (on Smith), 132 (Davern’s funds depleted), 149 (leaks from Hernandez), 160 (quoting Lana), 180-181 (Rasure statements re Pitchess), 190-191 (Rasure on Davern), 276 (Finstad’s errors in updated book), 280 (Dr. Michael Franco), 282 (Vidal Herrera), 286 (psychological autopsy), 291 (Warren Archer), 294 (Rasure’s incompetence), 296 (murder book)
  • Fisher, Barry A.J., 23, 187
  • Fletcher, Louise, 75, 156
  • “flybridge”, 114, 122, 123, 133, 255
  • Foreman, John, 6, 231
  • “forensic pharmacology”, 45, 115, 123
  • 48 Hours, 54, 191, 201, 204, 205, 206, 209, 210
  • “foul play”, 12 (Noguchi news conference), 80 (Eaker), 84-85 (Perroni interview), 86 (Smith), 94 (Coroner), 197 (Rivera)
  • Fratantoni, Mike, 165
  • Fratianno, Jimmy “The Weasel”, 171
  • From Here to Eternity, 7, 229, 248
  • Gambino, Don Carlo, 171 
  • Giancana, Sam “Momo”, 169, 170, 171, 196
  • Godfrey, Isaac, 292 
  • GoFundMe, 163
  • Goldberg, Leonard, 7
  • Golden Nugget Supper Club, 237, 239, 242
  • Good Housekeeping magazine, 162
  • Governor’s Inn Hotel, 231
  • Grace, Nancy, 57, 133, 198
  • Grauman, Walter, 130
  • Green Promise, The, 3 
  • Gregson, Natasha, 5 (daughter of Natalie & Gregson), 10 (HBO documentary), 14 (radio news report), 154 (mementos, People’s Choice Award), 213 (heir), 214 (Fad-a-lei), 215 (share of estate), 226 (HBO with Crowley)    
  • Gregson, Richard, 5, 212
  • [Griffen], Peggy, 119
  • Guenther, Charles G., 231, 236
  • Gurdin, Maria, 1, 2, 3, 215
  • Gurdin, Nick, 1, 2
  • “half-life”, 115
  • Hamilton, Roy, 14 (Rasure’s partner, “juicing it up”), 15 (Walken interview), 16 (nice night), 136 (notes on Archer), 137 (Peterson’s harbor check), 140 (talked to Payne), 140-141 (talked to Wayne), 181 (notes more exhaustive), 184 (Walken ran out the door)   
  • Happy Land, 2
  • Harbor Channel, 227 
  • “harbor check”, 137, 138, 139, 140
  • Hart, Jonathan, 7, 246, 255Hart to Hart, 1, 4, 7, 73, 74, 75, 78, 127, 128, 129, 218, 219, 222, 223, 242, 247, 249
  • Harvin, Michael, 83
  • HBO, 10, 226, 227
  • Hearst, Patricia Campbell, 91
  • Hearst, William Randolph, 91
  • “heart blood specimen”, 41, 46
  • Heart to Heart with Robert Wagner, 73, 196
  • Heaven’s Gate, 192
  • “heavy trauma”, 187, 188
  • Herrera, Vidal, 59
  • His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra, 70, 129, 168 
  • Hoffa, Jimmy, 70
  • Holden, William, 93, 175, 178, 242
  • Hollinger, Lindon S. “L.S. ”, 90
  • Hollywood Reporter, 6
  • Homicide Bureau, 11, 32, 180, 181, 183, 191, 201, 202, 205, 210, 231, 232
  • Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 74, 114
  • Hoover, J. Edgar, 166, 172
  • Houston Chronicle, 197
  • How I Spent My Summer Vacation, 71, 78
  • “hubbub”, 117
  • Hudson, Linda, i, 241
  • Hudson, Tommy, i, 241
  • “hugging each other”, 15
  • Hunter, Ron, i, 237, 238, 239
  • Hyatt Regency Maui, 74, 75, 242 
  • “hyperbaric chamber”, 67, 83
  • “implied malice”, 25, 210
  • “inheritance tax referee”, 214, 216
  • Isaacson, Walter, 179
  • Isthmus Cove, 9, 17, 24, 60, 100, 102, 121, 139, 148, 184, 187, 208, 221, 249
  • Isthmus Pier, 9, 54, 107, 143
  • It Takes a Thief, 5, 78, 212
  • Jacobs, George, 71, 72
  • Jarvis, Jeff, 214, 218
  • Jones, Jack, 71
  • Judith Exner: My Story, 170
  • “juice badges”, 202
  • “juicing it up”, 14
  • Just for Variety, 220
  • Kashner, Sam, 22, 132, 148, 149
  • Kazan, Elia, 228
  • Kennedy, John F., 169, 170
  • Kennedy, Joseph, 169
  • Kelley, Kitty, 70 (Korshak’s roots, Sinatra and DiMaggio), 72 (Beans Ponedel), 168 (Pitchess deputy badge for Sinatra, Wagner’s Sinatra eulogy), 169 (Giancana & Sinatra), 171 (LASD collecting organized crime data)
  • Kestral, 188
  • Killing of America, The, 92
  • “kiss her good night”, 194, 195, 221, 222
  • Kissinger, Henry, 71, 179
  • “knocked out”, 57, 58, 59
  • Kornblum, Dr. Ronald N., 33, 34, 40, 85, 97
  • Korshak, Bernice “Bee”, 70
  • Korshak, Sidney, 70, 179
  • Kroll, R. W. “Bill”, 10-11 (Avalon deputy sheriff, PERSON DEAD/APPARENT ACCIDENTAL DROWNING), 15 (observed broken glass), 65-66 (conducted search, his report), 187 (no personal effects removed), 67 (nose laceration, bruises, no personal effects removed, Natalie’s clothing, scarab beetle ring), 68 (statement from Davern), 86 (Smith report), 276 (Finstad’s claims), 280 (misinformed about Coast Guard cutter) 
  • Lack, Karl H., i, 237, 238
  • Lambert, Gavin, 10 (author, “she’s gone”), 45 (Natalie abusing drugs), 161 (Crowley’s call Friday night), 151 (on Lana), 175 (Harry Brand), 222-224 (Wagner’s narrative), 228 (Wagner in NY), 229 (Devane incident), 231 (Wagner’s drinking), 242 (Wagner in Hawaii, McDowell’s party), 248 (“swishing her tail”), 250 (Wagner agitated, tied to port)
  • Lardine, Bob, 194
  • Last Embrace, 192
  • Last Mafioso, The, 171
  • Last Will and Testament, 213
  • Lawford, Peter, 169
  • “left knee bruise”, 38, 96, 188, 252, 255
  • “legal heir”, 163, 164
  • “legally intoxicated”, 12
  • Levit, Susan, 196
  • Liberté, 144, 145
  • Lime Street, 195
  • Long Beach, 11, 14,16, 80, 82, 111, 137, 139, 161, 182, 184, 186, 189, 191, 253
  • Los Angeles Times, iii (Wayne story), 10 (Dispute Now in Doubt, 14 (“juicing it up”), 15 (Walken remark), 16 (Rasure’s comment), 86-87 (Smith interview), 90 (Noguchi too young & inexperienced, A Plea for Justice), 94 (Holden’s friends), 94-95 (Noguchi staff doubts), 128-129 (FBI inquiry), 141-142 (Wayne article), 201 (Baca on reopening), 205-206 (McSweeney)
  • Love, Keith, 141
  • Love Song, 217
  • “love triangle”, 191, 221, 251
  • Love with the Proper Stranger, 5, 216, 218
  • Luciano, Charles “Lucky”, 169
  • Maldonado, Evan, 291
  • “malice aforethought”, 25, 244, 245
  • Mankiewicz, Tom, 7 (Hart to Hart director/consultant, Wagner small screen Gary Grant), 70 (Diamonds Are Forever), 73 (uniting Wagner & St. John), 74 (on Wagner), 218 (Hart to Hart profit participation)
  • “marijuana”, 120, 157
  • “marine radio”, 61
  • “marital deduction”, 214, 215
  • “marital discord”, 24, 31, 32, 227
  • “marital property”, 214, 218, 219
  • Marshall, Marion Donen, 5 (Wagner’s second wife, actress), 71 (marriage shaky), 78 (Wagner’s suspected affair), 117 (Lambert book photo), 165 (mystery photo), 211 (net worth in 1963, custody case), 212 (Katie)
  • Marson, Tommy, 171
  • Marx, Barbara, 70
  • Maychick, Diana, 73, 74, 195, 221
  • McCoy, Lt. (FNU), 32
  • McDowall, Roddy, 242
  • McQuiston, C. R., 20, 21
  • McSweeney, William, 202, 205, 206, 208
  • Medication & Evidence Record, 45, 46, 83
  • Memory of Eva Ryker, The, 7, 130, 229, 230, 246
  • “mild hypothermia”, 53, 56, 57, 58
  • Miller, Paul James, 33 (Coroner’s ocean accident consultant), 85-86 (1981 meeting with Noguchi), 97-98 (fingernail scratches), 100-112 (sailing academy, Dr. L’s meeting, full report, present at the Isthmus), 102 (moored at J-1), 108-109 (inspection of Zodiac & Splendour), 224 (inspected swim step, brass ring), 227 (call at 1:50 a.m.), 288 (Coast Guard transcripts)
  • Miller, Steven, 127, 190
  • Miller, Stuart, 200
  • Miracle on 34th Street, 2, 3, 154
  • Monroe, Marilyn, 89, 234
  • “mooring N-1”, 64
  • “mooring N-2”, 138
  • Moretti, Guarino “Willie”, 168, 169, 171
  • Morck, Detective, 12
  • “motive evidence”, 95, 191, 219, 231
  • Mountain, The, 4
  • Movie Life, 5, 6
  • Music Corporation of America (MCA), 70, 168
  • “mutual assistance”, 166, 171
  • Natalie Wood: A Life, 10, 74, 194, 242
  • National Enquirer, 20, 101, 164, 204
  • Nelson, Ron, i, 113, 114
  • “network syndication”, 217
  • Nevada State Gaming Control Board, 170, 171, 172
  • News and Observer, Raleigh, N.C., 75, 158, 238
  • New York Times, 128, 219,
  • “nice night”, 16
  • Noguchi, Dr. Thomas T., 11-13 (sends Eaker, news conference, accident, argument), 20-21 (bruises, Enquirer doubts), 33 (Miller, chapter on Natalie), 34 (bruises), 43-44 (nasal swabs, Rape Kits), 58 (“conscious while in the water”), 79-80 (Eaker’s report), 85-86 (1981 meeting), 89-97 (background, Stein interview, scratches), 98 (Late Show), 100-101 (Miller consult, deposition), 102-107 (discrepancies, Miller report), 111 (ignored Miller’s recommendations), 147 (credits Wayne), 157 (theories tested), 175-178 (Noguchi’s troubles)
  • “nonmarital property”, 214, 218 
  • “nonviolent argument”, 12,13
  • Norman, Neil, 192
  • Now It Can Be Told, 132, 196
  • “number 187”, 180
  • O’Brien, Carolyn, 231, 232, 235, 236, 240, 241, 242
  • Off White Gallery, 76 
  • Omni magazine, 95
  • One from the Hart, 223, 242
  • Operation Pandora’s Box, 202
  • Oudin, Doug, 9, 10, 136
  • Page, Patti, 214
  • Paradise Cove, 6
  • “paralinguistics”, 121
  • Parents’ magazine, 2
  • Pavilion Lodge, 77, 118, 195, 218, 225
  • Payne, John, iii (Capricorn outing), 137 (Craig’s report), 140-142 (Rasure phone messages, investigator interview notes), 144-146 (from Wayne), 147-148 (Rasure questions, Noguchi credits, refuses to talk), 208 (Capricorn starboard side of Splendour)
  • “peak drug concentration”, 47, 124
  • Peck, Esther N., 216
  • Peck, Gregory, 168, 171
  • Peltier, Leonard, 92
  • Pennies From Heaven, 192
  • People magazine, 73, 154, 192, 195, 214, 221
  • Perdition Cave, 54
  • “perfect alibi”, 193
  • “peripheral vasoconstriction”, 58
  • Perkins, Rowland, 153
  • “person of interest”, 209, 210
  • Peterson, William, 102, 123
  • Petition for Probate, 78  
  • Peyton Place, 152
  • Pichel, Irving, 2
  • “pieces of eight earrings”, 77, 116, 120, 126
  • Pieces of My Heart: A Life, 4 (Wagner’s memoir, wealthy existence), 117 (photos of Marion & Natalie), 174 (studio fixers), 170 (Sinatra), 211-212 (“cleaned out”), 212 (good luck would follow), 195 (interaction with Walken), 224-226 (version of weekend)
  • Pitchess, Peter, 164 (mystery photo), 166-167 (background, history in office), 168 (Sinatra Special Deputy badge), 171-174 (Sinatra Nevada hearing, Nevada testimony), 180-181 (Rasure assistance), 182 (rescue helicopters), 202 (Baca his captain)
  • Playboy magazine, 73, 152
  • Ponedel, Beans, 72
  • “postmortem drug redistribution”, 46
  • “postmortem interval (PMI)”, 81
  • Powers, Stefanie, 7 (role in Hart to Hart), 71 (Natalie friendship), 74 (birthday party in Hawaii), 93-94 (William Holden), 219 (profit participation), 242 (Hawaii to LA)
  • Pozos, PhD, Robert S., i, 51 (background), 52-54 (hypothermia symptoms/effects), 55-57 (hypothermia factors), 58 (cold-induced diuresis), 252 (time of death) 
  • Prince Valiant, 1
  • “probate file”, 17, 32, 75, 76, 77, 114, 204, 213, 216, 219
  • “profit participation”, 128, 216, 217, 218, 219, 247
  • Psychological Stress Evaluator, 20
  • Psychology of Jealousy & Envy, The, 228
  • “push Natalie overboard”, 160
  • “Quaaludes”, 115, 116, 120, 132
  • Quincy, M.E., 92, 93
  • “quite shook”, 32, 182, 243
  • “radio calls”, 61, 161
  • Raleigh-Durham, N.C., 8, 231, 232, 238
  • Ramblin’ Rose, 6
  • “ran out [the] door”, 15, 184
  • rape kit, 44
  • Rasure, Duane, 14-16 (initial investigation), 32 (Coast Guard), 67-68 (what “about jewelry”), 85 (attended autopsy and Noguchi meeting), 125 (caught Davern lying), 126 (Davern’s 1981 written statement), 130 (Davern’s March 5, 1982 meeting), 136 (Warren Archer), 137-138 (Peterson Notes), 140-141 (Payne & Wayne), 143 (Rasure on Wayne), 146-147 (Rasure on Payne & Wayne), 161-162 (radio calls), 180-183 (Vanity Fair, 27-year veteran, Pitchess and Ziffren, official report), 183-190 (report omissions), 185-187 (crime scene investigation), 224 (March 3, 1982 photographs), 231-237 (O’Brien & Toler messages)   
  • Rat Pack, 5, 167, 168, 169
  • Ray, Nicholas, 3, 72
  • Reagan, Ronald, 70, 170
  • Rebel Without a Cause, 3
  • Redondo Marine, 61
  • Reeder, Red, 143
  • Reidsville, N.C., 232, 235
  • “rendered unconscious”, 12
  • Reventlow, Lance, 71
  • Reynolds, Paul, 118
  • Reynolds, Sheldon, 211
  • “right ankle bruise”, 38, 96, 188, 252, 255
  • “right forearm bruise”, 34, 38, 39, 96, 98, 99, 157, 188, 252, 255
  • Rivera, Geraldo, 132, 196, 198
  • Robert Wagner v. Marion Marshall Wagner, 212
  • Romanoff’s, 5, 72
  • Romer, Bill, 70
  • Rosengart, Mathew, 204, 205
  • “rough seas”, 15, 119, 122, 127, 130, 184, 186, 207, 221, 223, 249, 251
  • Ruark, Robert, 169
  • “rub rail”, 108, 112
  • Rulli, Marti, 22 (Davern’s friend), 27 (“interfering with investigation”), 86-88 (Smith’s statements), 113 (authored GNGS), 121 (Dr. Lyndon Taylor), 36 (Davern’s statement, coffee table & earring), 132 (talk to tabloids), 133 (talk to Kashner, podcast), 149 (Marilyn Wayne), 182 (Rasure on Wagner), 186-187 (Rasure on crime scene), 196-197 (Now It Can Be Told), 198-199 (communication’s with Perroni), 201-202 (reopening of investigation)
  • Russo, Gus, 70
  • Rustler magazine, 73
  • Sailer, Sandra Thomas, 237
  • San Bernardino Sun, 137, 146
  • San Clemente Island, 55
  • Sathyavagiswaran, Lakshmanan (“Dr. L”), 25 (Chief Medical Examiner in 2011), 58 (Dr. “L” supplement autopsy report), 79 (changed cause and manner of death), 100 (attended meeting with Noguchi, Miller and LASD), 101 (Miller report), 149-150 (quoted by Hernandez), 280 (no friction burns)
  • Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), 95
  • “scarab beetle”, 67
  • Screen Actors Guild, 94, 128
  • Searchers, The, 152
  • Sea Scouts, 129
  • “second-degree murder”, 25, 31, 210, 244, 249, 252
  • Selerno, Ralph, 174
  • Sergeants 3, 167
  • Sherman, Barbara, i, 76
  • “shivering”, 53, 56, 57, 255, 256
  • “shook up”, 182, 183, 253
  • Sikorsky helicopter, 10, 14
  • Sinatra, Frank, 3 (attracted to Natalie), 6 (Wagner dating Tina in 1971), 71-72 (St. John, Natalie relationships), 72-73 (Wagner connection), 94 (targeting Noguchi), 129 (no biography), 167 (Rat Pack), 167-171 (Pitchess & mob), 175 (Noguchi letter), 179 (loyalty to Natalie)   
  • Sinatra, Nancy, 171
  • Sinatra, Natalie “Dolly”, 168
  • Sinatra, Tina, 6, 72
  • “six minutes”, 14, 16, 32, 65, 182, 191 
  • “sleeping pill”, 49, 118
  • “slept all night”, 15
  • “small beef”, 15, 122, 184, 185
  • “small laceration”, 67, 134, 188, 252
  • “smashing a wine bottle”, 22, 82, 122, 132, 134, 160
  • Smith, David, 202
  • Smith, Richard H., 228
  • Smith, Roger, 65 (Baywatch lifeguard), 66 (met Kroll & Stonier), 86 (underwater search), 87 (A Cry for Help, inconsistencies), 133 (on podcast), 201 (LASD statement)
  • “soaking up the silence”, 189
  • Soave Bolla, 120
  • “special deputy badge”, 168
  • “speedboat”, 125, 195, 222 
  • Spelling, Aaron, 7
  • Spelling-Goldberg Productions, 7, 128, 217, 218
  • Splendor in the Grass, v, 1, 5, 228, 229
  • Splendour, vii (60-foot Bristol yacht), 1 (named for film), 8 (cruise to Catalina), 61 (marine radio), 65-66 (searched by Kroll), 102 (Miller’s examination), 107 (Noguchi’s requests of Miller), 108-110 (Miller’s measurements), 113-114 (Nelson’s measurements), 114 (destruction of), 126 (Davern’s cleanup), 130-131 (chrome tie cleats), 186-187 (investigation of), 204 (LASD tests), 143-144 (Capricorn’s proximity, Splendour’s mooring site), 219 (probate file), 224 (brass ring)
  • “Splendour coffee table”, 121, 126, 154, 184, 185, 187, 254
  • Stanley, Dr. Christina, i, 33
  • Star magazine, 22 (Davern 1985), 115 (Quaaludes), 129 (Yolanda), 193 (Walken 1985), 196 (Wagner 1991), 194-195, 221 (Wagner “no love triangle”) 
  • “stateroom door crack”, 122, 123
  • “statutes of limitation”, 209
  • Stein, David, 76
  • Stein, Douglas, 95
  • Stein, Jules, 168, 169
  • Stimerick, Chief (FNU), 266  
  • Stinehart, William Jr., 78, 213
  • St. John, Jill, 18 (45-minute visit), 70 (Korshak, Diamonds Are Forever), 71 (Kissinger, Sinatra, exile in Aspen), 72 (Wagner), 73-74 (after Natalie, Wagner’s explanation, Marion’s suspicions, jewelry in vaults, her contacts), 221 (Wagner to Maychick)  
  • Stonier, John Claude, i, 65 (Baywatch lifeguard), 66 (met with Smith & Kroll), 83 (red down jacket), 86 (activities after 5:15 AM), 88-89 (interview with Jade Vinson)
  • “strangulation”, 40, 93, 97, 98
  • “superficial bruises”, 37, 38, 95, 96
  • Supermob, 70
  • “surface water temperature”, 37, 56, 111
  • “swim step door”, 112, 119, 131, 224, 249, 254, 255
  • “swishing her tail”, 229, 248
  • Switch, 7
  • Tarzana property, 212
  • Taylor, Dr. Lyndon, 121
  • “tax lien”, 211
  • “tetany”, 53
  • Thompson, Tommy, 126
  • “throat scratch”, 97, 188, 252
  • “timeline”, iv, 11, 71, 74, 80, 123, 131, 147, 160, 182, 184, 188, 196, 199, 200, 204, 221, 231, 250, 251
  • “time of death”, 33, 41, 45, 46, 48, 52, 57, 81, 96, 111, 124, 150, 222, 252
  • Toler, Danny, 232, 234, 235, 240
  • Tomorrow Is Forever, 2
  • Tony Rome, 71
  • “torso reflex”, 52, 53, 255
  • Towering Inferno, The, 7
  • “toxicology reports”, 41, 46, 48, 49, 53, 94
  • Tracy, Spencer, 4, 72, 246
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), 96
  • Tuohy, John William, 168, 169
  • Two Harbors, 9, 24, 139, 143, 249
  • “undetermined”, 25, 79, 92
  • United States v. Gregory Thompson, et al, 203
  • Unwer, Jonathan, i, 45, 53, 252
  • Van de Kamp, John, 24
  • Vantage, 136, 138, 140, 142
  • Vinson, Jade, i, 88
  • Vinson, Matt, 88
  • Viripaeff, Olga, 71, 215
  • Wagner, Courtney, 6, 74, 115, 129, 185, 215, 246, 247
  • Wagner, Katharine “Katie”, 5, 129, 212, 215
  • Wagner, Robert, vii (TV star), 1 (Maui), 4-7 (life timeline), 8 (event timeline), 62-63 (Wintler contact), 65 (Kroll contact), 70-74 (St. John relationship), 76 (diamond necklace), 77 (catatonic), 78 (affair with St. John), 79-82 (Eaker contact), 114-115 (Davern contact), 116-119 (Friday night scene), 79-82 (Saturday morning), 121-123 (Saturday evening row), 129 (sends Davern packing), 153 (Lana & clothes), 161 (Crowley call), 164 (Pitchess photo), 168 (Sinatra eulogy), 174 (studio fixers, Harry Brand), 179 (Dr. Noguchi), 182 (six-minute interview), 195 (Star, August 1985), 196 (Star, November 1991), 211-113 (financial condition in 1972), 214 (Arabian horses), 216 (Charlie’s Angels), 218 (residuals), 220 (Archerd), 222 (North Carolina), 223 (smashing a wine bottle), 224 (tied to port), 225-226 (Pieces rendition, Wagner and Walken “fighting all the time”), 229 (kill Beatty, Devane episode) 
  • Walken, Christopher, vii (Splendour guest), 8 (affair), 14-15 (first interview), 63 (Wintler’s observations), 66 (Kroll’s investigation), 76 (in Avalon), 88 (Stonier’s observations), 114 (yacht bunk), 116 (seasick Friday), 117 (“don’t get involved”) 120 (Saturday night, marijuana), 121 (bottle smashing), 156-157 (funeral, powder room), 184 (first interview), 190 (second interview), 192 (Brainstorm),  192-193 (The Face interview), 194 (movies & Star), 195 (People’s magazine), 199 (2012 interview), 204-205 (Mathew Rosengart), 226 (Wagner and he “arguing all the time”), 228 (born in Queens), 237 (Golden Nugget Supper Club), 242 (Roddy McDowall’s dinner party)
  • Walker, Matty, 241
  • Wallace, David, 73
  • Wasserman, Lew, 5, 70
  • Wayne, Anthony, iii, 144, 145
  • Wayne, Marilyn, i, iv, 53, 137, 142, 143, 146, 147
  • Wayne, Marshall, 145, 290 
  • Weissmuller, Johnny, 145
  • Welles, Orson, 2
  • “we’ll make billions,” 197
  • Westchester Premier Theater, 171
  • Westin Bonaventure, 27, 152, 177
  • Westmore, Frank, 126
  • West Side Story, 5
  • “wheelhouse”, 114, 115, 117, 123, 124, 207
  • Whiting, Don, 9, 15, 63, 68, 69, 79, 88, 123, 125, 135, 136, 250
  • Willson, Henry, 4
  • Wilson, Richard, 12, 13, 20
  • Winkler, Linda, 77
  • Wintler, Paul, i, 9 (troubleshooter), 60 (interview with Perroni), 123 (Wagner’s fight with Natalie), 252 (quizzed Wagner)
  • Wood, Lana, 1 (born), 3 (Natalie raped), 22-23 (Finstad claims), 27-29 (Perroni interview), 35 (height), 38 (Natalie right-handed; forearm length), 70 (Diamonds Are Forever), 78 (Wagner cheating), 132 (drunken calls from Davern), 149 (Wayne having no credibility), 151-162 (Perroni interview), 162-163 (eviction), 164 (autopsy photos)
  • Wood, Natalie, vii (body discovered), 1-8 (background), 12 (no skull injuries), 41 (fish for dinner Saturday night), 97 (throat scratch), 98 (lung petechial hemorrhage), 231 (Governor’s Inn), 118 (Natalie to Davern Friday night), 122 (looked mortified), 155 (never stopped being Natalie Wood), 158 (sipping wine)
  • “wooden bed surround”, 34, 35, 186, 252, 255
  • Woods, Ronald, 232, 234, 235
  • “wool socks”, 67, 83
  • Worthen, Willie Mae, 25, 115, 127, 214
  • “yellow sweater”, 69, 186
  • You Must Remember This, 174
  • Zanuck, Susan, 4
  • Zanuck, Darryl F., 4
  • Zerbos, Capt. Simon, 32
  • Ziffren, Paul, 16 (Wagner’s lawyer), 17 (Probate declaration and petition), 70 (politically connected), 125 (Davern’s representation; Wagner), 160 (first call from yacht), 180 (call to Rasure), 189 (press release)
  • Zodiac, 2 (Splendour’s dinghy, Valiant), 9 (reported missing, location and condition when found), 32 (LASD inspection), 34 (rubber), 86 (Smith & Stonier), 68 (secured by Kroll), 95 (fingernail scratches), 102 (Miller’s examination), 113 (Wagner’s named), 120 (carried Davern and Walken), 130 (usually tied to stern per Davern), 130-131 (who tied Saturday night), 136-137 (Zodiac v. Avon), 187 (examination by investigators), 224 (Wagner tied to port per Lambert)