Natalie Wood SCENE OF THE CRIME?

Newly surfaced photos exclusively obtained by The National ENQUIRER shine light on the star's tragic drowning — 44 years after her death!

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Natalie Wood died at age 43 on Thanksgiving weekend in 1981

FOR over four decades, the world has believed that it knew the full story of Natalie Wood's death.

But now, The National ENQUIRER can reveal a telling treasure trove of never-before-seen photographs from Splendour — the yacht where the 43-year-old West Side Story beauty spent her final hours.

As ENQUIRER readers know, Natalie mysteriously drowned during a Thanksgiving weekend voyage in 1981 with her husband, Robert Wagner, and her Brainstorm costar Christopher Walken aboard Splendour, which was owned by the Hollywood couple and helmed by captain Dennis Davern.

Photos give disturbing glimpse inside the yacht Splendour

But on the Oscar nominee's last night alive, a booze-fueled fight supposedly broke out, and she disappeared — only for her lifeless body to be found hours later, floating facedown off the coast of California's Catalina Island.

Now, The ENQUIRER is sharing explosive new details about that ill-fated trip after obtaining these shocking photos of Splendour and 240 pages of police files showing that investigators at one point considered the case a homicide.

Splendour captain Dennis Davern