What Happened to Natalie Wood? New Book Sheds new Light on her Death

<p>After leaving the Department of Justice to establish his own law firm, Sam Perroni was called back to serve as a Department of Justice Special Prosecutor in the first RICO case prosecuted in Arkansas United States v. Allison. </p><p>Perroni managed The Perroni Law Firm for 29 years before his retirement in 2008. His emphasis was on white-collar criminal defense, and his success earned him many accolades, including a listing in The Best Lawyers in America, Criminal Law, by Naifeh and Smith, Harvard Law School from 1986 until his retirement.</p><p>His high-profile achievements in private practice landed him a spot as legal analyst for KARK-TV (NBC), Little Rock, Arkansas and as a regular expert commentator for KARN-FM Radio, Little Rock, Arkansas during the O.J. Simpson case. He was appointed by then-Governor Bill Clinton to serve as Special Associate Justice of the Arkansas State Supreme Court in the case of Addison v. State where he authored the majority opinion. And he was appointed in the early-90s by then-Governor Jim Guy Tucker to serve on the Arkansas State Crime Lab Board.</p><p>His book, Brainstorm: An Investigation of the Mysterious Death of Film Star Natalie Wood is an ingenious first-person account of Perroni’s investigation of Wood's case as if he were a prosecutor. In doing so, Perroni obtained unseen and confidential original official files, documents, photographs and information from long-lost witnesses revealing the true circumstances surrounding Wood's death. The personal side of what drove and fueled the author to keep investigating when officials tried to shut him out adds a new and unsavory dimension to a persistent mystery.</p><p>How Perroni’s extensive background helped him take a fresh look at reports and discover new witnesses — to reveal never before recognized facts and forensic evidence, inferences and motives pointing to homicide and the only possible suspect — is fascinating. And the red flags that appeared along the way to help him discover a cover-up, orchestrated by the Los Angel