re: Hollywood mysteries and scandals

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That's the explosive conclusion of a special investigation which exposes a shocking cover-up that allowed the movie heartthrob to cheat justice in the brutal Feb. 11, 1973, slaying in a low-rent motel in Gila Bend, Arizona.

Although local lawmen were convinced Whiting, 26, was murdered during a showdown with Reynolds, the coroner's report issued after the incident claims the actress's business agent died from an overdose — and the bloody wound on the back of his head and cuts and bruises on his body "had no bearing on his death."

But now, officials connected to the original investigation tell RadarOnline.com it was murder — pure and simple.

"The Travelodge motel crime scene was covered up by prominent figures in Hollywood," a retired cop who probed the death revealed to Radar. "When we first arrived, it was hectic — a bloodbath."

Reynolds and Miles, his co-star in The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, which was being shot around Gila Bend, both gave statements to investigators, according to a cop who was at the murder scene for 12 hours.

"Originally, they spoke to us without censoring their words. Days later, they hired a ritzy Hollywood lawyer and their stories changed," said the police officer. "They were coached.".

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