Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in separate rooms at their Santa Fe property on February 26.
Their deaths, as well as that of one of their dogs, Zinna, was a mystery until the autopsy results confirmed that the Academy Awarded actor died of cardiovascular disease, with his Alzheimer’s being a contributing factor, a week after Arakawa’s passing. Authorities believe that Hackman was probably unaware his wife was dead.
Betsy Arakawa died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare disease contracted from infected rodent droppings or saliva.
The reports confirmed her time of death as February 11.
However, the mystery surrounding their passing deepens as now police reveals that Betsy Arakawa made a call to the Cloudberry Health clinic on February 12, a day after what officials stated as the day of her death.
According to the Mirror, Dr Josiah Child, a former emergency care specialist who now runs the clinic, told The Mail, “Mrs Hackman didn’t die on February 11 because she called my clinic on February 12.”
He explained: “She’d called me a couple of weeks before her death to ask about getting an echocardiogram [heart scan] for her husband. She was not a patient of mine, but one of my patients recommended Cloudberry to her. She made an appointment for herself for February 12. It was for something unrelated to anything respiratory.”
However, she called back two days before her appointment was to take place saying she couldn’t go because her husband wasn’t feeling well.
“She called back on the morning of February 12 and spoke to one of our doctors who told her to come in that afternoon. We made her an appointment but she never showed up. She did not show any symptoms of respiratory distress. The appointment wasn’t for anything related to hantavirus. We tried calling her a couple of times with no reply.”
The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Arakawa making the call on February 12.
“We can now confirm that Mrs. Hackman’s phone was utilized on the morning of February 12 to call a medical center in Santa Fe called Cloudberry Health.
“A total of three calls were made that morning, all to the medical center. One incoming call was made to Mrs. Hackman from the same medical center that afternoon.
“That appeared as a missed call on Mrs. Hackman’s cell phone.”
Officers located Arakawa’s body in the couple’s home’s bathroom with pills scattered around her. Hackman’s body was on a utility room floor with his pacemaker showing he died on February 18.
Their dog died of starvation and dehydration.
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