{"id":24340,"date":"2025-03-18T23:36:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T23:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24340"},"modified":"2025-03-18T23:36:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T23:36:47","slug":"huge-twist-in-gene-hackman-mystery-as-police-confirm-wife-betsy-called-doctor-24-hours-after-she-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24340","title":{"rendered":"Huge twist in Gene Hackman mystery as police confirm wife Betsy called doctor 24 hours after \u2018she died\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gene Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa called a doctor the day after she was thought to have died, police have confirmed.<\/p>\n

The bodies of the couple had been\u00a0found at their home<\/a>\u00a0in Santa Fe on 26 February, with officials saying that famous actor\u00a0Hackman<\/a>\u00a0had died from cardiovascular disease and that Alzheimer’s had also been a significant contributing factor.<\/p>\n

It is believed that the 95-year-old actor had died on 18 February, around a week after his wife Betsy’s death, with officials saying that in his final days it was\u00a0possible he did not know<\/a>\u00a0that his wife had died.<\/p>\n

Betsy, 65, was found to have\u00a0died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome<\/a>\u00a0on what was believed to have been 11 February.<\/p>\n

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is a rare disease which people can contract from coming into contact with infected rodent droppings or saliva; human to human transmission is not possible.<\/p>\n

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Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa were found dead at their home in a Santa Fe gated community last month (RONALDO SCHEMIDT\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Dr Heather Jarrell, chief medical examiner for New Mexico, said it was ‘reasonable to conclude’ that the 65-year-old had died from the disease on 11 February.<\/p>\n

However, new information indicates that calls had been made on her phone the day after she was thought to have died.<\/p>\n

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that she called a medical service in the early hours of 12 February, despite her previously being believed to have died on 11 February.<\/p>\n

They\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0Fox News: “We can now confirm that Mrs. Hackman\u2019s phone was utilized on the morning of February 12 to call a medical center in Santa Fe called Cloudberry Health.<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

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The couple were found dead days later, along with one of their dogs (Facebook)<\/cite><\/div>\n

“That appeared as a missed call on Mrs. Hackman\u2019s cell phone.”<\/p>\n

Appearing on\u00a0Good Morning America<\/em>, Santa Fe Sheriff Adan Mendoza said that the phone calls made by Betsy on 12 February ‘would indicate to me that she was seeking medical advice or medical help and may have not been feeling well’.<\/p>\n

The show contacted Cloudberry Health, who told them she had called that morning to ask about an ‘esoteric treatment’ and that during the call they did not hear signs of her struggling to breathe or sounds of distress.<\/p>\n

Also found dead at their home was\u00a0the couple’s dog Zinna<\/a>, with authorities ruling that the faithful hound most likely died of dehydration and starvation.<\/p>\n

The couple’s other\u00a0dogs<\/a>\u00a0Bear and Nikita survived, and first responders described how the\u00a0dogs led them to their bodies<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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