New phone records reveal Betsy Arakawa called a clinic a day after she was believed to have died. What really happened in her final hours, and how does it change the timeline of Gene Hackman’s death? Watch the video for the full story.
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00:00Authorities have discovered new information that alters the timeline of actor Gene Hackman
00:05and his wife Betsy Arakawa's death.
00:08The couple, who found dead in their Santa Fe, New Mexico home on February 26, after
00:13which the initial reports suggested that Arakawa had died on February 11, with Hackman passing
00:20a week later.
00:21However, investigators now confirm that Arakawa made phone calls to a medical clinic on February
00:2712, a day after her previously assumed death date.
00:31According to the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, Arakawa made three calls to Cloudberry
00:36Health, a concierge medical service, on the morning of February 12.
00:41The clinic called her back to confirm the appointment for later that day, but she never
00:45answered the call.
00:46Dr. Josia Child, the lead physician at Cloudberry Health, told BBC that Arakawa reported feeling
00:53congested but showed no signs of respiratory distress.
00:57She had later scheduled and then cancelled a February 12 appointment, citing the need
01:02to care for Hackman, who had Alzheimer's.
01:04Arakawa's cause of death was identified as Hantavirus, a rare disease transmitted through
01:10rodentropics, which can cause severe respiratory issues.
01:14Meanwhile, Hackman passed away from heart disease on February 18, spending days alone
01:19in the house with his wife's body, and couple's dog, Zina, who was also found dead, reportedly
01:25from dehydration and starvation.