Santa Fe authorities update timeline on the last days of Gene Hackman and his wife

Investigators in Santa Fe, New Mexico have learned new information related to the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa that has changed the timeline of their final days.

Investigators in Santa Fe, New Mexico have learned new information related to the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa that has changed the timeline of their final days. Hackman and Arakawa, who have been married since 1991, were found dead at their home in February. Earlier this month, the New Mexico medical investigator’s office revealed that Arakawa and Hackman both died of natural causes. Their deaths happened at least a week apart and are attributed to different causes. Authorities had previously based Arakawa’s likely date of death on what they’d pieced together about her activity, stating that Arakawa’s last known communication was on February 11. She was seen on surveillance video going into stores that day before coming back to the gated community where they lived at around 5:15 p.m. However, after obtaining cell phone data, investigators have learned Arakawa used her cell phone 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, Cloudberry Health. A total of three calls were made that morning, all to the medical center,” the Santa Fe Sherriff’s Office said in a statement. “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.”