Preliminary cellphone records revealed Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa-Hackman, did not die on Feb. 11, as once believed, according to the Santa Fe Sheriff’s Department.
Betsy’s autopsy determined the manner of death as natural, and authorities previously believed she died on or about Feb. 11. Toxicology results remain pending.
“Pending cell phone records, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office investigation showed the last known activity of Mrs. Hackman to be February 11, 2025,” authorities confirmed to Fox News Digital.
“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.”
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Officials determined multiple calls were made on Feb. 12, all of which were to the medical center.
“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.”
— Santa Fe Sheriff’s Department
“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,” the department confirmed to Fox News Digital.
“That appeared as a missed call on Mrs. Hackman’s cell phone.”
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On Monday, the Hackman estate was awarded a temporary restraining order against the release of records regarding the deaths of Gene and Betsy.
The order stated the “Office of the Medical Investigator and the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office, including each entities’ agents, assigns, and employees are hereby temporarily restrained from disclosing through IPRA or other means, any and all photographs or videos containing images of the following: the body of Gene Hackman, the body of Betsy Arakawa-Hackman, the interior of Mr. and Mrs. Hackman’s residence.”
Additionally, “any lapel video footage,” including the Hackmans’ bodies or footage of “images of any deceased animals at the Hackman residence,” was added to the temporary restraining order.
Gene Hackman’s home is seen surrounded by police after his death
The entrance to the gated community where actor Gene Hackman, his wife Betsy and their dog were found dead in their home is shown Feb. 27, 2025 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (AP Photo/Roberto Rosales)
The Office of the Medical Investigator was temporarily restrained from disclosing the autopsy and/or death reports, according to the order. A hearing was set for March 31.
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Santa Fe Sheriff Adan Mendoza confirmed during a news conference last week that detectives had already found answers to many pending questions in the Hackmans’ case, but were still waiting on specific data to tie up any “loose ends.”
Hackman died due to hypertensive atherosclerosis cardiovascular disease, with Alzheimer’s disease as a significant contributing factor, New Mexico officials confirmed one week ago. He was likely alone in the home for about a week until he died around Feb. 18, which was the last time activity was recorded on his pacemaker.
Gene Hackman’s home is seen surrounded by police after his death
Law enforcement officials talk outside the home of actor Gene Hackman on Feb. 27, 2025. Hackman, his wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog were found dead in the home a day earlier. (AP Photo/Roberto Rosales)
Betsy died due to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, which is transmitted from animals to humans and is commonly found in rodents, the New Mexico Department of Health confirmed.
Hantavirus is characterized by “flu-like symptoms consisting of fever, muscle aches, cough, sometimes vomiting and diarrhea that can progress to shortness of breath and cardiac or heart failure and lung failure,” Chief Medical Investigator Dr. Heather Jarrell explained during the news conference.
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