Gene Hackman, wife Betsy were found dead in their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico on Feb. 26
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Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel gives his take on the latest details from the investigation into the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife on ‘Fox Report.’
Preliminary cell phone 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.
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Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa Hackman weren't seen for weeks before their bodies were discovered. (Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
"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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"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."
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