A first pathological report showed that Gene Hackman probably died on February 17th. This emerges from the activity of the actor’s pacemaker.
The Santa Fe Sheriff’s County held a press conference on Friday afternoon to the circumstances of the death of Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa to inform. The police have many of the information Already in a search order for the incident revealed. Now Sheriff Adan Mendoza informed the press that Hackman’s “last day of life” was probably nine days before his body was found.
The official cause of death for Hackman and Arakawa is still pending. Because the results of the autopsies and toxicological reports are still standing. However, they should be carried out accelerated, said Mendoza. The pathologist was able to provide the information he had won from Hackman’s pacemaker and his “last event” before the press conference.
Carbon monoxide as much and excluded as the cause of death
The exact time of the events – including the question of whether Hackman or Arakawa died first – is still unknown. However, the investigators have Carbon monoxide As a cause of death, as well as excluded, since “both people were negatively tested for poisoning”.
Mendoza again confirmed that there was no suspicion of external influence, since “the first results had no external injuries”. Due to the hipaa laws, the sheriff also refused to answer which of the deceased needed the prescription pills that were found in the bathroom, in which Arakawa and one of the couples’ dogs were found dead. Hackman’s body was found in a anteroom next to the kitchen of the house.
The couple’s cell phones were secured as evidence by the investigators. But the devices have not yet been unlocked. Therefore, the investigators do not yet know when the couple last had contact. One of Hackman’s daughters gave in an interview on Friday known that she hadn’t spoken to her father for months.