Police CONFIRM Gene Hackman's Wife Betsy Arakawa Called Doctors 24 Hours After Investigators Claimed She Died — As Death Timeline Now Thrown for A Loop
Police confirmed Gene Hackman's wife called doctors 24 hours after investigators claimed she died.
March 17 2025, Published 4:28 p.m. ET
Police have confirmed Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa, called her doctors 24-hours after investigators claimed she had died, throwing their timeline for a loop, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
The confirmation has added a new hurdle to the mysterious investigation into Hackman and Arakawa's deaths, after authorities claimed they died days apart in their Santa Fe, New Mexico, home.
Investigators initially said Arakawa died first on February 11.
Investigators initially claimed Arakawa, 65, died first on February 11, followed by Hackman aged 95, on February 18.
But preliminary cell phone data revealed Arakawa made multiple phone calls to the Cloudberry Health Center in Santa Fe on February 12.
The Santa Fe Sheriff's Office said a statement: "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. 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."
Dr. Josiah Child said Arakawa called his office to cancel an appointment citing her husband's poor health.
As RadarOnline.com reported, Dr. Josiah Child, a medical professional with Cloudberry Health, contradicted investigator's initial reports on Arakawa's death.
Child claimed Arakawa called him a day after authorities said she died and canceled a prior appointment, citing her husband's poor health as the reason.
Investigators also attributed Arakawa's death to hantavirus, a rare respiratory illness transmitted by rodents, which Child also appeared to raise red flags over.
The doctor also claimed Arakawa showed no 'symptoms of respiratory distress' despite investigators saying she died of hantavirus.
Child said: "She called back on the morning of February 12 and spoke to one of our doctors who told her to come in that afternoon.
"We made her an appointment, but she never showed up. She did not show any symptoms of respiratory distress. The appointment wasn't for anything related to hantavirus. We tried calling her a couple of times with no reply."
He added: "Most patients who have hantavirus die in hospital."
When workers made the gruesome discovery of the couple's bodies at their home on February 26, Arakawa was found on the floor of a bathroom surrounded by pills.
Hackman was found in a utility room and one of the couple's beloved dogs was found deceased in a crate inside a closet.
An initial police report also misidentified which one of the couple's three dogs died in the home.
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An insider previously claimed the death investigation was "botched" after initial mistakes were made in identifying the couple's deceased dog, a 12-year-old Australian Kelpie mix.
When police reports misidentified which of the couple's three dogs had perished, our source claimed the mistake made them wonder what else investigators got wrong.
The insider said: "Seeing errors like that – even though it was minor in the scheme of things – makes you wonder if authorities will ever be able to get to the bottom of what happened, whether there was foul play, a suicide pact, or just a tragic ending."
Another insider added: "Either cops lied or just got basic facts wrong. It shatters their credibility. It's impossible to believe what they say now. There are too many unanswered questions and errors."
