The exact circumstances of the death of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, are in debate. This Saturday, 15, the British newspaper Daily Mail He published an article in which doctor Josiah Child says Arakawa called his clinic a day after the supposed date of his death.
The 95 -year -old actor and the 65 -year -old companion were found dead at the couple’s house in Santa Fe on February 27th. After an investigation, the city police concluded that Arakawa had died on February 11, a victim of hant pulmonary syndrome, probably transmitted by rodents.
Already Hackman died about a week later because of heart disease with Alzheimer’s disease complications – it is probably that, because of the disease, he did not realize that his wife was no longer alive. A dog of the couple was also found dead in the house.
However, according to Child, a former emergency doctor who today runs a clinic in Santa Fe, Arakawa called her office on February 12. “She called me a few weeks before her death to ask about the possibility of marking an echocardiogram for her husband,” he said.
“She was not my patient, but one of my patients recommended her clinic. She made an appointment for herself on February 12. It was for something not related to anything respiratory, ”he told the Daily Mail. Child added that two days earlier she canceled her husband’s appointment because he wasn’t feeling well.
“She called back on the morning of February 12 and spoke to one of our doctors, who told her to come that afternoon. We made an appointment, but it didn’t show up. She had no symptoms of breathing difficulty. The consultation was for nothing for Hantavirus. We tried to call her a few times, but we didn’t get an answer, ”he said.
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Hackman and Arakawa’s deaths were considered to be natural causes, but Santa Fe police have not yet completed the investigation, with the aim of making a timeline with information obtained from cell phones collected at the house. “The case is considered open until we have the necessary information to close the timeline,” a spokesman told Associated Press.
