Records Show Gene hackman’s Wife Researched Symptoms of Illness Before Deat – ryan

Albuquerque, nm (ap) – autorities on tuesday released a trove of records related to the Deaths of Gene hackman and his wiffe, including a legethy investigation reporting some of the Last emails, Phone Calls and Internet searches by hack. for information on flu-like symptoms and breakques.

Betsy arakawa died in february of Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome -a rare, rodent-chorne desse that can can lead to a range of symptoms that flu-like illness, Headaches, Dizziness and Severe Respiratory Distore, Investigators Have Said. Hackman is belived to have died about a Week late of the Heart Disease with Complications from Alzheimer’s Disease.

The Partily Mummified Remains of Hackman, 95, and Arakawa, 65, Were Found in their Santa Fe Home Feb. 26, new Maintenance and Security Workers Showed up at the home and alerted police.

Photos, Hours of Footage and Other Documents were made public tuesday after a recent court that mandated any depictions of the deceased couple be blocked from View. Authorities Said Additional Records Including Dashboard Camera Footage Could Later Be Released.

This is an undated image provided by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office During the Course of their Investigation and Search of the Home of Hackman and HIS Betsy Arakawa, where the two found dead rocks, Feb. 27, 2025, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Santa Fe County Sheriff Via AP)

The Records HAD been restricted From Release by An Earlier, Temporary Court Order. The Hackman Estate and Family Members HAD SOUND TO KEEP The Records Sealed to Protect the Family’s Privacy.

Acciting to the Length Investigation Report, A Review of Arakawa’s Computer Showed She was active researching Medical Conditions Related to Covid-19 and Flu-like BetWeen Feb. 8 and the Morning of Feb. 12. The searches included Questions About Whether Covid-19 COULD Cause Dizziness Or Nosebleeds.

She Also Had mentioned in an email to her massage therapist that hackman Had woken up feb. 11 With Flu or Cold-like Symptoms But That A Covid-19 Test Was Negative and She Waled Have to Reschedule Her Appointment for the Next Day “Out of an Abundance of Caute.”

Arakawa’s Search History Also Showed a Query for a Concierge Medical Service in Santa Fe the Morning of Feb. 12. A Review of Her Phone Records by Investigators Showed She Had a Call with the Service That Lasted Than Two Minutes and Missed A Return Call Later That Afternion.

Investigators Reviewed a Call History to the Home Phone Along With VoiceMails and Security Footage from Storys that Arakawa Had Visited Feb. 11.

The Redacted Police Body Camera Footage Showed Investigators Working Inside The Home As they TRIED to Piece Together What Had Happened to the Couple.

Investigators Found One of the Couple’s Dogs Sitting in the Bathroom Near Arakawa’s Body. Theyn Walked to the Other Side of the House, where hackman was found Dead.

“Totally Separate Areas of the House,” An Officer Comments.

“MHM, Its Strange,” Another Responds.

The Officers, World About A Possible Gas Leak or Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, OpenDs and Windows Around the House. Subsequent testing Showed there were no leaks.

The footage showed say going Through Rooms of the Home and Finding Noting Out of the Ordinarian and No Signs of Force Entry, with the Collection of Still Adorning Shelves and Walls Throughout. The Investigators Also Can Be Seen Counting Cash That Was Found the Home and Looking at the Prescription Medication on the Bathroom Counter as one of the couple’s dog in the background.

An Environmental Assessment of the Hackman Property by State Health Found Rodent Feces in Several Outbuildings Along With Live Traps on the Property. There was no Evidence of Rodent Activity Inside The Home.

Nestled Among the Piñon and Juniper Hills Overlooking Santa Fe, the Hackman Home is not unlike oters in the area as a friend with the surrounding landscape.

One of the Couple’s Three Dogs ALSO WAS FOUND DEAD IN A CRATE IN A BATHROM CLOSET NEAR ARAKAWA, WEHILE OTHER DOGS WERE FOUND ALIVE. A State Veterinary Lab Tied the Dog’s Death to Dehydration and Starvation.

An attorney for the estate, Kurt sommer, argued during a Hearing Last month that the Couple Had Had Pains to Stay of the Public Light During their Lifetime and that the Right to the Us and Likenesses Should Extend to their Estate in Death.

The Associated Press, CBS News and CBS studios intervened in the matter, saying in courts that they would have disseminate images of the couples and wouls to obscure say from Other records.

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Associated Press Writers Rio Yamat in Las Vegas and Jacques Billeaud in Phoenix Contributed to this Report.