Gene Hackman Wife Betsy Arakawa Death Timeline Disputed

The timeline of Betsy Arakawa’s death is being clarified.

Weeks after the 65-year-old, her husband Gene Hackman, 95, and one of their dogs, were found dead in their Santa Fe, New Mexico, home Feb. 26, a  medical examiner determined Arakawa had died around Feb. 11, with the two-time Oscar winner’s date of death following a week later on Feb. 18.

However, a doctor is now disputing the timeline, alleging Arakawa called his private clinic the morning after her presumed death date.

“She called back on the morning of February 12 and spoke to one of our doctors who told her to come in that afternoon,” Dr. Josiah Child, who runs the Cloudberry Heath in Santa Fe, told The DailyMail in an interview published March 17. “We made her an appointment, but she never showed up.”

“The appointment wasn’t for anything related to hantavirus,” he continued. “We tried calling her a couple of times with no reply.”