Gene Hackman’s Wife Googled COVID Symptoms, Ordered Oxygen Canisters Before Dying of Hantavirus

Gene Hackman’s woman Betsy Arakawa spent clip during her last days suffering from hantavirus Googling symptoms for COVID and ordering oxygen canisters to her New Mexico home.

Investigators went done Arakawa’s Google hunt past and emails successful the days starring up to her and Hackman’s decease aft uncovering her laptop unlocked successful the home, according to an incidental study covered wide Tuesday. The laptop was recovered successful the hallway adjacent the bath successful which Arakawa’s assemblage was recovered and included an Amazon acquisition of “several Boost Oxygen canisters” and emails astir falling sick to COVID, according to the investigator.

“He advised helium recovered the machine unlocked and observed Betsy had conducted a hunt connected Google,” the study read. “The hunt was successful notation to ‘breathing techniques,’ oregon thing akin to the matter.”

Another researcher noted successful the study they recovered an email sent by Arakawa connected the greeting of Feb. 11 canceling an assignment owed to COVID-like symptoms.

“G woke up contiguous with flu/cold-like symptoms, did a COVID test, negative. But retired of abundance of caution, I should cancel my appt time and rebook, say, successful a mates of weeks, past week of Feb. if thing is available,” the email read.

The study added that Arakawa “never opened oregon sent further emails” aft Feb. 11. She is estimated to person died of the rare, rodent-born hantavirus connected Feb. 12.

Arakawa and Hackman’s bodies were recovered successful their location connected Feb. 26. After aesculapian examinations, it was determined that Arakawa died from the rodent-born hantavirus a week earlier Hackman died from cardiovascular illness and precocious Alzheimer’s.

“It is tenable to reason that Mr. Hackman astir apt died astir Feb. 18. Based connected the circumstances, it is tenable to reason that Mrs. Hackman passed distant first, with Feb. 11 being the past clip that she was known to beryllium alive,” New Mexico OMI main aesculapian researcher Dr. Heather Jarrell said. “There is nary reliable technological method to accurately find the nonstop clip oregon day of death.”

“I would presume that that is the case, fixed his Alzheimer’s status, that Mr. Hackman was capable to unrecorded connected his ain and survive,” Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza past explained of the week quality successful their fixed times of death.

The two-time Oscar winner, his pianist woman of 34 years and 1 of their dogs were recovered dormant aft a location attraction idiosyncratic called successful a payment check. Two different dogs were recovered live connected the property.

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