Actor Gene Hackman and Wife Betsy Arakawa Tested Negative for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Hackman’s Pacemaker Recorded Key Detail

Santa Fe County Sheriff Adam Mendoza has revealed the bodies of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, have tested negative for carbon monoxide.

Sheriff Mendoza further revealed Hackman’s pacemaker recorded its last activity on February 17, which authorities now suspect was the day Hackman died.

A toxicology and autopsy report for the couple is still pending and is expected to take a month until results are revealed.

Mendoza also noted there is still “uncertainty” over the cause of Hackamn and Arakawa’s death and an investigation is still ongoing.

BREAKING: Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, tested negative for carbon monoxide, officials said.

“The manner and cause of death have not been determined … I was advised that a more thorough investigation will be completed.” https://t.co/ALD1bVL0rJ pic.twitter.com/Qa0oWPxcUA

— ABC News (@ABC) February 28, 2025

Per NBC News:

Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, tested negative for carbon monoxide poisoning officials said Friday as they continue to investigate what caused the couple’s deaths.

The pair were found dead at their Santa Fe, New Mexico, home Wednesday. Hackman likely died more than a week earlier — on Feb. 17, the last day his pacemaker recorded an “event,” Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said at a Friday news conference.

“I think that is a very good assumption, that that was his last day of life,” Mendoza said.

Both Hackman and Arakawa tested negative for carbon monoxide poisoning, Mendoza said, but added that the pathologist would be the one to rule out the poisonous gas as the cause of death.

He also said it was likely neither Hackman nor Arakawa had a fatal fall, because there was “no trauma indicated on the body,” he said Friday.

Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa tested negative for carbon monoxide poisoning, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said Friday, after the couple was found dead in their home earlier this week. Mendoza added that Hackman’s pacemaker recorded its final activity on Feb. 17,… pic.twitter.com/6cQwWtClYn

— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 28, 2025

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Hackman and his wife’s body were discovered in a mummified state upon discovery.

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