the santa fe county sheriff says the old when the next it died of heart disease we caused to his wife. officials say the actor also showed severe signs of outline this disease. his wife's death has been linked to a rep home to make pulmonary disease. mr. hoffman's initial pace maker data revealed cardiac activity on february 17th with subsequent pace maker interrogation, demonstrating an abnormal rhythm of atrial fibrillation on february 18th, which was the last record of her activity, based on the circumstances, it is reasonable to conclude that miss hackman passed away 1st the letters it from name louisa toby, and you can find more information on our website and use continues here. one out, just say we're off to the when to use and from the truth, the facts hang in the balance. when voices that silence agendas prevail, systemic emissions lean control the listening type, the coding, the media on out is era. the music or someone say, is even go to me, expert on wisdom. and she can go and all that in the name is an s, and then she had let me speak all in the last time you can send us.

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we're outside the santa fe county sheriff's department where a little earlier the sheriff came out and gave an update into the investigation of the deaths of a gene hackman and his wife, betsy arakawa. and there were really 2 big headlines that came out of that news conference. one of the headlines could provide a clue as to when the couple died. that clue courtesy of gene hackman. ys pacemaker. here's some video of the home hackman and our lived in here in santa fe. their bodies were found on wednesday afternoon along with a dog that was also dead. 65 year-old arakawa was found on a bathroom floor with some prescription pills on a counter above her scattered about a german shepherd was found dead in a closet inside a kennel in that bathroom. 95 year-old happens. body. >> was found in another room of the house in a search warrant affidavit, a deputy said it looked like both of them may have fallen before their deaths. and it also looked like they had been dead for a while. they noted our call was feet and hands looked as if they had already started to modify. well, now we may have a be

we're outside the santa fe county sheriff's department where a little earlier the sheriff came out andpdate into the investigation of the deaths of a gene hackman and his wife, betsy arakawa. and they were really 2 big headlines that came out of that news conference. one of the headlines could provide a clue as to when the couple died. that clue courtesy of gene hackman. ys pacemaker. here's some video of the home hackman and our lived in here in santa fe. their bodies were found on wednesday afternoon along with a dog that was also dead. 65 year-old arakawa was found on a bathroom floor with some prescription pills on a counter above her scattered about a german shepherd was found dead in a closet inside a kennel in that bathroom. 95 year-old happens. body. >> was found in another room of the house in a search warrant affidavit, a deputy said it looked like both of them may have fallen before their deaths. and it also looked like they had been dead for a while. they noted our call was feet and hands looked as if they had already started to modify. well, now we may have a better idea o

the santa fe county sheriff's office said it didn't suspect foul play and that tests for carbon monoxide poisoning were negative. based on the findings, authorities have concluded that he died before him on february. 11th the cause of death. >> for ms, betsy hackman aged 65 years. hans a virus? >> recent drone dr jail says the cause of death for missus. hackman is haunt a virus. it's a very rare infection. that's mainly spread by rodents to their urine, saliva and droppings tavares infection is characterized by flu-like symptoms consisting of fever. >> muscle aches, cough, sometimes vomiting and diarrhea that can progress to shortness of breath. and cardiac or heart failure lung failure. this occurs after a one to 8 week exposure to excrement from primarily particular mouse species. >> and that was jacqueline sarkissian reporting tests show hackman did not test positive for how to virus. health officials say only a small number of human infections are found each year in new mexico and that is a very serious disease. 42% of people who contract it and up dying. >> in the span, another man

the santa fe county sheriff's office said it didn't suspect foul play and that tests for carbon monoxidesoning were negative based on the findings, authorities have concluded that he died before him on february. 11th the cause of death. >> for ms, betsy hackman aged 65 years. hans a virus? >> recent drone dr jail says the cause of death for missus. hackman is haunt a virus. it's a very rare infection. that's mainly spread by rodents to their urine, saliva and droppings tavares infection is characterized by flu-like symptoms consisting of fever. >> muscle aches, cough, sometimes vomiting and diarrhea that can progress to shortness of breath. and cardiac or heart failure lung failure. this occurs after a one to 8 week exposure to excrement from primarily particular mouse species. >> that was jacqueline sarkissian reporting tests show hackman did not test positive for the junta virus. health officials say only a small number of human infections are found every year in new mexico and that it's a very rare disease. 42%, though of infections are fatal. san jose police have arrested 5 people ac

the couple tested negative for carbon monoxide, according to the santa fe county sheriff. of death is still unknown, pending autopsies. workers found the couple in one of their dogs dead wednesday. but the sheriff said the couple may have been dead for more than a week because hackman's pacemaker last showed activity on monday, february 17th. today, authorities detailed items collected during their search. >> there were two green in color cell phones, two bottles of medication, one bottle of over-the-counter tylenol. my request medical records and a 2025 monthly planner calendar. those items were secured from the residence for evidentiary purposes. >> according to court records. authorities also found a thyroid medication and a drug to treat high blood pressure. we are learning more about efforts in washington state to halt president trump's executive order against gender affirming care. right now, a temporary restraining order is in effect, blocking the administration's effort to stop federal funding for gender transition surgeries. washington state attorney general nick

the santa fe county sheriff says the award winning actor died of heart disease a week off the his wife. officials say the act to also showed severe signs of alzheimer's disease. his wife's death has been linked to a rep pulmonary disease, prostate from a carriage, austin and these continues have on sale of to counting the cost savings. the the, it had a load that will stops down on the and eastern areas of australia has been preparing for the imminent arrival of tropical fight. clone alfred. it set to sweep into southern parts of queens into fixing northern parts of new south wales as well. now it has been a slow lingering system, but it is expected to bring some very heavy rain and strong winds that to it's the southern side. we're going to see gusts or potentially up to a 140 kilometers per hour. so expect it to make landfill on the mountain bay islands before moving further into queensland. and we were expecting a flooding reins and a to me to a waves that system will fall apart. but continue to bring that very heavy rain for the west of dripping down towards sydney as well. the res

monoxide and one of gene's daughter indicated she thought there was toxic fumes, but yesterday the santa fe countyuled out carbon monoxide saying none was defected in the home or in their bodies and now they're pointing today tafanely from gene hackman's pace make their shows an event on february 17th that is an indication of when the oscar winner may have died. >> both individuals tested negative for carbon monoxide. initial interrogation was conducted of mr. hackman's pacemaker. this reveal that had his last event was recorded on february 17th, 2025. i was advised that a more thorough investigation will be completed. reporter: gene hackman was found on the floor in his mud room, sun glasses and a cane niche and responding officer said it seemed like he fell suddenly but the pathologist said gene and his wife didn't have external injuries. his wife was found on the floor in the bathroom and scattered pills on the countertop and a weren't revealed medicines re-coryed were theile knoll -- recovered were tylenol, bl and high blood pressure medication. and the dog was discovered dead in its kennel. g

officials say the couple tested negative for carbon monoxide if poisoning, and the santa fe county sheriffe in santa fay with the latest on -- santa fe with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: behind me is the entrance to the gated, affluent committee where gene and his wife betsy lived for years. this is about ten minutes outside of downtown santa fe. and once you get inside these gate, you have a short drive to gene hackman's home. so it was very clear that they wanted privacy. we just talked to a neighbor who said they were extremely private. they have a very large gate. he estimated about 8 feet outside of their property. they wanted to be emote -- remote, they wanted peace and quiet, and that's exactly what they got, jon, because authorities say the couple was likely dead in their home for about eight, nine, ten days before they were discovered on wednesday. the running theory this week was carbon monoxide, but yesterday the santa fe county sheriff says the a pathologist says, no, no carbon monoxide in the house or in their bodies. so now they're looking at gene hackman's pa

their bodies, while the cause and manner of their deaths has yet to be determined, the sheriff of santa fe countyers he's "pretty confident no foul play was involved". and investigators are able to rule out possibility of carbon monoxide poisoning. >> just today i spoke to the pathologist from the new mexico office of the medical investigator at 2:00 p.m. today and revealed the following information. both individuals tested negative for carbon monoxide. >> two cell phones seized along with medical records and common medications including thyroid and blood pressure pills along with tylenol and they're working to piece together a time line, and this all comes after relearned from the search warrant that two dogs found alive on the property and hackman's wife body found near a scattered bottle of pills and the sheriff confirmed that while the autopsies are now complete, the toxicology report may take up to three months to complete. rachel. rachel: thank you, chanly. more restaurants are turning to beef tallow as they make america healthy again. the movement is in full swing, and that includes stake

poisoning especially after one of gene's daughters said she suspected toxic fumes, but yesterday, the santa fe countyriff essentially shooting down carbon monoxide, saying there was no carbon monoxide detected in the home and that the pathologist says both bodies tested negative for carbon monoxide. the sheriff also says that evidence so far is pointing to february 17th being gene's last day of life. his pacemaker registered an event on that day and investigators and gene's doctors might be able to pull more data from that pacemaker for concrete insight. gene was found on the floor in his mud room, sunglasses nearby. the responding officer says it seemed like gene had suddenly fallen, but the pathologist says that gene and his wife did not have external injuries. authorities say gene's wife betsy was found on the floor in the bathroom, scattered pills on the counter top. now, a warrant reveals pills taken from the home were tylenol, thyroid and high blood pressure medications which one experts tell fox were not associated with any type of overdose. as this mystery deepens, law enforcement is naturall

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the most interesting part of today's update by the santa fe county sheriff is what was not found. >>h individuals tested negative for carbon monoxide. the manner and cause of death has not been determined. >> initial autopsy findings show no external trauma. we already knew there were no signs of foul play. 95 year old gene hackman had a pacemaker. the sheriff says the last recorded activity was february 17th. the bodies were discovered wednesday, february 26th with signs of decomposition. the sheriff says there are no surveillance cameras inside or outside the house. they will be going through the two cell phones they took from the home to check for calls, texts, photos and other evidence to piece together a timeline. could take months for complete toxicology and autopsy reports to be finished. >> all right. coming up. there are some unsettled weather in our seven day forecast. sandia shows you t to expect for the weekend and on the sacred month in which muslims fast from dawn to dusk. fasting brings the faithful closer to god and reminds them of the suffering of the poor. ramadan i

. >> santa fe county sheriff says february 11th is the last day mrs. hackman was known to be alive.e sent emails that morning before surveillance video shows she ran errands in town. a time stamp shows she reentered the gated community where the couple lived after 5:00 in the evening. that is when cell phone and email activity for her stopped. as for the two-time oscar winning actor, the chief medical examiner explained hackman likely died around february 18th, a day after his pacemaker stopped recording activity. dr. heather jerry relevant said she is not aware of what hackman's daily functioning capability was and at 95 was an in a, quote, very poor state of health. >> he was in an advanced state of alzheimer's, it's quite possible that he was not aware that she was deceased. >> and maintenance worker discovered the bodies of the couple and that of one of their dogs on february 26th. 8 days after mr. hackman is breed to have died and 15 days after his wife passed. aishah? >> aishah: alicia, thank you. president trump is now reaching out to iran. he is seeking a new agreement to re

breaking news out of santa fe, new mexico, officials wrapping up a press conference on the mysterious death of dr. gene hackman and his wife. live in denver with the latest. >> the santa fe countyo and the chief medical examiner for the state of new mexico says it is reasonable to conclude that betsy over kara also known as betsy hackman died seven days before her husband actor gene hackman. >> the cause of death for ms. betsy hackman age 65 years is hard to virus pulmonary syndrome. the manner of death is natural it. the death for mr. gene hackman age 95 years is hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with alzheimer's disease as a significant contributory factor. >> two-time oscar-winner and his wife were found dead in their santa fe, new mexico, home on february 26. according to the sheriff their bodies were found in separate rooms and showed signs of a mummification. the initial investigation found hackman appeared to have fallen or collapsed in a mud room off of the kitchen and his wife was found in the bathroom with a space heater next to her head and on the counter an open prescription bottle with pills scattered around to. a search of the home for law en

the sheriff of santa fe county says he is still confident no foul play was involved.nvestigators are ruling out carbon monoxide poisoning as of now after receiving negative test results on friday. the sheriff did confirm that the autopsies are complete. but the toxicology report may take up to three months to release. so we have some answers but we don't have all the answers. back to you. >> brian: three months? >> steve: toxicology is how long it takes. dr. baden was on this program over the weekend and what he thinks could have happened is so nine days ago or whatever that was, gene hackman had a heart attack according to the pacemaker. his wife saw him on the ground, went to get his medicine, those were his pills that were spilled around her and somehow fell down and the trauma to the head or whatever wasn't obviously visible at that time. and they may never know. but it could just be an unfortunate. >> ainsley: what about the dog? maybe the dog ate the medicine on the ground? >> steve: the dog was locked in the kennel in the closet. >> brian: some people say he wa

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. >> santa fe county sheriff revealing that. >> hackman was likely dead. >> for. >> nine days. >> after. >> being discovered by maintenance workers wednesday afternoon. >> i think that that is a very good assumption that that was his his last day of life. >> in an affidavit, deputies say the couple's bodies were found in separate rooms. hackman near the kitchen with a walking cane and sunglasses near him. arakawa was found in a bathroom next to a prescription bottle with scattered pills on the floor. her body showed obvious signs of death. body decomposition, bloating in her face, and mummification. >> they've clearly been dead for several days. >> and i'm saying days, plural. in order to get that kind of mummification, it's wrinkled up and it's dried. and it could be anything from kind of a leathery change all the way to the point that it's so hard that you can't even cut through it easily with a scalpel. >> santa fe deputies recovered two cell phones, three kinds of medicine mike waltz, medical records and a 2025 monthly planner from the home. right now. >> the manner and cause of dea

cnn's julia vargas jones is outside the santa fe county sheriff's office.l us what we learned about the when here when mr. hackman is believed to have actually died. >> well, nine days prior, jim. that's what authorities were saying today. he was likely dead. nine days before authorities found him in his wife in their new mexico home. that's according to data from his pacemaker. that last recorded cardiac signals from him on february 17th. that's according to an investigator. medical investigator that's working with medical authorities here in new mexico. timing has been a challenge in this, jim. that's something that the sheriff spoke about today in a press conference. he said, usually you pinpoint the last time a victim or victims were seen, and then you work from there until their time of death. what the sheriff adan mendoza said today is that they're actually constructing a reverse timeline because of their privacy, because of the lack of video evidence here to finally crack this case and figure out what is it that happened in the final hours of their l

the santa fe county fire chief isn't aware of the last case they've had in the county. >> hantavirusmonary syndrome is a rare disease caused by hantaviruses, but a small number of human infections are found every year in new mexico, 42% of these infections here in new mexico were fatal. >> on february 26th, the couple were discovered dead by maintenance workers. officials did not find any signs of forced entry, but considered the circumstances suspicious enough to warrant a thorough investigation. the 95 year old actor was found on the ground in a mud room, according to a search warrant. hackman was found on the ground inside a bathroom next to an open prescription pill bottle, with pills scattered. one of the couple's three dogs was found dead in a locked crate near arakawa's body. the dog had recently visited the vet before betsy died. >> there was a procedure that was done with the with the dog, which may explain why the dog was in a crate at the residence. >> officials are still waiting for the exact cause of death for the dog, but they can say it didn't die of hantavirus as dogs

the santa fe county fire chief isn't aware of the last case they've had in the county. >> hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is a rare. >> disease caused by hantaviruses. >> but a small number of human infections are found every year in new mexico. 42% of these infections here in new mexico were fatal. >> on february 26th, the couple were discovered dead by maintenance workers. officials did not find any signs of forced entry, but considered the circumstances suspicious enough to warrant a thorough investigation. the 95 year old actor was found on the ground in a mud room, according to a search warrant. hackman was found on the ground inside a bathroom next to an open prescription pill bottle, with pills scattered. one of the couple's three dogs was found dead in a locked crate near arakawa's body. the dog had recently visited the vet before betsy died. >> there was a procedure that was done with the with the dog, which may explain why the dog was in a crate at the residence. >> officials are still waiting for the exact cause of death for the dog, but they can say it didn't die of hantavi

. >> such a rare disease that, in fact, the santa fe county fire department. >> isn't aware of the laste. >> they had a case like this. betsy arakawa was last seen on surveillance video in town at a cvs and a grocery store on february 11th. >> she had unread. >> emails that day, and. >> her last outgoing communication. >> was february 11th. >> so without being. >> able to pinpoint the exact time and dat tbelieve, that is. around the time that she died. meanwhile, gene hackman's pacemaker. last exhibited data on february 18th, so they believe that gene hackman was in the home with her body, likely for days. he had advanced alzheimer's. here's what the medical examiner had to say. i did see evidence of. >> very poor kidney function, and i think he died as a result of his his heart disease and with alzheimer's being that contributing factor. he was in an advanced state of of alzheimer's. and it is quite possible that he was not aware that she was deceased. >> betsy arakawa hackman was 30 years younger than gene hackman, so it appears she was his care taker. and when she passed, there was n

the santa the fay county sheriff says the actor may have died nine days before his body was found as they try to piece together the timeline. matt finn is live with more in santa fecommunity where gene hack amanif his wife betsy lived -- hack aman. thbt about 0-15 minutes outside downtown santa fe. and once you get to the gates here, you have another short drive until you get to gene's actual home. so so it is clear that a gene and his wife wanted privacy, they wanted peace. and it seems like that's what they had out here, because authorities are you say -- now saying the couple was likely dead for nine or ten days before they were discovered on wednesday. the running theory this week was perhaps they died from carbon monoxide, especially after one of eurozone's daughters said she suspected toxic fumes. but yesterday the sheriff shot it down saying there was no carbon monoxide detected in the home, and the pathologist says both bodies tested negative for carbon monoxide. evidenceover is pointing to february 17th being gene's last day of life. his pacemaker registered an event on that day. investigators and doctors will likely be able to pull more data from that p

. >> john: the county sheriff says it appeared gene hackman had been dead nine days before his body and that of his wife were discovered wednesday in their house in santa fexico. a pathologist report says the last signal from hackman's pacemaker was on february 17th, indicating that is the day he died. still to be determined is the cause of death for the actor, who was 95, and for his wife, betsy arakawa, she was 65. >> maurice: and the cdc says the worst flu season in more than 15 years may have peaked. the latest data show flu activity, while still elevated, has now decreased for two consecutive weeks. still ahead here on the "cbs evening news," lonnie quinn with winter making a comeback. >> john: and we will have these stories. >> consumer spending saw its biggest drop in four years. i'm kelly o'grady in new york with what's going on and what it means for the economy. ♪ ♪ >> i'm steve hartman. a dad in idaho asked his son what he wanted for his ninth birthday. his answer is a present for all of us. >> because they don't get invited to birthdays. >> that story. >> cheers. >> cheers. >> when we go "on the road" to coeur d'alene, idaho. coming up on the "

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. - the santa fe county sheriff has ruled out carbon monoxide poisoning as a cause of the deaths of thee oscar—winning actor gene hackman and his wife, betsy arakawa. he said the actor had been dead for around ten days when his body was found, but that investigators were not sure whether he or his wife had died first. both individuals tested negative for carbon monoxide. an initial interrogation was conducted of mr hackman�*s pacemaker, this revealed that his last event was recorded on a february 17, 2025. iwas advised that a more thorough investigation will be completed. pop stars charli xcx, dua lipa and jazz quintet ezra collective are just some of the artists leading the nominations at tonight's brit awards. the ceremony is a chance for the music industry here's more from our music correspondent mark savage. # when you're in the mirror, do you like what you see? this could be the year the brits go brat. but with five nominations this year, it could all change. she was signed to her label when she was 14. she's an amazing songwriter. but she stands for so much, you know? i think she'