Gene Hackman’s wife called doctor 24 hours after police reported her death, says doctor – WKRC TV Cincinnati
Now 42 Tue 69 Wed 71by WKRCTOPICS:UNDATED (WKRC) – The circumstances surrounding the death of Betsy Hackman, wife of the late Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman, have become more perplexing following revelations from Betsy’s doctor. Dr. Josiah Child, who operates Cloudberry Health in Santa Fe, New Mexico, disclosed that Betsy contacted his clinic on Feb. 12, a day after police reported her death, Daily Mail reported on Saturday.”Mrs. Hackman didn’t die on February 11 because she called my clinic on February 12,” said Dr. Child, according to Daily Mail. He explained that she had previously reached out to inquire about an echocardiogram for her husband and had scheduled an appointment for herself on Feb. 12 for an unrelated issue.Dr. Child noted that Betsy Hackman canceled her appointment two days prior, citing her husband’s poor health. However, she called back on the morning of Feb. 12 and spoke to a doctor at the clinic, arranging to come in that afternoon.”We made her an appointment but she never showed up,” said Dr. Child, according to Daily Mail. “She did not show any symptoms of respiratory distress. The appointment wasn’t for anything related to hantavirus. We tried calling her a couple of times with no reply.”The Santa Fe medical examiner had previously stated that Betsy Hackman died of hantavirus, a rare rat-borne respiratory disease, on Feb. 11, a week before Gene Hackman passed away from heart failure and Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Child’s account raises questions about the timeline of her death, adding to the mystery surrounding the case.More recent stories on the death of Gene Hackman and wife:
