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How did Gene Hackman die? So far, there are more questions than answers

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. Unraveling Gene Hackman’s final act Days after the grim discovery at their Santa Fe, N.M., home, the circumstances surrounding the death of Gene Hackman, his wife and one of their dogs remain a mystery. “We’ll be analyzing cellphone data, phone calls, text messages, events, photos in the cellphone, to try to piece a timeline together,” Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said at a news conference Friday. We’re trying to figure out all the evidence and the autopsy is key, and that is going to take some time,” Mendoza told the news program “Today.” He asked for “a little bit of patience on the family’s part, on everybody’s part, so we can have some answers to these deaths.” What happens next Mendoza said the medical examiner has ordered several tests expedited. The week’s biggest stories Oscars coverage Aftermath of Los Angeles fires The L.A. Fire Department did not alert the city’s Department of Water and Power to more than 1,000 fire hydrants needing repair.

LA Times

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