The mystery surrounding the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, has deepened as the pianist’s doctor cast doubt on the date that officials estimate she died. Dr. Josiah Child, who runs the Cloudberry Health private practice in New Mexico,

A Santa Fe doctor has sensationally claimed that the former classical pianist, 65, had called him the day after police say she died.

Authorities say hantavirus is blamed in the death of Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa. The rare virus is spread by contact with rodents or their urine or feces.