Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico earlier this week, with police now reportedly revealing key evidence

Data from actor Gene Hackman’s pacemaker shows he was likely dead for nine days before he and his wife were found dead at their New Mexico home, authorities said.

"I think the autopsy results, the official results, are going to help us steer us in the right direction," the sheriff said in an interview on Friday.

Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa tested negative for carbon monoxide in the initial results of the toxicology report, leading officials to rule out the gas as a cause of Hackman and Arakawa’s death, Sheriff Adan Mendoza said in a press conference on Friday.

Actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in their New Mexico home. Here's what we know so far about their cause of death.

While foul play is not suspected in the deaths of Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, officials in New Mexico say they have not ruled it out as a possibility.

Sheriff Adan Mendoza said he's 'pretty confident' foul play isn't a factor in the deaths of Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa, but he's not ruling it out

The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office maintained Thursday the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa are not suspicious, despite multiple media reports regarding a search warrant suggesting the contrary and loose pills being found at the scene along with a deceased family dog.