Police have confirmed they are speaking to ‘family members’ as they try to piece together Gene and his wife Betsy’s final days. The pair were found dead in separate rooms of their New Mexico home earlier this week. The star is survived by the three children he had with his ex-wife, Faye Maltese, Christopher, 65, Elizabeth, 63, and Leslie, 58. Elizabeth and Leslie were photographed looking sombre a day after the couple’s bodies were discovered, as Leslie revealed she hadn’t spoken to her dad in months. Police also believe that two cell phones found at the property could hold a vital key too. They have taken them away to be analysed and may have to draft in external forensic experts to crack them. They were unable to establish if Hackman or his wife died first. Both were found “mummified”, as well as the deceased dog in the closet of the bathroom. It emerged that Hackman likely died about nine days before his body was discovered by authorities.
