There are on average 30 cases of hantavirus in America annually with a 35% death rate. So 10 people die of hantavirus every year out of 350,000,000 and Gene Hackman’s wife was one of them? Strange story.
This whole story still seem unlikely.
It is strange. One would expect her to get help if she was ill. She was a wealthy lady, and hantavirus, although a quickly advancing virus, does not kill in minutes. It’s not cyanide.
Yes very strange- would be nice to know where those 35 cases are from too- hantavirus deaths are extremely rare- My first thought was ‘cover-story’? The dead dog adds to the mysteriousness of the case- Gene apparently had alzheimers or dementia of some kind- so it’s possible he didn’t know what was happening if she died first- but 2 deaths from the virus? Possibly 3? Why not the other 2 dogs?