not confirmed yet but pathologist for gene hackman is saying that he had a heart attack and collapsed in the mudroom, his wife ran to the bathroom to get his blood pressure medicine, slipped and fell hitting her head, also pulled the space heater down with her as she fell and scattered the blood pressure pills on the floor. They are looking for signs such as a subdural hematoma to support this theory since there was no noticable external bleeding from her head
The one dog that died was stuck in a crate, the other 2 had already been let out of their crates supporting the theory that Gene was getting ready to take them outside since he was near the backdoor with his cane and sunglasses and the backdoor was opened