James Gill, Chief Medical Examiner, with the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, is not investigating Hackman's death in his professional capacity. But he offered insight into the tragedy to PEOPLE, theorizing that a “companion suicide” — where a couple dies by suicide together — is not likely.

Hollywood megastar Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead at their home in New Mexico last week, but police still don't know how they died

A pathologist who is not investigating the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy has weighed in on whether or not this could have been a "companion suicide."