Overview
- Officials say Jaqueline “Jackie” Falk was found at her Los Angeles home on April 27 after a friend requested a welfare check and authorities estimated she died around April 22.
- The newly released autopsy determined her death was a suicide and toxicology showed no alcohol or drugs in her system.
- Investigators reported multiple handwritten notes at the scene in the garage where her body was discovered, though the content of the notes has not been released.
- Jackie Falk was 60 years old and was one of two daughters adopted by actor Peter Falk and his first wife Alyce Mayo.
- Her sister Catherine Falk continues to lead the Catherine Falk Organisation for guardianship and visitation reform and says the effort inspired the proposed 'Peter Falk Law' now being considered in more than 20 state legislatures.