Jack Sabàto, the son of Oscar nominee Virginia Madsen and General Hospital star Antonio Sabàto Jr., has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in Anchorage, Alaska.
Jack, 32, was arrested and jailed at the Anchorage Correctional Complex on Monday, November 9, following a road traffic incident earlier in the day in which one person died.
The Anchorage Police Department said in a news release on Monday, “At approximately 5:48 AM on November 9, 2026, officers assigned to patrol, along with medics from the Anchorage Fire Department, responded to the intersection of Airport Heights Dr and Debarr Rd in reference to an unresponsive adult male. Upon arrival, officers located an adult male identified as Carl Simmonds, 42, who was pronounced deceased at the scene.”
“The preliminary investigation indicates that the adult male pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle, which then fled the scene,” the statement continued.
In a subsequent update, the Anchorage Police Department confirmed that it had “located the suspect vehicle,” a Chevrolet Tahoe, and detained Jack. He is charged with leaving the scene of an accident without assisting the injured and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in injury or death.
In a statement to TMZ on Tuesday, November 10, Jack’s father, Antonio, said, “We all just found out the terrible news and our family is digesting this horrible news and asking for privacy in this devastating news. Thank you.”
Madsen, 65, and Antonio, 54, dated from 1993 to 1998. The former couple welcomed Jack in August 1994.
Madsen earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress in the 2004 film Sideways.
Last year, the actress mourned the death of her brother and fellow actor Michael Madsen, best known for his roles in Kill Bill and Reservoir Dogs. He died in July 2025 at age 67.
“My brother Michael has left the stage,” Madsen wrote in an Instagram tribute at the time. “He was thunder and velvet. Mischief wrapped in tenderness. A poet disguised as an outlaw.”
“A father, a son, a brother — etched in contradiction, tempered by love that left its mark,” she continued.
Madsen wrote, “We’re not mourning a public figure. We’re not mourning a myth — but flesh and blood and ferocious heart. Who stormed through life loud, brilliant, and half on fire. Who leaves us echoes — gruff, brilliant, unrepeatable—half legend, half lullaby.”
“I’ll miss our inside jokes, the sudden laughter, the sound of him,” she added. I’ll miss the boy he was before the legend. I miss my big brother.”
