The bodies of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were discovered in their New Mexico home, exhibiting bloating and mummification. The strange nature of their deaths, which happened weeks before they were found with their dead dog, is being looked into by police.
When Gene Hackman and his dog were found dead in their multimillion-dollar New Mexico home, the wife’s body had bloating and mummification. The maintenance staff who initially saw the strangely quiet house reported to the police that they hadn’t seen the couple in roughly two weeks.
Hackman, the dramatic character actor who won two Oscars during his more than 60-year career, and his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa, passed away at home on Thursday from unspecified causes, according to the Santa Fe, New Mexico, sheriff’s office.
“Hackman and Arakawa had been deceased for quite a while”- However, the sheriff was unable to specify how long. He stated that they were still attempting to ascertain when the pair was last contacted.
Police stated that deaths were “suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation”.
When police arrived at the couple’s house, they discovered it “unsecured and open,” with pills strewn all over the room where Arakawa’s body was discovered and an orange prescription pill bottle left open.
According to the New York Post, they stated that when Arakawa was discovered, she had “obvious signs of death, body decomposition, bloating in her face, and mummification in both hands and feet.”
A black space heater was found next to Arakawa’s head, according to the report’s officials. According to the affidavit, a responding officer stated that “he suspected the heater could have fallen in the event the female abruptly fell to the ground.”
dead dog in the bathroom closet. In the meantime, Hackman’s body was found next to a pair of sunglasses in the mudroom. According to the report, he seemed to have “suddenly fallen.”
During a long career that began in the early 1960s, Hackman, a former Marine with a raspy voice, had appearances on television, the stage, and in over 80 films.
His breakthrough performance as the brother of bank robber Clyde Barrow in the 1967 film “Bonnie and Clyde” won him his first Oscar nomination. Additionally, in 1971, he received a nomination for best supporting actor for “I Never Sang for My Father.”
