Santa Fe, NM – The authorities reveal more information about an investigation into the death of actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa, whose partially mummified bodies were discovered last month in their home in New Mexico.
The Sheriff’s Office of the County of Santa Fe has said that it does not suspect that the dirty game and the evidence for Carbon monoxide poisoning was negative.
Sheriff Adan Mendoza and state fire officials, health and forensics scheduled a afternoon press conference on Friday to provide updates on the case.
Mendoza has said that the couple may have died up to two weeks Before being discovered on February 26. Hackman’s pacemaker showed the activity for the last time on February 17, nine days before maintenance and security workers appeared at home and alerted the police.
Arakawa It was found with an open recipe and pills scattered on the bathroom counter, while Hackman It was found at the entrance of the house.
One of the three dogs of the couple was also found dead in a box in a bathroom closet near Arakawa, while two other dogs survived. Authorities initially erroneously identified the breed of the dead animal.
The authorities recovered personal items from the house, including a monthly planner and two cell phones that will be analyzed. Medical researchers have been working to establish the cause of their deaths, but toxicology reports often take weeks to complete.
When they were found, the bodies broke down with some mummification, a consequence of the type of body and the climate in the especially dry air of Santa Fe at a height of almost 7,200 feet (2,200 meters).
Hackman, a Hollywood icon, won two Oscar during a historical race in films, including “The French Connection”, “Hoosiers” and “Superman” from the 1960s until his retirement in the early 2000s.
Arakawa, born in Hawaii, studied as a concert pianist, attended the University of Southern California and met with Hackman in the mid -1980s while working in a California gym.
The couple’s stucco, the town-Revival style style is found in a hill in a closed community at the southern end of the rocky mountains. Santa Fe It is known as a shelter for celebrities, artists and authors.
Hackman dedicated much of his retirement time to paint and write novels away from the Hollywood social circuit. He served for several years at the Board of Trustees of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, and he and his wife were investors in local companies.
