{"id":7734,"date":"2025-03-07T01:25:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T01:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=7734"},"modified":"2025-03-07T01:25:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T01:25:30","slug":"gene-hackman-and-wife-betsy-arakawas-deaths-called-suspicious-enough-for-investigation-as-new-details-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=7734","title":{"rendered":"Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa\u2019s deaths called \u2018suspicious enough\u2019 for investigation as new details released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\"><strong>Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa\u2019s deaths are being treated as \u2018suspicious enough\u2019 to warrant further investigation, an affidavit has revealed.<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"zmbqf69f67bd424fa7\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      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Mexico, home on Wednesday (February 26) this week while his wife, 65, was found in a similar position in a separate room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">One of their three\u00a0dogs\u00a0was also found dead on the premises.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The Santa Fe County Sheriff\u2019s Office said they did not suspect\u00a0foul\u00a0play, but haven\u2019t ruled it out, and found no immediate signs of \u2018external trauma\u2019 to the pair.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\">\n<div class=\"resizable-image_wrapper__LRQlr\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-image_image__XvzgU\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/bltf0d8ee4e16454d54\/67c173864e3325b03ce04bea\/gene_hackman_and_wife_besty_awakawa_deaths_suspicious.jpg\" sizes=\"100vw\" 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(Jeffrey Mayer\/WireImage)\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" data-nimg=\"fill\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">Investigators are now considering Gene Hackman and Betsy Awakawa\u2019s deaths as \u2018suspicious enough\u2019 (Jeffrey Mayer\/WireImage)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Police will conduct a \u2018thorough search and investigation\u2019, having deemed the deaths \u2018suspicious enough\u2019 to warrant this from the \u2018circumstances surrounding\u2019 the scene, according to an\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25546774\/gene-hackman-search-warrant-affidavit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">affidavit<\/a>\u00a0for a search warrant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The document reveals a maintenance worker initially came across the scene, having found the front door of the couple\u2019s home unlocked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">At the scene, cops then found Betsy\u2019s body on the bathroom floor next to a space heater which they note \u2018could have fallen in the event [she] abruptly fell to the ground\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">There was also an open prescription bottle with pills scattered on the counter-top.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The affidavit notes she appeared decomposed with \u2018mummification\u2019 in her hands and feet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The couple\u2019s dead German Shepherd was discovered in close proximity to her, around 10-15 feet away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The Academy Award-winning actor was found in a similar position, on the floor of the mud-room alongside a walking cane and sunglasses, leading cops to believe he had also \u2018suddenly fallen\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The Santa Fe City Fire Department found no signs of a possible carbon monoxide leak or poisoning, the document continued, nor did the New Mexico Gas Company after carrying out tests on the gas line in and around the residence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-67\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1728660\" data-uid=\"1590c\">\n<div id=\"mgw1728660_1590c\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mgheader\">\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\">\n<div class=\"resizable-image_wrapper__LRQlr\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-image_image__XvzgU resizable-image_lowRes__5OkaL resizable-image_fadeOut___ZcLy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt93e513df57d8ff7d\/67c173e574a2aeef9e7f4bdb\/hackman_death_suspicious.jpg\" sizes=\"100vw\" 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https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=2048&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt93e513df57d8ff7d\/67c173e574a2aeef9e7f4bdb\/hackman_death_suspicious.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=1&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt93e513df57d8ff7d\/67c173e574a2aeef9e7f4bdb\/hackman_death_suspicious.jpg 3840w\" alt=\"The couple got married in 1991 (Purschke\/ullstein bild via Getty Images)\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" data-nimg=\"fill\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">The couple got married in 1991 (Purschke\/ullstein bild via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Investigators have requested carbon monoxide and toxicology tests for both, but noted the scene as \u2018suspicious\u2019 based on the front door being unlocked, two healthy dogs being found, the \u2018heater being moved\u2019, the open pill bottle, \u2018no obvious signs of a gas leak\u2019 and since Hackman and Arakawa were found on the floor in different rooms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Speaking to reporters yesterday (Thursday, February 27), the Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said there was no indication of a crime or \u2018obvious sign or indication of foul play\u2019 but that the authorities \u2018haven\u2019t ruled that out yet\u2019,\u00a0reports\u00a0ABC News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Mendoza also said investigators are \u2018keeping everything on the table.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">He also said it \u2018sounds like\u2019 the pair had been dead \u2018for a while\u2019, but did not specify or speculate for how long.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Hackman and Arakawa, a classical pianist, tied the knot more than 30 years ago in 1991 with the former known as a legend in\u00a0Hollywood, most fondly remembered for his role as Lex Luthor in the\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/superman\"><em>Superman<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0<\/em>movies, as well as Little Bill Daggett in the\u00a0<em>Unforgiven<\/em>\u00a0and Jimmy Doyle in<em>\u00a0The French Connection<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The actor was also known for being private and retired from acting in 2004.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Hackman\u2019s daughter Elizabeth has since spoken out and said the family believed her father, Arakawa, and their dog\u00a0died from carbon monoxide poisoning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The star\u2019s family also said in a statement: \u201cHe was loved and admired by millions around the world for his brilliant acting career, but to us he was always just Dad and Grandpa. We will miss him sorely and are devastated by the loss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Tributes have also been flooding in for the famous pair, dubbing the deaths the \u2018end of an era in cinema.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cTheir impact on cinema and music will not be forgotten,\u201d said another devastated fan on social media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa\u2019s deaths are being treated as \u2018suspicious enough\u2019 to warrant further investigation, an affidavit has revealed. 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