Gene Hackman and wife’s death investigation continues as cause of death remains a mystery
New Mexico authorities are expected to provide updates on Friday investigation The actor passed away Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa. Investigators said they have not yet determined the cause of the couple’s death, which was found dead in the suburbs of Santa Fe.
According to the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office, the couple was found by a caretaker Wednesday afternoon. One of their dogs was also found dead.
The sheriff’s office said there were no obvious signs of foul, but Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza told reporters Thursday that he was not ruled out.
Mendoza said, “We put everything on the table.”
Investigators said in the affidavit that the property search warrant, the search warrant surrounding the death, was “essentially suspicious enough” to require an investigation.
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According to the sheriff’s office, there were no signs of external trauma in the autopsy.
“There is no sign of anything missing or disturbed in the house, which indicates a crime has occurred, there is no sign of any crime.”
Carbon monoxide And asked for toxicological tests on Hackman and Arakawa’s bodies. According to the search warrant affidavit, the Santa Fe Fire Department found no signs of carbon monoxide leak or poisoning after serious discovery.
Mendoza told reporters that the couple seemed to have been dead for some time.
According to the sheriff’s department, the couple’s body was found when the guards came to the property for some repairs. When no one answered at home, the watchman contacted neighborhood security to make welfare checks at home. A security officer saw Hackman and Arakawa’s bodies on the floor through a window and called 911.
According to the recording of the phone, the 911 caller told the dispatcher: “They didn’t move and just send someone out here soon.”
According to the sheriff’s office, the couple’s body was found in different parts of the house. According to the search warrant affidavit, a dead dog was found in the bathroom closet near Arakawa’s body, and the property is still alive, according to the search warrant affidavit.
A medicine bottle was also found on the counter near the body of Arakawa in the bathroom, which was scattered on the counter according to the affidavit, the affidavit said. Mendoza declined to comment on the pill.
