The police officers investigating the deaths of actor Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 63, think that there was no gas leak or forced entry that might have led to the incident. Further, they consider the circumstances around the incident to be “suspicious enough” to warrant “a thorough search and investigation.”
Gene Hackman’s cause of death called ‘suspicious’
The authorities continue to look for Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s cause of death. In a search warrant affidavit made public on February 27, the investigators dubbed the deaths “suspicious.”
Notably, two maintenance workers found Hackman and Arakawa dead at their Santa Fe, New Mexico, home in the afternoon on Wednesday, February 26. While Arakawa was discovered lying on the bathroom floor, Hackman was found in the mud room, located by the kitchen. There was a seemingly open prescription pill bottle “with pills scattered on the counter-top” near Arakawa, and Hackman had a pair of sunglasses at his side. The body of a German Shepherd was discovered on the scene, 10 to 15 feet away from Arakawa, who also had a space heater near her head. It was speculated that the space heater “could have fallen in the event the female abruptly fell to the ground.”
Furthermore, there were two healthy dogs on the property. Although the front door was open, the authorities found no sign of forced entry. The local fire department and the gas company looked into the prospects of a gas leak to figure out whether carbon monoxide poisoning had resulted in the deaths of the legendary actor and his wife. However, they didn’t find any clue or proof of that.
In the above-mentioned search warrant affidavit, Det. Roy Arndt states that they are still suspicious about the cause of death because of the state of the front door when those maintenance workers found the bodies.
“Affiant believes that the circumstances surrounding the death of the two deceased individuals to be suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation,” the affidavit read.
Originally reported by Tamal Kundu on ComingSoon.
