Gene Hackman and wife were 'deceased for quite a while' before bodies were discovered as deaths called 'suspicious'
An investigation is underway into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.
Legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife had been dead for “quite a while” before their bodies were found in separate rooms of their New Mexico home, authorities said Thursday, calling their deaths “suspicious.”
Hackman, 95, and Betsy Arakawa, 65, were found at their Santa Fe home Wednesday, along with their dog. An investigation is underway.
A search warrant says the deaths are “suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation.”
Preliminary findings from the medical examiners found no signs of external trauma, the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office said. The cause of death has yet to be determined; carbon monoxide and toxicology tests were requested for both Hackman and Arakawa.
Santa Fe Sheriff Adan Mendoza said Friday on NBC's "TODAY" show that information about pills found at the scene near Arakawa's body was collected and passed onto the office of the medical investigator to help determine the cause of death.
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