Gene Hackman investigation findings: Rodents on property, dog stayed by Betsy Arakawa’s side
A state assessment found rodents on the sprawling property of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, but concluded their main quarters had not been infested.
A state assessment found rodents on the sprawling Santa Fe, New Mexico, property of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, but concluded their main quarters had not been infested.
The inspection followed the deaths in February of Hackman, 95, from hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and Arakawa, 65, from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, which spreads to humans only by contact with rodents or their urine and droppings.
State medical examiners said Alzheimer’s disease contributed to Hackman’s death on Feb. 18. Arakawa most likely died Feb. 12.
Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa in New York City.Courtesy Leslie HackmanThe state Health Department's "homesite environmental assessment," based on a March 5 sweep of the home, was obtained through the state's Inspection of Public Records Act.Among the trove of documents and body camera video Santa Fe authorities released Tuesday is a Feb. 11 email from Arakawa to her masseuse to cancel an appointment because Hackman was sick.
Arakawa wrote in the email that Hackman "woke up today with flu/cold-like symptoms, did a COVID test, negative. But out of an abundance of caution, I should cancel."
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