A new update on the surprising deaths of Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa has been given by the Santa Fe County’s sheriff, indicating that the pair may have been dead well before they were found. What is the latest update on Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s deaths? Speaking to NBC’s Today (via The Hollywood […] The post Gene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa May Have Died ‘A Couple of Weeks’ Before Discovery appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.
A new update on the surprising deaths of Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa has been given by the Santa Fe County’s sheriff, indicating that the pair may have been dead well before they were found.
What is the latest update on Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s deaths?
Speaking to NBC’s Today (via The Hollywood Reporter), Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said that the investigators were still trying to figure things out, but based on early evidence, it appears that both Hackman and Arakawa were dead for “several days” or “possibly even up to a couple weeks” prior to the couple being found on Wednesday.
“We’re trying to put things together, put together a timeline when the deceased were last seen and last spoken to… There’s a challenge because they were very private individuals and a private family. It’s very difficult to put a timeline together, even with the help of the Office of the Medical Investigator,” Mendoza said. “Just based on their body and other evidence on the body, it appears several days, possibly even up to a couple weeks.”
The latest update comes just a day after Detective Roy Arndt told a judge that the circumstances surrounding the surprising deaths of the couple are “suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation.”
Specifically, Arndt noted the scene of the incident at the time the police arrived. Arakawa was said to be lying on the bathroom floor. A prescription pill bottle was open on the countertop, with pills scattered nearby. Hackman was reported to have been discovered in the couple’s mud room, next to the kitchen, with his sunglasses at his side.
According to the detective, it appears as if both had “fallen to the ground.” A deceased dog was also found in the bathroom closet by Arakawa’s body, but two healthy dogs were still on the property. The front door to the couple’s house was left open, although there was no sign of forcible entry.
While initial reports pointed to something like a gas leak being the cause of death, the fire department and gas company were called to check on the property, and did not detect any issues, with Arndt noting that there was “no obvious signs of a gas leak.”
Arndt also noted that it was not clear when both Hackman and Arakawa died. The detective said that a space heater was also found by Arakawa’s head, which potentially could have fallen in the event the female abruptly fell to the ground,” according to him.
“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,” Arndt’s search warrant application writes. The search warrant was approved by Santa Fe County Magistrate Court on Wednesday night, so more information is likely to come during the pending investigation.
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