Update: 17:30: “Deaths arouse suspicion”
According to a search order that is available, a detective should consider the death of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa to be “suspicious” to justify a search and investigation of their application.
Reason: The front door was found unsecured and openly. The officials would have seen a healthy dog running freely on the property. In addition, another healthy dog near the late Arakawa. Finally, a dead dog that was 10 to 15 feet from the deceased 63-year-old in a closet in the bathroom. The heating was postponed. The pill bottle was open and the pills were scattered next to the woman. The late Hackman would have been in a separate room of the apartment. And there would be no obvious signs of a gas leak.
So you found Betsy Arakawa
Arakawa was found in the bathroom on the floor near the worktop on the right side. The auxiliary thread would have found a black fan near her head. The auxiliary thread believed that the heating fan could have fallen when Arakawa fell to the ground.
According to “TMZ”, the policeman noticed an orange prescription bottle on the worktop, which was open and whose pills were scattered on the worktop. It was the case that Arakawa had been dead for some time, because her body was in a state of decay, with swelling on the face and mummification on hands and feet.
Hackman was found in a separate room next to the kitchen. He was fully dressed. One suspects that he might suddenly fall because his sunglasses were found next to his body.
No gas leak
The fire brigade came and announced that they had not found any signs of leaving carbon monoxide or poisoning.
The new Mexico gas company came to the house and carried out tests at the gas pipes in and around the house. Conclusion: “At the moment there are no signs or evidence that there were problems with the pipes in and around the house.”
The corpses were discovered by two maintenance workers, the information that they have not seen them for about two weeks. When the maintenance workers arrived, the front door was based. But the police officer said there were no signs of violent penetration.
Update: February 27 (5 p.m.): Relatives suspect carbon monoxide poisoning
Gene Hackman’s family suspects carbon monoxide poisoning as the cause of the death of the actor, his wife and the dog together. The daughter of Hackmans, Elizabeth Jean Hackman, is said to have reported this to “TMZ”, as the page reports.
The house was “relatively modern”, from 2000. Deputies, employees of a gas company and the fire brigade had examined the property. However, no cause of the death of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa and their dog has been found. The cause of death – carbon monoxide poisoning? This remains speculation for the time being.
We reported beforehand:
Hollywood legend Gene Hackman (95) and his wife Betsy Arakawa (63) were found dead in their house in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Also dead and at your side: the dog of the house.
The news was confirmed on Thursday (February 27th) by the local edition of the “Santa Fe New Mexica” n, which added that no signs of a crime were found.
“I can only say that we are in the middle of a preliminary death determination and are waiting for the approval of a search command,” said Adan Mendoza, the sheriff of the Santa Fe County.
“I would like to assure the community and the neighborhood that there is no direct danger for anyone,” he also said13
The authorities still have to confirm the cause of the death of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa. More on this shortly on Rollingstone.de
Rolling Stone about the legacy of Hackmans:
It may be one of the most difficult tasks in an artist’s life, especially with actors whose faces are familiar with half the world to find the right moment to end your own career. How should you know when the zenith is exceeded, when is it time to go?
Gene Hackman found this ideal moment. Even more than a decade ago, in an interview, he said that he did not want to put it on and risk it to say goodbye in a bad way. And even more important: he is completely satisfied with what he had achieved.
Sober sausage
Whenever Hackman’s name falls today -and in memory of films such as “Der Dialog”, “French Connection” (Oscar for the best leading role) “Merciless” (Oscar for the best supporting role) he often falls -then it is surprising how long it has not been seen on the screen. In 2004 he played a cranky ex-president in the political satire “Welcome to Mooseport”, which he went to the province. Then it was over.
His figures were often heat heads with too sad face; Perhaps in addition to his big appearances in the seventies detective film “Night Moves” (the hot lane) by Arthur Penn. Here he embodied a former football player who, as a private investigator in Los Angeles, embodies a lot of listlessly. After his wife cheated on him more than once, he accepts the aging of the aged actress Arlene IVERSON to find her daughter Delly Grastner, who was torn out of home (adorable in her first major role: Melanie Griffith).