Death Gene Hackman and wife Arakawa 'suspicious enough' for police investigation

The death of the Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa couple is « suspicious enough » to justify further police investigation. That is what the police write in a search orderin which the discovery of their both bodies is described last week.

Actor Gene Hackman (95) and his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa (63), were found dead on Wednesday afternoon in their home near Santa Fe, capital of the state of New Mexico. A maintenance employee Called emergency number 911 After he saw the body of Arakawa lying on the floor through the window. He, he said by the phone, could not determine whether the woman had died because « the door was closed. »

Two agents who searched the house did find the front door open: from the lock and ajar.

Inside they first discovered the body of Betsy Arakawa in the bathroom. She lay at the sink with a jet heater next to her head, which according to the official report could have been dragged into her fall. In recent weeks it has not been much warmer than 14 degrees in Santa Fe. Only from Monday did the temperature rise again.

There was also an open orange pill jar on the sink and pills were spread. In the official report, the police do not indicate what for medicines it is, except that they were prescribed by a doctor. Arakawa must have died some time ago, because the agents noted signs of dissolution, a swollen face and dried hands and feet.

Hackman 'unexpectedly fallen'

The agents also found a dead dog in a cupboard in the bathroom. A living dog was initially also found in the bathroom, and a third outside.

In the kitchen the agents saw Hackman's body, in a jogging pants and blue shirt, with slippers on his feet and a walking stick and sunglasses next to them. « Unexpectedly cases, » the reporter agent suspected.

All doors on the site were locked. There were no traces of Braak, no mess in the rooms. Everything seemed to be in place. The fire brigade did not find a carbon monoxide in the air and the gas company also saw no leaks in the pipes.

Only that open front door. That is the suspect circumstance that the police quote to justify a house search.

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