Posted on 02/27/2025 9:50:19 AM PST by Morgana
Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found partially-mummified at the couple's $3.3 million mansion, with pills strewn in their bathroom.
An arrest warrant obtained by DailyMail.com revealed Arakawa, 64, was found decomposed with bloating on her face and mummification in her hands and feet.
Sheriffs said Hackman was found to have the same signs of decomposition as his wife.
Mummification occurs when a person's skin and tissues are preserved after their death. While most associate it with ancient Egyptians wrapping the corpses of pharaohs in bandages, it can also be achieved if a body is left in a place with cold, dry air where bacteria struggles to grow. Santa Fe is known to enjoy such a climate during winter.
Two maintenance workers called Roland Lowe Begay and Jesse Kesler discovered the bodies of Arakawa and her retired Hollywood star husband at their luxurious million Santa Fe mansion Wednesday at 1:46pm Mountain Time.
The identities of Hackman and Arakawa were not released for nearly 12 hours, with details of how the couple were found now offering a possible explanation for the delay.
Begay and Kesler told investigators they hadn't seen them for two weeks. Both appear to have been dead for some time.
Arakawa was discovered lying on the bathroom floor of the couple's home on her right side, with an open prescription bottle of pills scattered across a nearby countertop. No indication has been given as to what the pills were and whether they had been prescribed to Hackman or his wife.
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Still CO “poisoning.”
The wife managed to get the front door open, then to the bathroom.
My guess.
Memory Eternal!
No mention of the type of pill. If it was something like Tylenol or an NSAID, it could be CO poisoning that killed them.
Carbon monoxide poisoning affects the brain and heart the most. Exposure over time might lead to symptoms that can be mistaken for the flu without the fever.
Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning can include:
Headache.
Weakness.
Dizziness.
Nausea or vomiting.
Shortness of breath.
Confusion.
Blurred vision.
Drowsiness.
Loss of muscle control.
Loss of consciousness.
Suicide pact..Gene and his wife decided to OD on pills and since there were pills all over the floor, the dog got hold of them and died too..anyone with a dog or cat knows if they get hold of your pills depending on what they are they can die
Lotsa bathroom falls...Maybe he heard it and he fell, too...
With CO poisoning you become disoriented. You can not save yourself. You have no clue what is happening to you.
OK now Im reading they were found in different rooms so that takes the whole suicide pact to a whole new level, there was a heater found near her body
Another thread said the dead dog was in a kennel away from the bodies. It might have starved while the others were able to eat (and I really hope it was from finding the dog food in the cabinet)
“Died: February 26, 2025 (age 95 years),”
THIS HAS LOTS OF UNANSWERED ITEMS
We’re gonna need Detective Columbo.
Earlier reports said the dog was found in a kennel.
They valued their privacy.
They wanted to be alone.
By the way, we haven’t heard anything from Greta Garbo lately.
Somebody ought to look in and see if she’s alright.
Epstein had a creepy ranch in New Mexico, lotta of crimes happened there.
Hackman lived in New Mexico for decades, Epstein files coming out...
Don’t tell me thaor house was in the shape of a pyramid.
I remembered the first movie I saw Hackman in, it was called Gypsy Moths it was about Sky Diving in 1969. Yeah I’m that old only older.
Wikipedia has
“Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 26, 2025)”
c. for circa, about, because we don’t yet know what day he actually died.
BTW: “In 1956, Hackman began pursuing an acting career. He joined the Pasadena Playhouse in California, where he befriended another aspiring actor, Dustin Hoffman.Already seen as outsiders by their classmates, Hackman and Hoffman were voted “The Least Likely To Succeed”, and Hackman got the lowest score the Pasadena Playhouse had yet given.”
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