The couple apparently had been dead for days or even weeks when investigators found their bodies while searching their Santa Fe home on Wednesday.
Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, tested negative for carbon monoxide poisoning, the Santa Fe Sheriffs Department in New Mexico said Friday, one day after they were found dead with their dog.
The deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, remain under investigation, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adam Mendoza shared at a press conference Friday afternoon. In a statement, Mendoza shared that both Hackman and Arakawa’s bodies tested negative for carbon monoxide poisoning.
Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead inside a New Mexico home, as well as a dog. The door to the home was open when a maintenance worker discovered their bodies, an affidavit says.
The couple were found dead last week in their Santa Fe, New Mexico, home. Authorities are investigating how they died.
Actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa—who were found mysteriously dead in their Santa Fe home on Wednesday—both tested negative for carbon monoxide in initial, expedited tests, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said in a press conference Friday afternoon.
Sheriff Adan Mendoza also said the last day Hackman's pacemaker registered was on February 17, suggesting he died 10 days before he was discovered.
The deaths of Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were not due to a gas leak, authorities in New Mexico said Tuesday. The New Mexico Gas Company confirmed “no significant findi
The sheriff said it is "a very good assumption" Hackman had been dead at least 9 days, noting the "last event" on his pacemaker was on Feb. 17.
After Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 64, were found dead in their home on Wednesday, Feb. 26, his daughter said the family thinks carbon monoxide poisoning might be to blame. The investigation is ongoing.
Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa tested negative for carbon monoxide after they were found dead at their New Mexico home on Feb. 26, per police.