Gene Hackman, wife could have been dead for weeks, police say

Santa Fe officials give further details about the “suspicious” death of legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa.

After the couple’s bodies were discovered on Wednesday, Santa Fe adan Mendoza Sheriff and Santa FEA Fire Chief Santa Brian Moya shared more information about an investigation that was ongoing and said that Hackman and Arakaw could have been dead “up to several weeks.”

“Only based on their bodies and other evidence of the body, does it appear for several days, and maybe up to a few weeks,” Sheriff Mendoza told “Today “The show When asked when death could have happened.

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Asked if Hackman and his wife died at the same time or one passed before the other, the sheriff replied, “I think it’s very difficult to determine. I think it will be pretty close.”

“You know, there is no indication that anyone is moving around the house or doing anything differently, so it is very difficult to determine if they both went through at the same time or how close they are together. We try to compile this information and, obviously, with the help of the medical investigator’s office, I think the Autopsy report will be the key to this investigation.

He also stated, “We’re trying to put together things, a time tape when they last talked. Of course, we understand that this is a challenge because they were very private individuals and a private family, so we try to put together all this information right now.”

In an Affidavit search order, which received Fox News Digital, a prescription orange bottle was also found near Hackman’s wife. It seemed open, with tablets scattered on the tile.

Asked if the recipe bottles could be associated with death, Sheriff Mendoza replied: “This is obviously very important evidence at the scene. This information was collected … transferred to medical investigators to help them decide … Yes, we are specifically looking at it, and other medicines may be resident.

The Oscar actor was found dead along with his wife, classic pianist and their dog in a rug Santa FeNew Mexico, home on Wednesday afternoon.

Sheriff’s Santa Fe department revealed that the autopsy was completed at Hackman and his wife, a press release divided from Fox News Digital on Thursday afternoon. No outer trauma was seen in either an actor or a musician.

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Carbon monoxide and toxicological tests were ordered for both Hackman and his wife, because the way and the cause of death were not determined.

At the time of the incident, Moya said his team had not determined anything about “as far as” and stated that he was safe to explore the home.

He noted that the home had a natural gas and that there could have been a carbon monoxide leak that scattered at a time when officials arrived at the scene, but added that he did not find any evidence of active leaks.

“When we arrived, we made sure that our people, like the sheriff, were safe, and we found nothing. We also came back yesterday to make another search circle,” Moya said “Today”.

He continued to describe the appearance of Hackman’s home, saying, “It was a very big home, it took a while for us all to find ourselves.”

Sheriff Mendoza confirmed that there were several doors that were “unlocked in the residence”.

“I believe the front door was closed but unlocked and uninsured. There were one door that was a jar and that was the rear of the residence that two dogs that survived were entering and exiting the residence … We were not sure if that door was open upon the arrival of the emergency room,” he said.

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Sheriff Santa Fe said that a toxicology report could take up to three months for results or “maybe longer”, depending on how “busy laboratories” he is. Mendoza added that his team hoped that the results would come “before later”, so the questions can also be answered by their investigation, along with manners and causes of death.

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Mendoza said he was “quite convinced that there is no bad game, just based on a lack of evidence of a bad game.”

“But of course, we don’t exclude it … The results of the autopsy, the official results will direct us in the right direction. That could obviously change, and we do not exclude it. This is an open investigation. It’s a couple [of] Days old. We assemble a time tape, we try to discover all the evidence. . . The autopsy is key, which will take a while. “

In a search order received by Fox News Digital, officials found that Arakawa’s body found a broken hope on the face and mummification in the arms and legs. Hackman has also been revealed that Hackman has the same signs of decay as his wife.

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A spotted call 911, which received Fox News Channel, was sent to the trouble of a maintenance worker after the man discovered the bodies of Hackman and his wife.

The employee frantically declared that the police were rusing into a New Mexico residence.

The Santa FI district Sheriff held a press conference regarding the investigation on Thursday.

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“The search warrant was made last night before 10pm. They worked in the night and started again in the morning to fully process the scene. We are still in the preliminary steps of the investigation,” the authorities said.

Hackman’s daughter Leslie said on Thursday Fox News Digital that, although her father was 95 years old, he was in very good health, “adding that he did yoga and Pilates regularly.

Hackman said she hadn’t seen her father in “a few years”, just because she didn’t travel much anymore, and she lives in California, but said they were close and “have been in contact in the last few months.”

“I loved him glad,” she said. “He was a truly well -meaning person.”

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