While the authorities are still exploring the mysterious death of the legendary actor Gene Hackman And his wife Betsy Arakawa, in that case a wrong step was found.
A dog found dead near Arakawa’s body was wrongly identified by the Santa Fe district of Santa Fe in the investigation, Fox News Digital can confirm.
The owner of Santa Fa Tails, a pet care institution that took over Hackman’s two other survivors, explained that the dead dog was a different breed than what was stated in the search order received by Fox News Digital.
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Portrait of actor Gene Hackman at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Chicago on May 10, 1985. (Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
Hackman and three dogs of his wife were called Zinna, Bear and Nikita.
“Zinna was a mutt … mixed breed,” Joey Padilla, owner of Santa Fe taals, shared with Fox News Digital. “The bear is a purebred German Shepherd, and Nikita is a shepherd’s mix.”
Santa Santa Fenise Womack-Avilvilo Sheriff spokeswoman admitted that the MPs initially misinterpreted the breed of the deceased dog.
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The law officials talk outside the house of actor Gene Hackman on Thursday, February 27, 2025 in Santa Feu, New Mexico. Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in the house the day before. (AP Photo/Roberto Rosales)
“Our deputies, do not work with canines daily,” she said, according to Associated Press.
Padilla told Fox News Digital that the shepherd’s mix appeared scared Mysterious events This took place around their now deceased owners.
“Nika’s mixture of shepherds, and she was the one who really terrified because of what was happening when it all happened. It was really difficult,” Padilla added.
Gene Hackman in “Mississippi Burning” from 1988. (David Appleby/Orion/Everett collection)
Although it is not clear how unattended survivors the dogs were, the owner of the pet institution said that the shepherd’s mix was “hungry” and their team tried to give her treats. However, the dog did not immediately take over the treats because there were “too many people.”
He continued to explain that animal services were “using a trap” for a mixture of shepherds, and then a pet care object picked up a dog.
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Authorities sought answers after the death of Hackman and Arakawa, whose partially mummified bodies were discovered on February 26 at their home Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The authorities did not perform the necropsy on Zinna, which was found in a breeder in a bathroom closet near Arakawa, it was stated in the search order. Investigators initially recorded the discovery of “the late brown in color of dog German rails”.
The Oscar actor and his wife, a classic pianist, tested negatively on carbon monoxide, according to Serif’s Santa Fe department. (Jeffrey Mayer/Wireimage)
Hackman and Arakawa may have died up to two weeks earlier, said Santa Fe adan Mendoza Sheriff.
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Oscar actor and his wife, a classic pianist, tested negatively on carbon monoxideAccording to Sheriff’s Santa Fe department. Hackman probably died for about nine days before the authorities discovered the authorities.
According to a press release received by Fox News Digital Tuesday, New Mexico gas company “It was confirmed that he conducted an extensive investigation into gas leaks and carbon monoxide” 26 February and “did not make significant findings” in the secluded House of Para.
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Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa were married in 1991. (Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Detectives recovered Two cell phones, two different recipes and a 2025 planner as they examined their residence, according to the list of searches for the search that received Fox News Digital.
Although the bodies of Hackman and Arakawa were found under what detectives call “suspicious” circumstances, officials confirmed that no outdoor trauma was seen on Hackman or Arakawa either, and the case remains open to autopsy and toxicology results.
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Fox News Digital, Larry Fink, Tracy Wright and Christina Dugan Ramirez, as well as Associated Press, contributed to this report.
