Gene Hackman And his wife Betsy Arakawa’s death, as well as their dog, could be the result of a tragic accident, according to Forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden.
The criminal investigation of Hackman and Arakawa’s death was launched on Wednesday after the authorities in Novi Mexico found a 95-year-old actor, a 65-year-old classic pianist and one of their dog dogs in their Santa Fe home in the circumstances considered “suspicious”.
Santa Fe officials said there were no obvious signs of the ball game and that there was no external trauma on Hackman or Arakawa. After the end of the preliminary autopsy, Santa Fe adan Mendoza Sheriff confirmed that the couple tested negative on carbon monoxide and Conquering The actor probably died about nine days before the body detect.
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During the Fox report appearance, Baden explained that Hackman’s Paysmejker, who Sheriff said last recorded the event on February 17th, could offer a key mark.
“This event would be a heart failure caused by a non -female pulse,” he said. “The landscape follows the pulse, and when it goes down too low, it is dropped. And that’s all in the record.”
Dr. Michael Baden shared his expert opinion on the “unusual” circumstances behind the death of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa. (Getty)
“So the autopsy showed that there was no injury,” Baden continued. “It was No carbon monoxide. And he had – the most common cause of death in this country – severe heart disease, coronary artery disease and high blood pressure from what was published. So, that would make him the heart failure in the mud to collapse right there. “
In an Affadvit search order published by Serif’s Santa Fe, and was received by Fox News Digital, investigators stated that they had found a hackman body on the floor in Blato with a reed and sunglasses nearby. According to the documents, the detectives suspected that the actor may have “suddenly fell”.
Baden shared His theory that Arakawa’s death may have happened after Hackman’s landscape stopped as she tried to help her husband.
“The circumstances and who he was – led him so much – what makes her so unusual.”
The statement stated that Arawkawa was found on Earth in a bathroom with a space heater near the head. The orange prescription bottle was found near Hackman’s wife, according to a search order. It seemed open with tablets scattered on the board. Authorities are cited by thyroid medicines, blood pressure medicines and Tylenol among the objects they have taken from home.
A couple and one of their dogs were found dead on February 26. (Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
“His wife was found in the bathroom,” Baden said. “They did not publish information about its findings, except that she did not have carbon monoxide and that what he seemed from the scene and from what was said was that she had found her husband in Blato.”
Baden explained that Arakawa could in an agitated state rush to the bathroom to get Hackman’s blood pressure medicine before he fell to the floor as he sprayed the pills and lowered the space heater with it.
“Maybe she hit her head on her way down and had some internal brain injuries that does not appear on the outside or bleed in the interior of the brain,” Baden said. “Or if she, at the age of 65, had severe heart disease and excitement can cause a trigger for a heart rhythm that caused death in these circumstances. I think first, to hit her head more often.”
Baden theorized that Hackman suffered a heart event, and Arakawa may have died while trying to get his medication. (Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
According to a statement, the late dog, a German shepherd, was found “10-15 feet” away from Arakawa in the bathroom cabinet. Two more living dogs were discovered on the property. Detectives noted that “one of the healthy dogs was initially noticed near the late female (inside the bathroom) and the other healthy dog was noticed outside the residence.”
“What initially confused me was the death of a dog, which I thought she was free in the house,” Baden said. “And that’s why I think carbon monoxide[theory] She was a very good thought with them breathing in the same air. But it turns out from what they say that the dog was limited in his cage or grower and that he would die of dehydration and lack of water during the nine -day period that he could not get out of the kennel. “
Baden noted that his theory could explain why the emergency call was not immediately sent after Hackman experienced a heart event on February 17th. who discovered Hackman and Arakawa bodies called 911 26 February.
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“The circumstances and who he was – led him so much – what makes her so unusual,” Baden said. “Since heart disease and collapse and dying with a pens are common in the United States.”
“But the circumstances of the two are isolated from himself,” he continued. “And that may have been the reason that 911 was not called, for example, while his wife tried to get some medication and fell.”
The couple was discovered dead in their house in Santa Feu, New Mexico. (Urschke/Ullstein Bild via Getty Images)
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Hackman and Arakawa were last publicly photographed together on March 28. 2024. Hackman was observed holding his wife’s hand. In the second hand, he held a walking reed. Arakawa looked in the distance and raised her hand to support her husband.
The couple was displayed outside the kitchen with pappadeaux seafood Santa Fe. Hackman has lived in the area since the 1980s.
While Hackman and his wife mostly lived a private life, the last event they attended, they seemed to be a Golden Globe from 2003, when he was awarded the Cecil B. Demille Award.
During Friday on the appearance of “Today”, Sheriff Mendoza said that the drug found on the property was “very important evidence at the scene”.
“This information was collected … forwarded to a medical investigator to help them decide. … Yes, we look at it specifically and other medicines, maybe in residence. That’s something worried,” he said.
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Santa Santa Fe adan Mendoza Sheriff is shown to speak at a press conference regarding death. (Derek shook for Fox News Digital)
Asked if Hackman and his wife died at the same time or one died before the other, the sheriff replied, “I think it’s very difficult to determine. I think it will be pretty close.”
Mendoza had previously stated that toxicological tests had been ordered for Hackman and his wife because the cause of death were not determined.
While appearing on “Today”, Sheriff said that a toxicology report could take up to three months for results or “possible”, depending on how “busy laboratory”. Mendoza added that his team hoped that the results would come “sooner and later”.
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 an autopsy, an official results, will direct us in the right direction. That could obviously change, and we don’t 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 and it will take a while. “
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Stephanie Giang Paunon Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
