During the night of last Wednesday, February 26, the 95 -year -old American actor and winner of two Oscar awards, Gene hackmanhe was found dead by the police with his dog and his wife, the 64 -year -old pianist, Betsy Arakawawho were inside their home in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.
According to the investigators of the case, both Hackman and Arakawa “had been killed several days“, and weigh that both were inside the house, the couple’s bodies were located by US authorities in different Rooms of the mansion, Like his pet, which also died.
Gene was found dead in the lobby from home and his wife Betsy was found in the bathroomnext to a heater and a bottle of medicines that was open, so dozens of pills were spread on the floor of the room. Despite that, the Santa Fe Sheriff said there were no indications of violence In the bodies.
One of the main theories that surrounded the death of the actor was the poisoning by Carbon monoxidetaking into account that Hackman’s daughter was the first to mention this hypothesis; However, the public services company, New Mexico Gastested the installation of gas inside the house and found no escape.
Emergency call at 911
The news organization focused on the entertainment world, TMZHe had access to the emergency call made by the person who found the bodies of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa, whose identity has not been revealed; although it was indicated that the individual was in Shock state and repeated the expression: “Damn”.
“In communication with the number 911 a very man is heard highly strung telling the receiver of the call that found two bodies that did not move, while asking for help and cried in the actor’s complex in Santa Fe, New Mexico, “the website that investigates and examines news about the celebrities of the celebrities of Hollywood.
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During the emergency call, the man who reported the situation assured the US authorities that he is outside the home and cannot enter Gene’s house, because he had only visited the House of Hackman because “the lack of activity there were activity alert to the neighbors“From the community.
However, the individual’s statements do not agree with the version From the Police, since, although the man indicated that at no time entered the home of the star, the agents found the door open when arriving, so the investigators requested an interview with the person who made the call to 911.
The North American TMZ portal also revealed that, in addition to deceased dogthere was another one inside the house that was alive when the authorities went to the scene; Therefore, he returned to disassemble The daughter’s theory, who was sure that his father had died from poisoning.
“We can say that we are still in investigation preliminary About the deaths last Wednesday. The Santa Fe Police still does not have enough data to confirm the cause of the death of the actor and his partner, “said the Sheriff of New Mexico, Alan Mendoza, who is aware of the impact of the news.
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