Disturbing photos of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s filthy home
Confronting images have revealed the filthy state of actor Gene Hackman’s home, where he was found dead alongside his wife.
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Jarring bodycam footage showed the day New Mexico authorities discovered the partially mummified bodies of Gene Hackman and his wife inside their cluttered and filthy home.
The revealing images released Tuesday and published by New York Post offered a harrowing glimpse of how two-time Oscar winner Hackman 95, and his longtime wife, Betsy Arakawa, 65, lived inside their palatial Santa Fe Home in their final days — and where they were found dead.
Deputies walked across the vast property, including entering the separate rooms where the bodies were located, according to one bodycam video.
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One of the couple’s dogs stayed right near Arakawa’s body, which was blurred, when authorities first walked into the home.
“They say they’re very private people, like very,” one deputy could be heard saying later.
Parts of the house appeared unkempt with clothes tossed around on chairs, dry cleaning with the bags still on crammed into a big closet and paper bags lined across the kitchen floor while fruits and vegetables were left out on a counter.
But other parts of the property appeared almost untouched and orderly, according to the video.
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More images showed an open COVID-19 test and an email Arakawa sent that indicated she was concerned her elderly husband had the deadly virus.
The investigation report, obtained by TMZ, revealed tragic, new details about Arakawa’s movements between February 8 and 12 — the day she likely succumbed to a rare, rodent-borne illness, leaving her ailing husband alone and helpless.
Internet browsing history, call logs, voicemails, and security footage from stores Arakawa visited showed that she had researched whether COVID could cause symptoms like nosebleeds and dizziness.
Arakawa gave her husband a COVID test, which came back negative, and she purchased several Boost Oxygen canisters, the report says.
She also emailed her masseuse for advice about whether to get him outside medical treatment, and her final internet search on February 12 was for Santa Fe healthcare providers, the report said.
“So, G woke up today with flu/cold-like symptoms, did a covid test, negative,” she wrote to an unidentified recipient. “But out of an abundance of caution, I should cancel my appt. tomorrow and rebook, say in a couple weeks, last week of Feb if something is available … Thank you!”
There were also bottles of medications prescribed to Arakawa and Hackman, with some of the pills apparently spilt out.
Authorities believe Arakawa died of hantavirus shortly after making the search and that Hackman died one week later — around February 17 or 18 — from his advanced Alzheimer’s disease and heart complications.
Arakawa’s cause of death stemmed from a rare, rodent-borne disease — hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, officials have said.
This story originally appeared on New York Post and was reproduced with permission
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