Screen legend Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa could have died of food poisoning according to a former FBI agent.
The mummified remains of the Oscar winner, 95, and his classic pianist woman, 63, were found last week in their $ 3.8 million Santa Fe -house, but the cause of their death remains a mystery.
'Toxicology – There could have been a different type of poisoning, possibly food? They go through their waste, fridge … This is things that the police can do in the meantime while gathering evidence, “former FBI agent Bill Daly told Fox News.
“There are a number of options.”
The Santa Fe County Sheriff office said there were no signs of cheating or external trauma on the bodies of the couple. The deaths were originally supposed to justify a full investigation, but agents no longer believe that someone else was involved.
One of the three dogs of the couple was found dead in a kennel in a bathroom. The other two were found healthy, walking around.
Detectives found an orange recipe bottle of the body of Arakawa, two mobile phones and a planner from 2025 while searching for the house of the couple, per Fox News Digital.
Hackman's Pacemaker Las recorded him alive on February 17 – nine days before his body was found.
A former FBI agent has raised the theory that Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy died of food poisoning. They are seen in 2024
The police are seen outside the Santa Fe -house of the couple. The cause of their death remains unknown
Hackman met Arakawa, a classically trained pianist who grew up in Hawaii, when she worked part -time in a Californian gym in the mid -1980s. They are seen in 2003
'A first interrogation of the pacemaker of Mr. Hackman. This revealed that his last event was recorded on February 17, 2025, “said Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza in a press conference on Friday.
The police do not suspect false play, even though the front door 'Ajar' is found. There were no signs of forced access to the house.
“I think I'm pretty sure that there is no false game based on the lack of evidence,” Mendoza said later today. “But of course we don't rule that.”
According to Chief Brian Moya, suspicions the couple and their pooch died of a gas leak excluded by the Santa Fire Department.
The case is dressed in the kind of intrigues that is reserved for Hackman's Detective -thriller -Romanes and has received international attention -with many who wonder how their death went unnoticed for so long.
Neighbors in their gated private community for a winding Canyon Road five miles outside of Santa Fe told the New York Times that despite life at the famous few years, most of them never even caught a glimpse of them.
Hackman was in a mud room of the kitchen. His sunglasses and stick were on the floor and it was suggested that the actor had suffered a fall.
One of the three dogs of the couple was found dead in a kennel in a bathroom. The other two were found healthy, walking around. The couple is seen in 2005
Morgan Freeman talks about Gene Hackman with an image of Gene Hackman on the screen during the Oscars on Sunday
Hackman, a double Oscar winner with an estimated net value of $ 80 million, was just 95 at the end of January. He became a recluse in the last 20 years of his life, after he withdrew in 2004. He packed his things, left Los Angeles for a quiet life in New Mexico – and he never looked back.
Friends occasionally shared a glimpse of his post -acting life, including social media recordings of fish expeditions -while trying to his silver screen triumphs. He would also occasionally be seen who kicks around Santa Fe on a bike around Santa Fe.
The Nors-but-loved Hackman was one of the best actors of his generation, who appeared as villains, heroes and anti-heroes in dozens of dramas, comedies and action films from the 1960s until his retirement in the early 2000s.
He was a five-time Oscar nominated who won for the French connection in 1972 and two decades later Unforgiven. His death only comes four days before this year's ceremony.
Hackman met Arakawa, a classically trained pianist who grew up in Hawaii, when she worked in a fitness room in California in the mid -1980s, the New York Times reported in 1989. They soon went to Santa Fe.
