Gene Hackman & Wife Suffered “No External Trauma” In Death, Santa Fe Cops Say; No Cause Of Death Revealed Yet

No cause of death has been determined so far for Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa, but New Mexico police say the situation “remains an open investigation.”
With affidavits, search warrants and statements calling the death of the two-time Oscar winner, his wife and their dog late Wednesday “suspicious enough in nature,” the Santa Fe Sheriff’s office is reiterating Thursday that “there were no apparent signs of foul play.”
In a just released statement from the Sheriff Adan Mendoza-led department, the cops are making early findings public, with a lot still left to be determined.
“In the early hours of Thursday, February 27, 2025, Hackman and Arakawa were transported to the Office of the Medical Investigator,” the sheriff’s office said this afternoon, after the bodies were discovered in the early afternoon Wednesday Santa Fe time.
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With affidavits, search warrants and statements calling the death of the two-time Oscar winner, his wife and their dog late Wednesday “suspicious enough in nature,” the Santa Fe Sheriff’s office is reiterating Thursday that “there were no apparent signs of foul play.”
In a just released statement from the Sheriff Adan Mendoza-led department, the cops are making early findings public, with a lot still left to be determined.
“In the early hours of Thursday, February 27, 2025, Hackman and Arakawa were transported to the Office of the Medical Investigator,” the sheriff’s office said this afternoon, after the bodies were discovered in the early afternoon Wednesday Santa Fe time.
Related: Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, Francis Ford Coppola, ‘Superman’ Costar Valerie Perrine And More Pay...
- 2/27/2025
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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