Deaths of Oscar Winner Gene Hackman, Wife Declared  ‘Suspicious’

Deaths of Oscar Winner Gene Hackman, Wife Declared 'Suspicious'

Deaths of Oscar Winner Gene Hackman, Wife Declared ‘Suspicious’

Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, his wife and their dog were found dead in different rooms of their Santa Fe home and had apparently been dead for some time, according to investigators, who have declared the case “suspicious.”

Hackman, 95, was found dead Wednesday in a mudroom and his 63-year-old wife, Betsy Arakawa, was found dead in a bathroom next to a space heater, Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office detectives wrote in a search warrant. There was an open prescription bottle and pills scattered on a countertop near Arakawa.

Denise Avila, a sheriff’s office spokesperson, said there was no indication that any of them had been shot or had other types of wounds.

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