Death of Gene Hackman: The body of his wife also found, what do we know about the drama?

12:00-Does the police have avenues to explain the cause of the death of Gene Hackman?

Gene Hackman, his wife and their dog were found dead this Wednesday, February 26, during the afternoon, in their residence in New Mexico. The cause of their death is currently unknown. On the other hand, the sheriff of the county of Santa Fe, Adan Mendoza, suggested that at this stage of the investigation, the criminal track was not retained and that there would be “no immediate danger” for the neighborhood. We don’t know yet when the couple died. For the time being, the authorities “are awaiting the approval of a search warrant” to shed light on this case, said sheriff to Variety magazine. No track has been officially mentioned in the media, even if Internet users lend themselves to speculation on social networks.

11:35 – Why the sheriff’s office does not give the causes of death

AFP contacted the Santa Fe sheriff office to confirm or not the causes of Gene Hackman’s death. Without more precision, according to the agency. But why? “All I can say is that we are in the midst of a preliminary investigation into death and that we await the approval of a search warrant,” replied Adan Mendoza, the sheriff of Santa Fe, to the American magazine Vanity Fair. However, he wanted to reassure the neighborhood that there was “no immediate danger for anyone”.

11:05 am – Who was Gene Hackman’s wife, also deceased?

Gene Hackman’s wife also died this Wednesday at the home she shared with the actor. Betsy Arakawa, 32 years younger, was known as a pianist of classical music. According to information from the Daily Mail, the couple had met in the mid -1980s in a gym where they worked then. Gene Hackman said, however, that their relationship would have started after he divorced his first wife, Faye Maltese, in 1986, and that their meeting was not the cause of their separation. The actor and Betsy Arakawa were married in 1991. Since then, they had lived peacefully and far from the cameras at their home of Santa Fe, and had not appeared on the public scene since 2003.

10:33 – What the authorities say about the death of Gene Hackman

The sheriff of the County of Sante Fe in New Mexico, Adan Mendoza, confirmed the death of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa (as well as their dog) with the newspaper Santa Fe New Mexican. They were “found dead Wednesday afternoon at their home in Sunset Trail on Wednesday afternoon. The investigation is underway. However, at this stage, we do not think there was a criminal act”. However, he has not yet given the causes of deaths.

10:10 – Gene Hackman found dead with his wife and dog

The sheriff of the County of Santa Fe announced this Wednesday the death of actor Gene Hackman, 95. His body was found alongside that of his wife, 64 -year -old pianist Betsy Arakawa, and their dog, at their home. For the time being, the causes of their death has not been communicated by the authorities, who however specified that there was no trace of criminal act.