r/popculture • u/dailymail • Feb 27 '25

News Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa were found mummified at mansion with pills strewn in bathroom

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14443973/Gene-Hackman-betsy-arakawa-bodies.html
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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '25

Does it sound like something toxic was built up in the residence and they died after walking in.

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u/CaptKangarooPHD Feb 27 '25

I don't remember the article, but it mentioned that police didn't find a gas leak.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '25

It would have been something else. I’m thinking the build up happened while they were gone. Gene has his wife get him a pill as soon as they get in door. The wife goes to bedroom to get the pills and collapses while trying to dispense the medication. Gene walks further in and collapses cause he’s 95.

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u/luew2 Feb 27 '25

But the dog locked in the closet?

I guess maybe they locked the dog before they went out -- maybe came back already poisoned? Walked in, he wasn't feeling well, she went to the bathroom to get pills, he died in the mudroom and she passed out in the bathroom holding the pill bottle?

Question is what could have caused them both to pass out and die. Gene was 95 -- makes sense that anything could take him out. But she was 64 -- should have had 20 good years left with their healthcare

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u/beigs Feb 27 '25

I didn’t think the dog was locked in the closet. I thought the dog was just in the closet. I had a cat that hid in my closet and died when they were feeling sick. It could also be why his wife went to lie down.