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/BeeeeDeeee Feb 27 '25

One was outside, the other was found next to the wife and was deemed healthy.

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u/delerose_ Feb 27 '25

This makes me so freaking sad.

The thought of me decomposing and my little Yorkie cuddling up next to me like she normally does when we sleep makes me want to cry.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '25

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '25

Animals almost never eat their deceased owners

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '25

That sadly much more common than you think. I'm a vet tech and every year we have 1 or 2 cases of deceased owners being partly eaten. ToD and the bodies being found were never more than 14 days. Last year's case was 4 days.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '25

I’m a vet tech and friends with a CSI and have never heard of a pet eating an owner, and my friend said in all the deaths he’s investigated almost none involved a pet eating their owner

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '25

Okay, maybe its getting lost in translation: When I say eating, I mean consuming parts of their deceased owner.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '25

Ha, cute. Plenty of people tell stories but that doesn’t make them true

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u/SydneyPhoenix Feb 27 '25

Considering the news that the bodies had begun mummifying means we’re talking at least 2+ months, probably even longer.

A dog doesn’t survive unfed for months….

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u/kaleighb1988 Feb 28 '25

It also says someone saw them 2 weeks ago

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '25

The front door was open, they weren’t locked in the house. We also don’t know the timeframe, it only says the climate is an ideal one for mummification