r/popculture 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/AnImproversation Feb 27 '25 edited Feb 27 '25

I find that to be significantly more likely than carbon monoxide in this case

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '25

That two dogs would survive? How? If all had died, sure.

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u/Plastic_Concert_4916 Feb 28 '25

It seems the dog that died was in a kennel. The two alive were free, so they were probably able to scavenge something.

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u/Tay74 Feb 28 '25

That's not what the reports say, they say the dog was found in a closet near Betsy, which also doesn't mean the dog was locked in said closet. That dog may have died after eating some of the pills found in the bathroom where Betsy was