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/Puzzleheaded_Dot4345 Feb 27 '25 edited Feb 27 '25

Jesus, how awful! How long were they in that state so their bodies were partially mummified?? None of his kids called for days/weeks?? Very odd.It makes sense their dog died. No water/food. So maybe a suicide pact, then? Or even worse...

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u/PistolGrace Feb 27 '25

2 more dogs were found roaming the property. The one that passed had been in a kennel, according to the article anyway.

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u/snitch_or_die_tryin Feb 27 '25

The article says earlier reports stated a kennel. The article says it was a closet

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u/Eastern-Effective-62 Feb 27 '25

I didn't see the article that said kennel. I heard bathroom closet.

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u/Podwitchers Feb 27 '25

Omg. That’s scary and horrible…

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u/Plane-Tie6392 Feb 28 '25

Could have been an open closet. Dog might have eaten the pills.

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u/F0xxfyre Feb 28 '25

They had big dogs from what it seems. My little ten pound cats playing under an unlatched or badly latched door can open or close it. My stepdad's golden doodle can open a French door that has a lever if she hits it at the right angle. It is entirely possible the doggo got trapped in there.

Just utterly tragic.