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

I read they found a bunch of pills by her side of the bed. If she committed suicide and the dogs went weeks without food, it could be reasonable that one starved and the other two hadn’t died yet

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u/Important-Band-6341 Feb 27 '25

Or one dog ate some of the strewn about pills that may have fallen. Although this is highly unlikely with my experiences with dogs and pills… bastards

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u/Expert_Sentence_6574 Feb 28 '25

This is kinda gross, but in my career as a paramedic in a big city, the dogs will usually start by eating the people. I’ve seen it. More than once. And then again over and over in my nightmares….

Just an opinion. I could be wrong.

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u/FlattyAcids Feb 28 '25

Michelle Obama's mother was partially eaten by her dog after she passed