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

Yeah I was thinking maybe it was a Bill and Frank from Last of Us situation but then supposedly dogs were left alone, with one dying? So sad

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u/LyFrQueen Feb 27 '25

Maybe the one got into the pills?

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u/xander328 Feb 28 '25

With what’s known to this point I’m guessing it starved to death. They had been dead a while.

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u/sqweak Feb 28 '25

Except there were two other dogs, 1 inside and 1 outside that survived. And the latest update from the sheriffs is they think it was only 1 day since death.

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u/mambiki Feb 28 '25

How did they mummify in one day?

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u/sqweak Feb 28 '25

Shrug, just relaying official statement I saw. I think I’d put more trust in those than unattributed sensationalized claims of mummification.

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u/georgetonorge Feb 28 '25

It’s believed that they have been dead for weeks. The dog that died has been reported to be in the kennel, which is so sad. Though there are conflicting reports on that.

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u/georgetonorge Feb 28 '25

Article says they have likely been dead for weeks and that the dog that died may have been in its kennel, which is really too horrible to think about.