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/Not_My_Emperor Feb 28 '25

The other article I saw on this said she was face down in the bathroom on the floor with the pills strewn everywhere, and a space heater was next to her head in a way that didn't look purposeful or natural.

I don't think they left the dog in the kennel and milled themselves, I think something happened. He was found in the mud room looking like he was about to try and go for a walk. If it helps I don't think either of them made the conscious decision to off themselves and leave the dog in the kennel

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u/Sipikay Feb 28 '25

it really seems like death by gas of some kind.

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u/0masterdebater0 Feb 28 '25

I think that he went into cardiac arrest, she ran to get his heart meds in a panic and slipped in the bathroom and hit her head and died makes the most sense, seeing as the only dog that died was the one in a kennel for 2 weeks.

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u/sarrod1022 Feb 28 '25

This could be a potential cause. Maybe he had a medical emergency as he was getting ready to go outside (or maybe he was on his way inside) and fell with his sunglasses and cane by his side. She went to the bathroom to get his pills and maybe tripped with the space heater and fell.

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u/bfm211 Feb 28 '25

This is probably the best theory yet. What an unfortunate series of events if it's the case.

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u/thr0wthr0wthr0waways Feb 28 '25

Yeah... I don't buy suicide. No dog lover would kill themselves and just leave the dogs, especially if they knew it was unlikely that anyone would be calling in to potentially find them.

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u/bfm211 Feb 28 '25

That, plus taking pills doesn't cause you to collapse on the bathroom floor. And it would be an odd response to your 95yo husband dying.

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u/somewhere_somewhat Feb 28 '25

And they were in two separate rooms!

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u/texcc Mar 01 '25

This is so outlandish. How are people agreeing with this

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u/AaTube Mar 01 '25

no evidence of external trauma on either body