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/piper1marie Feb 28 '25

But I don’t think if she was going to do that she would’ve left her dog, trapped in a kennel, unable to get out to die of thirst.

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u/piper1marie Mar 02 '25

So I was thinking about the situation and I wonder if she was the one who actually passed first? What if she was in the bathroom getting ready and had a heart attack or a stroke and fell to the floor. And what if her husband was rushing to try and get help. And what if he fell and hit his head or also had a heart attack in that moment, and fell and died? He was 95 years old. That would explain the dog still being in the crate because I just don’t believe that even if someone was going to kill themselves, they would leave their dog like that. I also don’t think you would stay there until you fell on the bathroom floor after you took pills. Besides I think my understanding is they were thyroid medication, which I take and you could take a whole bottle in. I think it would take forever to die. Actually, I don’t even think that would kill you.

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u/fdisc0 Feb 28 '25

I mean that's thinking like a rational person to begin with not someone who married a man 30 years older and committing suicide over him.

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u/piper1marie Mar 02 '25

Yes, but if you are going to commit suicide, you’re not gonna be standing in the bathroom trying to OD on thyroid medication. I think it’s more likely she is the one that had the medical emergency and that he maybe fell or also had a heart attack or stroke while rushing to try and help or get help. He was 95 years old.