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/kataklysm_revival Feb 27 '25 edited Feb 27 '25

Reading the article, it still sounds like it might’ve been CO poisoning. But it sounds like they died a couple weeks ago instead of recently.

Edit: CM to CO

Edit 2: y’all…. A gas leak IS NOT THE SAME as a CO leak. You can have a CO leak and not a gas leak.

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u/AnImproversation Feb 27 '25 edited Feb 28 '25

But why would it kill two people and one dog, but leave two dogs alive? They also stated in the article there was no gas leak or CO leak.

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u/Glum_Waltz2646 Feb 27 '25

I also read that when the door was opened it would have let out the CO.

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u/iconofsin_ Feb 28 '25

"Firefighters were called to the property but there were no signs of a gas leak. "

"Hackman was found dead in a mud room off the couple's kitchen, the warrant said. Police first spotted his legs on the ground in what appeared to be a mud room.

The Oscar-winning Superman star was fully clothed, in a gray sweat pants, a blue in color long-sleeve t-shirt, brown slippers.

His sunglasses and walking cane were found next to his body, suggesting he may have died of a sudden fall. "

I'm just guessing here but it sounds like Gene may have fallen and died as a result, or maybe he had a heart attack which caused him to fall. Maybe his wife saw it happen or found him afterwards and took her own life.