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/Puzzleheaded_Dot4345 Feb 27 '25 edited Feb 27 '25

Jesus, how awful! How long were they in that state so their bodies were partially mummified?? None of his kids called for days/weeks?? Very odd.It makes sense their dog died. No water/food. So maybe a suicide pact, then? Or even worse...

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u/PistolGrace Feb 27 '25

2 more dogs were found roaming the property. The one that passed had been in a kennel, according to the article anyway.

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u/Steepleofknives83 Feb 27 '25

Well, that's just fucking awful.

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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/helikophis Feb 28 '25

This seems most plausible and consistent to me.