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    Gene Hackman death update: Gas company issues fresh statement revealing results from probe

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    The gas company aiding in the investigation into the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa discovered a ‘minuscule leak’ in their Santa Fe home, but has determined it was ‘not lethal’. 

    Hackman, 95, and his wife, 65, were found dead, along with one of their dogs, in separate rooms of their home mansion in Santa Fe, New Mexico last Wednesday.

    Early speculation by Hackman’s daughter Elizabeth Jean was that her father and his wife may have died from carbon monoxide poisoning or other ‘toxic fumes’.

    But after an extensive investigation, the New Mexico Gas Company made ‘no significant findings’ of gas leaks or carbon monoxide in the home, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a statement to DailyMail.com.

    The gas company did, however, issue five ‘red tags’ including one for the minor leak at the stove burner, which registered ‘0.03 per cent gas in the air’ and is ‘not a lethal amount’.

    ‘The other four red tags were for code enforcement violations – not involving gas leaks or carbon monoxide – involving a water heater and gas log lighters installed in three fireplaces,’ police said.

    Authorities believe Hackman and Arakawa, whose bodies were partially mummified at the time of discovery, likely died a couple weeks before they were found.

    Tests on Hackman’s pacemaker revealed that he was alive on February 17 when a ‘last event’ was recorded – nine days before his body was discovered. Police say it is a ‘reasonable assumption’ that he died when his pacemaker had its ‘last event’. 

    Gene Hackman death update: Gas company issues fresh statement revealing results from probe

    The gas company aiding in the investigation into the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa discovered a ‘minuscule leak at one of the stove burners’ in their Santa Fe home. Hackman and Arakawa are pictured in Santa Fe, New Mexico in March 2024. It was the first time in two decades that the couple were seen out and about

    Early speculation suggested the couple may have have died from carbon monoxide poisoning or other 'toxic fumes'. But after an extensive investigation, the New Mexico Gas Company made 'no significant findings' of gas leaks or carbon monoxide in their home (pictured)

    Early speculation suggested the couple may have have died from carbon monoxide poisoning or other ‘toxic fumes’. But after an extensive investigation, the New Mexico Gas Company made ‘no significant findings’ of gas leaks or carbon monoxide in their home (pictured)

    Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza during a press conference Friday confirmed that both Hackman and Arakawa ‘tested negative for carbon monoxide’.

    ‘An initial interrogation was conducted of Mr Hackman’s pacemaker,’ he said. ‘This revealed that his last event was recorded February 17 2025, I was advised that a more thorough investigation will be completed.’

    Mendoza said the ‘initial findings noted no external trauma to either individual’, but reiterated the ‘manner and cause of death has not been determined’. He also said there were ‘no apparent signs of foul play’.

    ‘The official results of the autopsy and toxicology reports are pending,’ he added.

    The shocking discovery of the bodies has puzzled investigators, who are still trying to determine how and when the couple died.

    Hackman and Arakawa were found by a neighborhood security officer after pest-control workers reported not being able to get in touch with the residents.

    Authorities investigating the couple’s deaths have already said a deadly carbon monoxide leak is unlikely.

    But an expert who is not involved in the investigation on Tuesday weighed in on another theory recently bandied about – that Hackman and Arakawa may have died by ‘companion suicide.’

    Authorities believe Hackman and Arakawa, whose bodies were partially mummified at the time of discovery, likely died a couple weeks before they were found. The couple are pictured together at the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California on Jan. 19, 2003

    The shocking discovery of Hackman and Arakawa's bodies has puzzled investigators, who are still trying to determine how and when the couple died. The couple are pictured in 2005 with  with their previous dogs

    The shocking discovery of Hackman and Arakawa’s bodies has puzzled investigators, who are still trying to determine how and when the couple died. The couple are pictured in 2005 with  with their previous dogs

    James Gill, Chief Medical Examiner for the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, told People Magazine that the theory is an unlikely explanation for the puzzling deaths.

    Gill, who said he had dealt in the past with ‘cases like that,’ explained that couples who die in a dual suicide are ‘usually… together in bed.’ 

    However, police have said that Hackman was found dead in the house’s mud room, with his can and sunglasses near him on the ground. Arakawa was discovered lying on the bathroom floor with prescription pills strewn across the nearby countertop.

    ‘The fact that they’re in two separate locations tells me that I think that’s less likely,’ Gill continued.

    The medical examiner said that the initial information about the scene makes it appear as if Hackman had ‘collapsed.’ ‘He’s got a history of heart disease. He’s got a pacemaker. So that would not be unusual,’ he said.

    Another detail Gill focused on was the fact that Hackman was ‘ambulatory’ before his death, which he thought decreased the likelihood of a scenario in which he was left potentially helpless if Arakawa had died first.

    ‘Sometimes we’ll see instances where someone is bedridden and maybe they have dementia and then their caregiver dies from a natural event, and then there’s no one there to take care of them, and then they can die from dehydration or what have you,’ he explained. ‘I don’t think that’s the case in this.’

    That information could be particularly useful to compare to when Arakawa may have died, though Gill admits ‘that’s a little bit of a more gray area.’ 

    Police are seen outside Hackman's home on February 27 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Authorities have confirmed that both Hackman and Arakawa 'tested negative for carbon monoxide'

    Police are seen outside Hackman’s home on February 27 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Authorities have confirmed that both Hackman and Arakawa ‘tested negative for carbon monoxide’

    Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza (center) speaks during a press conference on February 28, 2025 to provide an update on the investigation into Hackman and Arakawa's deaths. Mendoza said the 'initial findings noted no external trauma to either individual', but reiterated the 'manner and cause of death has not been determined'

    Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza (center) speaks during a press conference on February 28, 2025 to provide an update on the investigation into Hackman and Arakawa’s deaths. Mendoza said the ‘initial findings noted no external trauma to either individual’, but reiterated the ‘manner and cause of death has not been determined’

    New Mexico Gas Company tested gas lines in and around the home after the bodies were discovered, according to a search warrant, and no signs of problems were found.

    Officers are still trying to piece together the couple’s last known contact with other people but ‘that’s one of our challenges because of their privacy,’ Mendoza said.

    The sheriff had previously said there were several conflicting stories about which doors were locked at the house – he said several were unlocked and a rear door was open, which allowed two dogs that survived to go in and out.

    He also said he thought the front door was closed but unlocked. Two other dogs were found alive at the property, one inside and one outside.

    Cops investigating the pair’s mysterious deaths have admitted to misidentifying the dog that was found deceased along with them in their home. 

    Police initially said the couple’s German Shepherd named Bear was found dead in its kennel inside the home, but the pup was actually alive and healthy at a pet daycare center in Santa Fe along with their other dog Nikita, a seven-year-old Akita-shepherd mix, according to USA Today. 

    The dog that was actually found dead in the home with the couple was Zinna, their 12-year-old reddish Australian Kelpie mixed breed, Sherry Gaber, a friend of the couple, told the outlet. 

    Gaber, an animal chiropractor, was already thrown off by the news of Hackman and Arakawa’s deaths, but when she heard about Bear, she couldn’t wrap her head around it. 

    Just five months prior, Gaber said she adjusted Bear, who was happy and healthy. 

    ‘I can’t handle that image,’ Gaber said, recalling news of Bear’s apparent death.  ‘That’s why this whole thing is so distressing. It just doesn’t add up.’ 

    Nikita and Bear are both staying at Santa Fe Tails, a local pet daycare, according to Joey Padilla, the owner of the facility. 

    It is unclear how the deceased dog was misidentified, but a spokeswoman with the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office told the outlet she wasn’t aware of the mix-up.  

    Hackman and Arakawa are pictured with two dogs they previously adopted. It is unclear if these dogs were involved in the tragedy. The couple are said to be 'true animal lovers, known for treating their beloved dogs as if they were their own children'

    Hackman and Arakawa are pictured with two dogs they previously adopted. It is unclear if these dogs were involved in the tragedy. The couple are said to be ‘true animal lovers, known for treating their beloved dogs as if they were their own children’

    Hackman and Arakawa were both found dead in the $3.8million home in separate rooms by a caretaker around 1.45pm last Wednesday.

    The alarm had been raised by a maintenance person doing pest control at the property, who was concerned because he had not seen the couple, police said.

    A search was carried out after the bodies were discovered and several items were ‘secured from the residence for evidentiary purposes’.

    These included two green mobile phones, two bottles of medication, medical records and a 2025 monthly planner. Work is now being done to ‘sift through cell phones’ and to look through a calendar found near the couple’s bodies.

    Contact will also be made with workers, security staff and family members.

    Mendoza said there is nothing which suggests the couple fell, adding: ‘I don’t think, you know, there was any indication that, again, there was no trauma or injured themselves, or head injury or brain injury.’

    Gene Hackman waves as he starts out for a practice run in his Toyota Celica in 1983

    Gene Hackman waves as he starts out for a practice run in his Toyota Celica in 1983

    The moment when a pacemaker stops working could mark the point when a person dies but not always, according to Dr Philip Keen, the retired chief medical examiner in Maricopa County, Arizona.

    He said later: ‘If your heart required a pacemaker, there would certainly be an interruption at that point – and it might be the hallmark of when the death occurred.

    ‘But it’s not necessarily because some people get a pacemaker to augment things, not necessarily replace things.’

    He also felt it would be unlikely for a person who tests negative for carbon monoxide initially to later be found to have been poisoned by it.

    Hackman, who was widely respected as one of the greatest actors of his generation, was a five-time Oscar nominee who won best actor in a leading role for The French Connection in 1972 and best actor in a supporting role for Unforgiven two decades later.

    His daughters Elizabeth and Leslie, and his granddaughter Annie, said they will miss the actor ‘sorely’ and are ‘devastated by the loss’.



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