(28 Feb 2025)
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Santa Fe, New Mexico – 28 February 2025
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Aden Mendoza, Santa Fe County Sheriff:
"An individual arrived to perform maintenance on the residence became concerned after receiving no answer and contacted neighborhood security to conduct a welfare check. Security then checked on the residents and observed Mr. Hackman and Ms. Arakawa on the ground, unresponsive, through a window, and called 911."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Aden Mendoza, Santa Fe County Sheriff:
"Due to the unusual circumstances of two decedents in the residence, there was a concern for scene safety. Santa Fe city fire personnel and the New Mexico Gas Company were requested to the scene to test for carbon monoxide or other foreign elements. The scene was deemed safe and approximately 9:30 p.m., a search warrant was issued and executed on the residence. Now, collected from the residence, from this search warrant, there were two green in color cell phones, two bottles of medication, one bottle of over the counter Tylenol, My Request medical records, and a 2025 monthly planner calendar. Those items were secured from the residence for evidentiary purposes."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Aden Mendoza, Santa Fe County Sheriff:
"It should be noted there were no apparent signs of foul play."
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Aden Mendoza, Santa Fe County Sheriff:
"Initial findings noted no external trauma to either individual. The manner and cause of death has not been determined. The official results of the autopsy and toxicology reports are pending."
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Aden Mendoza, Santa Fe County Sheriff:
"Both individuals tested negative for carbon monoxide. An initial interrogation was conducted of Mr. Hackman’s pacemaker. This revealed that his last event was recorded on February 17th, 2025."
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Aden Mendoza, Santa Fe County Sheriff:
"According to the pathologist, I think that is that is a very good assumption that that was his, his last day of life (February 17, 2025)."
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Aden Mendoza, Santa Fe County Sheriff:
"We’re contacting workers, maintenance workers, family members, security. We’re going to be talking to security. It’s a secured subdivision. There’s in and out that I believe is documented. So we’re working with them to try to determine, you know, when the last contact was. And that’ll help us put together the timeline."
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STORYLINE:
Legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife tested negative for carbon monoxide, but what caused their deaths remains unknown, the sheriff leading the investigation said Friday.
Hackman likely was dead more than a week before his body was found because his pacemaker last showed activity on Feb. 17, nine days before maintenance and security workers showed up at his home, said Santa Fe County Sheriff Aden Mendoza.
The 95-year-old Oscar winner was found Wednesday in an entryway of the couple’s Santa Fe home. His wife, Betsy Arakawa, 65, was found lying on her side in the bathroom. A dead German shepherd was found in a kennel near Arakawa, Mendoza said.
There were no obvious signs of foul play, and initial autopsy findings “noted no external trauma to either individual,” Mendoza said.
The sheriff said he spoke with the pathologist from the New Mexico office of the medical investigator, who said that both Hackman and Arakawa tested negative for carbon monoxide.
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