Blood on the pillow..The deceased Gene Hackman and his wife are in conditions inside their "harsh and shocking" home

By Aram, Park

Apr 17, 2025

Blood on the pillow..The deceased Gene Hackman and his wife are in conditions inside their 'harsh and shocking' home
Santa Fe Sheriff's Office



Blood on the pillow..The deceased Gene Hackman and his wife are in conditions inside their 'harsh and shocking' home
Santa Fe Sheriff's Office
Hollywood actor Gene Hackman (95) and his wife Betsy Arakawa (64) were found dead in February, and the inside of their home, which remains the same at the time of their death, has been disclosed, shocking.

According to the New York Post and other foreign media on the 15th (local time), the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office released video inside the mansion where the late Hackman and Arakawa lived.

The released video is a police officer's body cam video. The interior of the mansion shown in the video was chaotic as if time had stopped. The kitchen, bedroom, and small room were littered with dog boxes, medicine bottles, groceries, and clothes, and some spaces were organized, but others were shocked by the fact that bathrooms and blood-stained pillows were identified.




A separate room with the couple's body was then unveiled. The body of Betsy Arakawa, who was found on the bathroom floor, had already been mummified due to decomposition. One of the three dogs found together at the scene was sadly found dead, while the other two were rescued and taken to a shelter.

Blood on the pillow..The deceased Gene Hackman and his wife are in conditions inside their 'harsh and shocking' home
AP Yonhap News
According to the investigation, his wife, Betsy Arakawa, was infected with the hantavirus and died first, and a few days later, Gene Hackman died of heart disease. Neither of them had any trauma, and no suicide note was found. In particular, Hackman, who was suffering from Alzheimer's, is likely not aware of his wife's death.

The media said "The released photos give us a glimpse of how they spent their last days in a palace-like yet cluttered house."




Gene Hackman's daughters Elizabeth and Leslie in a media interview "Father and stepmother are people who value personal life. We didn't let outsiders in the house, including housekeepers" he said.

Meanwhile, Gene Hackman, who debuted in the 1960s, won the Academy Award for Best Actor for "French Connection" and the Best Supporting Actor Award for "The Unforgiven".

Works starring the deceased include the series 'Superman', 'No Way Out', 'Mississippi Burning', 'Crimson Tide', 'Enemy of State' and 'Royal Tanenbaum'.




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