The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office has released edited body camera footage from outside the home of late actor Gene Hackman, where he and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in late February.
In the footage, deputies can be seen discussing the situation with two workers who initially alerted authorities after spotting someone lying on the floor inside the couple’s home.
With no signs of forced entry, deputies asked about potential gas leaks or carbon monoxide poisoning, which the workers said was unlikely.
The couple’s causes of death were eventually clarified when medical investigators confirmed that Hackman had died from heart disease complicated by Alzheimer’s, about a week after Arakawa succumbed to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare rodent-borne illness….