According to a press release, the New Mexico Gas Company had “no significant findings" about possible gas leaks at Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa's home.
After Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 64, were found dead in their home on Wednesday, Feb. 26, his daughter said the family thinks carbon monoxide poisoning might be to blame. The investigation is ongoing.
Gene Hackman's daughter, and some internet sleuths, speculate that the Hollywood legend and his wife died by carbon monoxide poisoning.
The bodies of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa showed no signs of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to an affidavit from a Santa Fe, N.M., detective who was seeking a search warrant for their home.
The deaths of Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were not due to a gas leak, authorities in New Mexico said Tuesday.
New Mexico Gas Company "conducted an extensive investigation for gas leaks and carbon monoxide" at the property, the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office said.
Authorities investigating the deaths of Oscar-winner Gene Hackman and his wife are waiting for more details from their autopsies to determine why they died.
The bodies of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, both tested negative for carbon monoxide poisoning. Hackman's pacemaker stopped Feb. 17.