The deaths of actor Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 63, have been deemed “suspicious,” according to a search warrant affidavit.
The couple was discovered dead on Wednesday afternoon at their Santa Fe, New Mexico, residence by two maintenance workers. The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office said that foul play was “not currently suspected.” Detective Roy Arndt told a judge in a search warrant application that the circumstances of the deaths are “suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation.”
The local fire department and gas company checked for a gas leak and found none.
According to a report by Variety, Arakawa was lying on the bathroom floor. An opened prescription pill bottle was found on the countertop, with pills scattered nearby. A space heater was found near the woman’s head, and the report noted that “the heater could…
