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Court blocks Publication of photos, video of corpses by Gene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa

A court in New Mexico blocked the publication of police bodycam video and other pictures on Monday that discovered the corpses of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa after the death of Santa Fe County.

The 95 -year -old Hackman died of heart diseases up to a week after the 65 -year -old Arakawa. Her bodies were found on February 26 in her house in Santa Fe. Hackman's pacemaker showed that it was active until February 18, which was the last signs of life, the authorities said.

Hackman also showed an advanced Alzheimer disease, according to the medical investigator, who carried out the autopsy in his body, but the couple's death remained a mystery while the investigators were waiting for the official matter.

The house of the actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa in Santa Fe, Nm

(Roberto E. Rosales / Associated Press)

Although the examination remains open, according to Adan Mendoza, Sheriff of the Santa Fe County, many of the most important questions about the couple's deaths were answered. He said the district would comply with inquiries after the publication of records in the death examinations, but on Monday a state court temporarily blocked the release of records in the case.

Judge Matthew Wilson at the first court of the judicial district provided a temporary injunction that prevents the office of medical investigators at the University of New Mexico and the Sheriff's Office of the Santa Fe district, the publication of records under state law.

Wilson ordered the representatives of the medical investigator and the district of Santa Fe to appear in court on March 31 to argue their case in response to the order.

The court blocked the publication of photographs and bodycamera videos that contain pictures of the couple's body. The order also includes the interior of your home.

According to the authorities, one of the couple's dogs was found dead in a closet that is not far from Arakawa's body. The order also blocks the publication of pictures or videos of dead animals in the Hackman house.

The arrangement also extends to reports on autopsy and death investigations.

A representative of Hackman's estate asked the state court to seal records in the case in order to protect the family's right to grief after the 14th amendment to the US constitution.

Hackman and Arakawa were reportedly private individuals who had a quiet life in Santa Fe. Days before her death, Arakawa was seen on surveillance videos on the Santa Fe. According to the sheriff office, the apparently everyday visits to the pharmacy and the market became voice investigations.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.