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'No significant findings' of carbon monoxide or gas leaks in gene hackman and Betsy Arakawa's house

The death of Gene Hackman and his wife remains a mystery because the authorities confirm that there was “no significant results” of carbon monoxide or gas leaks in their house in New Mexico.

The New Mexico Gas Co. carried out an investigation after the Oscar winner; His wife Betsy Arakawa; And your dog was found dead last week.

The authorities found the 95 -year -old Hackman in a mudroom near the kitchen of his house in Santa Fe according to a search command. The 65 -year -old Arakawa was on the ground of a bathroom, and a German shepherd was discovered about 10 feet by her in a closet in the bathroom.

Two other dogs were found alive on the property.

On Tuesday, the Santa Fe County Sheriff published a short update about the investigation and said it received the results of the gas company.

“It is not assumed that these results are a factor for the death of Gene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa or her dog, although the information was forwarded to the medical investigator's office,” said the Sheriff's office.

The Sheriff's office added that the gas company had published five red tags: one for a tiny, non -fatal leak in one of the stove burners and four for violations of the code reinforcement, in which no leaks or carbon monoxide are involved. The violations affected a water from the water that was installed in three fireplaces, said the sheriff's office.

The gas company did not immediately answer a request for a comment on Tuesday.

The authorities said that the deaths were “suspicious”, but Sheriff Adan Mendoza from Santa Fe said that he was “confident that no foul was involved. The office of the sheriff previously said that the provisional findings of the medical examiner did not find any signs of an external trauma.

Hackman and his wife were perhaps several days or possibly weeks before they were found, said Mendoza. The search order stated that both corpses showed “obvious signs of death”. When Arakawa was found, there was room heating near her head and a prescription bottle with pills that were scattered over the counter, the arrest warrant says.

The sheriff said the information about the pills had been passed on to the medical investigator in order to determine a cause of death.