What we know about the death of Gene Hackman and Ms. Betsy Arakawa

When the MPs cleared the house, they found Hackman in the Mudroom of the house, and the MPs believed that he could suddenly have fallen, says the affidavit.

According to an affidavit, both bodies showed “obvious signs of death”. Arakawas also showed signs of a “body decomposition”.

According to the affidavit, two other dogs were found alive on the property. One was in the bathroom near Arakawa and the other outside the house.

What do we know about the investigation?

The examination continues.

When demanding for a “thorough search and investigation”, the officers of the affidavit cited a number of curiosities that were found in the residence: the freedom -switched front door, the room heating on the bathroom floor, the open pill bottle with scattered pills, the presence of two living dogs and a third, which was dead, the fact that Hackman in a separate space from Arakawa and without obvious signs of gas delicacies in a separate room.

After found the couple, the MPs searched the rest of the property and found nothing else “out of place”, according to the affidavit. All other buildings on the property and the garage were closed, and there was no evidence that the house was “taken through the interference or objects”.

Although there was no clear evidence of a bad game, Mendoza said on Thursday that the investigators do not rule out anything.

According to Mendoza, the investigators collected information about the pills near Arakawa.

“This is obviously a very important proof of the crime scene,” he says on Friday in NBC's “Today”. “So yes, we look at this specifically and other medication that may have been in the residence. That is something important. “

When asked whether it is known how long the couple had been dead, Mendoza said to “Today”: “It is very difficult to put together a timeline, even with the help of the medical investigator's office, only based on your body and others on the body. It seems that a few days, possibly up to a few weeks.”

He said the autopsy was the key to the investigation and a toxicological report could take up to three months or more.

The investigators also put together a timeline of the past few weeks of the couple and try to determine when they were last seen and spoken and determine whether they have passed at the same time.

In the search command on Thursday, the investigators took two mobile devices, thyroid medication, Diltiazem medication against high blood pressure, Tylenol, records of the Patient Portal Myquest for Health appointments and laboratory results and a monthly planner from 2025 from home.

What did the family say?

In a short explanation on Thursday, Hackman's family said that he was “loved and admired from millions around the world for his brilliant acting career, but for us he was only dad and grandpa”.

“We will miss him very much and are destroyed by the loss,” said Elizabeth, Leslie and Annie Hackman.