Gene Hackman’s neighbors drop bombshell confession – reveal a strange habit of him a week after his passing

Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were discovered dead in their New Mexico home, with their dog also found deceased in the house last week.

Actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa pose for a portrait in 1986 in Los Angeles, California

Hollywood legend Gene Hackman’s neighbors have spoken out since the actor and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead at their home in New Mexico.

The couple was recently found partially mummified in their sprawling abode with pills everywhere in their bathroom. Cops are currently investigating this baffling case that also took poor Gene’s pet dog. Investigators believe the pair could have died around nine days before they were found by police on February 26.

Even in their gated estate near Santa Fe, catching a glimpse of Gene and Betsy was rare. Now, locals are being quizzed for any scoop on the duo, who have remained largely hush-hush since the shock finding.

Gene’s neighbors have shared their surprise at how little they knew about the reclusive star and his wife, even after years of living nearby.

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Gene with his wife Betsy and their pet dogs (Image: (Image: undefined))

James Everett, who was a neighbor of the Hackman’s for five years, said: “They have a gate, and we have a gate, and we just have never even seen each other.”

Meanwhile, another neighbor, Harvey Chalker, told the New York Times: “He wanted to be quiet, he didn’t want to be bothered, and I don’t blame him.”

Bud Hamilton, who lived next to the Hackmans for almost 20 years, admitted that despite their long-term proximity, he and his wife had just mingled with the Hackmans once in all those years. Beau Theriot, a neighbor who occasionally drops by, remarked: “I know there’s some nice people up there, I just don’t know them.”

A renowned forensic expert has presented a grim hypothesis on what might have triggered the tragic end of celebrated Hollywood star Gene and his partner Betsy.

Police have already revealed the extraction of pivotal pacemaker data belonging to the late Gene, identifying a crucial event on February 17 – alarmingly, this was a full nine days before their bodies were stumbled upon.

Forensic pathologist Dr Michael Baden divulged his thoughts on Fox News, proposing that the contents of Gene’s pacemaker might unravel the mystery surrounding the death of the Unforgiven actor.

“That event would have been a cardiac arrest caused by an abnormal pulse rate,” he posited.

“The pacemaker keeps track of the pulse, and when it gets down too low, it discharges. And that’s all in the record,” he added.

He went on to say: “So the autopsy showed he didn’t have any injury. There was no carbon monoxide. And he had – the most common cause of death in this country – severe heart disease, coronary artery disease and high blood pressure perhaps, from what’s been released. So that would cause him, having cardiac arrest in the mudroom, to collapse right there.”

Baden speculated that Betsy might have been trying to help her partner when she died. “His wife was found in the bathroom,” Baden revealed.

“They haven’t released the information about her findings, except that she did not have carbon monoxide in her, and that what appears to be from the scene and from what’s been said is that she found her husband in the mudroom.”

He suggested that if Betsy had gone into the bathroom to fetch her husband’s blood pressure medication, she could have fallen and scattered the pills.

“She may have struck her head on the way down and had some internal injury to the brain that doesn’t show up on the outside or bleeding in the inside of the brain,” he guessed.

“Or that she may also, at 65, had severe heart disease, and excitement can cause a trigger to the cardiac rhythm, causing death under those circumstances. I think the first, that striking her head would be more common.”

About their dog, which was found dead in the bedroom closet, Michael proposed that the pet might have died from dehydration over the nine days they were undiscovered.