From: mshaw@panix.com   
      
   J.D. Baldwin  wrote:   
      
   > Their dog was found dead as well, which honestly makes me lean more   
   > toward a CO leak.  Who kills a *dog* before committing suicide?   
      
   Curiouser and curiouser:   
      
   https://nypost.com/2025/02/27/entertainment/gene-hackman-and-wif   
   s-death-investigated-as-suspicious-after-door-was-found-open-pills-found/   
      
       Gene Hackman's wife was found mummified and bloated when the   
       two were discovered dead with their dog in their multi million   
       dollar New Mexico home by maintenance workers who hadn't seen   
       the couple in two weeks, police wrote in an affidavit.   
      
       Authorities said the deaths were "suspicious enough in nature   
       to require a thorough search and investigation" after finding   
       the door to the couple's home was "unsecured and opened" and   
       an open orange pill bottle and pills scattered around the room   
       where Hackman's wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, and the   
       dog were discovered.   
      
       Deputies noted that it appeared Arakawa had "obvious signs of   
       death, body decomposition, bloating in her face and mummification   
       in both hands and feet," according to the report.   
      
       The door into the couple's $3.3 million Santa Fe, New Mexico   
       home, which sits on 6 acres and is over 8,000 square feet, was   
       left ajar -- but there was no sign of forced entry or theft,   
       according to the report.   
      
       Authorities also noted in the report that a black space heater   
       was found near Arakawa's head.   
      
       Meanwhile, Hackman's body was located in a separate room, and   
       deputies noted that it appeared he had "suddenly" fallen.   
      
       Hackman's body also had "obvious signs of death, similar and   
       consistent with the female decedent," police wrote in the   
       report.   
      
       Fire department officials who responded to the scene reported   
       finding no signs of a carbon monoxide leak or poisoning,   
       according to the report.   
      
       The cause of death for Hackman and Arakawa will be determined   
       by a medical examiner, officials said.   
      
       The New Mexico Gas Co. is working with the Santa Fe County   
       Sheriff's Department in the investigation, spokesperson Tim   
       Korte told The Associated Press.   
      
   --   
   Mark Shaw                                        moc TOD liamg TA wahsnm   
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                        "Anyway, we delivered the bomb."   
      
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