The preliminary results of the autopsy did not determine the cause of the death of Oscar -winning actor Gene Hackman and his wifehowever, they ruled out that they would be poisoned by carbon monoxide, said the district Sheriff Santa Fe Adan Mendoza on Friday, who is conducting an investigation into the death of a prominent couple. This is reported by TASR, according to the AP report.
The state of the bodies found in the middle indicated that The deaths occurred a few days ago and there were no signs of foreign fault.
Sheriff at a press conference said that The initial examination of a judicial practitioner has shown no traces of carbon monoxide, colorless gas odorless that produces kitchen appliances. When it gathered in poorly ventilated houses, it can be fatal.
Mendoza also stated that review A pacemaker of a 95-year-old hackman showed that he stopped working on 17 Februarywhich means he could die nine days ago.
Hackman found on Wednesday afternoon dead in the hallway. while his 65-year-old wife of Betsy Arakawa found in the bathroom next to the heater. On the counter at Arakawová there was an open container for medicines and spilled tablets. Whether they were the cause of the death of tablets or other substances will be known only in the coming weeks, after the completion of toxicological tests.
Philip Keen, a chief doctor in the Maricopa district of Arizona, said that The moment when a pacemaker stops working can be the moment when a person diedbut it doesn’t have to be so always. “If your heart needed a pacemaker, it would certainly be interrupted at that moment – and It could be a sign of death, “ said Keen. “However, it does not necessarily be so, because some people get a pacemaker just to strengthen the heart, not to replace its activity,” he said.
Investigators want to search for phones and monthly pair planners and contact family membersneighbors and workers from a closed community to find out when someone last saw or talked to a hackman or his wife.
The couple guarded their privacy, Mendoza said, so it was difficult to build a timeline. The authorities believe that the house had no security cameras, he said.
The bodies were found on Wednesday by a maintenance man who came to perform routine maintenance. According to him, when his arrival, the entrance door to the house was open. He and one of the other employees made it clear that the homeowners were rarely seen, and last with them were in contact two weeks ago.
Hackman was a successful actor and the first Oscar won for the main role in the French Criminal Cross Triller (1971). He was given another Oscar for the best male -role acting performance in Western’s irreconcilable (1992) directed by Clint Eastwood.
He was also known for the role of Lex Luthor in the films about Superman from the turn of the 70s and 80s. His 63-year-old wife Betsy Arakawa acted as a classic pianist.
