Bodycam footage of Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa Hackman’s death investigation has been released, according to reports.
TMZ obtained two videos from the investigation. One video showed a Santa Fe County Sheriff’s deputy talking on the phone with Gene’s daughter about what to do with the remains of a dead dog found inside the home near Betsy’s body. In the video, Gene’s daughter, who TMZ identified as Elizabeth, told the officer to cremate the dead dog and bury her remains with Arakawa.
Gene’s daughter asked the officer if the dog was the “older” one of the couple’s bunch. It was later confirmed the dead dog was Zinna, who was 12. She was the couple’s oldest dog. Elizabeth asked the officer if Zinna was wearing a collar and, if she was, if he could save it.
The video is dated Feb. 27, the day after Gene and Betsy’s bodies were found.
The second video obtained by TMZ showed a groundskeeper on the day the couple was found, seemingly distraught over their deaths.
“To see that, both of them … I’m sorry,” the man said while getting emotional.
“I get attached to all these people. They treat me really well. And I met her [Arakawa]. She was a sweetheart and to see them like that…”
— Hackman employee
“I get attached to all these people. They treat me really well. And I met her [Betsy]. She was a sweetheart and to see them like that …”
Also in the bodycam footage is an officer sharing that he contacted both of Gene’s daughters, Elizabeth and Leslie, after their bodies were discovered.
The Associated Press reported that the petition detailed Gene and Betsy’s discrete lifestyle in Santa Fe.
They “lived an exemplary private life for over thirty years in Santa Fe, New Mexico and did not showcase their lifestyle,” according to the petition.
Gene and Betsy’s estate is represented by Julia Peters, a partner and chief counsel for the Avalon Trust Co. investment firm.
According to the petition, Peters was Gene’s third choice of estate representative. According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, Betsy was Gene’s first choice, and his second choice, was attorney Michael G. Sutin. Sutin died in 2019.
The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Department confirmed during a press conference that Betsy likely died Feb. 11, and Gene most likely died one week later. Authorities later stated that officials had determined multiple calls were made Feb. 12 from Betsy to a medical center.
“Examination of the brain showed advanced Alzheimer’s disease as well as blood vessel changes in the brain secondary to chronic high blood pressure,” according to Chief Medical Investigator Dr. Heather Jarrell.
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