Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs Authorities are piecing together more information about Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa’s deaths.
After the couple and one of their three dogs were found dead in their New Mexico home Feb. 26, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adam Mendoza shared how long he believed the bodies were there before they were found.
“It’s very difficult to put a timeline together, even with the help of the Office of the Medical Investigator,” the official emphasized to Savannah Guthrie on Today Feb. 28. “Just based on their body and other evidence on the body, it appears several days, possibly even up to a couple of weeks.”
He also believes the deaths of Hackman, 95, and Arakawa, 64, happened “pretty close” time-wise. However, that is just a theory for now.
“There was no indication that anybody was moving about the house or doing anything different,” he continued, “so it’s very hard to determine if they both passed at the time or how close they passed together.”
