On Wednesday, February 26th, 2025, at approximately 1:45 p.m. in the secluded Santa Fe Summit community of New Mexico, maintenance workers arrived at the residence of Oscarinning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa after weeks of unanswered calls and messages. What they discovered was both tragic and unsettling. the lifeless bodies of 95-year-old Hackman and 65-year-old Arakawa along with one of their dogs inside the home. In this video, you'll hear the full 911 call made moments after the discovery, followed by the complete police body cam footage from the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office as deputies entered the residence, located the victims, and began working to understand what had happened. Now, let's begin. 911 911. What is it? The emergency. Hello, my name is I think we just found two or one deceased person inside the house. What's the address here? There's no address. There's no address. I'm going to wait for you at the gate. I'm going to wait for you to please send somebody really quick. Okay. What's going to be the address? It's going to be one North Summit Drive down at the gate house. I'll meet you over there. I'll meet them over there. I'm the caretaker for the subdivision. I'm going to bring him up here. Give me one second. One summer night. One North Summit Drive. One minute. Got it. And what? One North Summit Drive. My name is I'm the caretaker for the subdivision. What's the phone number for you in case we disconnect? Okay. Give me one second. Let me speak to the paramedics. Thank you. One second. Damn. Damn. Damn. [Music] Are you with the patient now? I'm sorry. Are you with the patient now? Yeah, I'm over at the their property. There's no address here. So, I have to meet the the ambulance or the police, whoever down at the gate house. I'll bring them up here. [Applause] Okay. How old is the patient? Um, I have no idea. You don't know? Okay, that's fine. Is the patient a male or a female? A female and a male probably. I don't know. I don't know, sir. Just send somebody up here real quick. Okay. Are they away? I have no idea. Are they breathing? I have no idea. I'm not inside the house. It's closed. It's locked. I can't go in, but I see that she's laying down on a floor from the window. Okay. Okay. Do they appear to be completely awake? On the way. Do they appear to be awake or alert? No. No. No. No. No. No. It's not. Okay. [Applause] Okay. Did you ever hear Did you hear them talk or cry? No. No. Okay. Okay. Are they moving at all? No, dude. They're not moving. Just send somebody out here really quick. Okay. My units are on their way. Okay. I'm sorry. My units are on their way right now. And Okay. I'll meet them down at the gate house because they might not have a code. Okay. Also, is there any way tell me that the cut off with you? Okay. Also, is there any way that you can open the house or is there like a hidden key so my unit can access it? I have no idea. I have no idea. So, the house is the house is closed. The door is closed. Yeah. I'm sorry. I'm on the Okay, sir. My units are on their way, but can you confirm the address because I don't have a one North Summit Drive? There is a one North Summit that's where I work at. Okay. You don't have like the actual address of the house of where this person lives? Uh, no. There's no address. There's a reason why for that PD, please. Okay. Okay. What is the closest intersection for where you're going to wait for my unit [Music] information? What is the closest the closest intersection that you're going to be? [Applause] [Applause] Okay. Are you going to be on a vehicle waiting for my unit or are you going to be on [Applause] foot? Are you still there? Are you going to be on a vehicle waiting for my units or are you going to be on foot? I'm going down the gate house right now. To the gate house. [Applause] Okay. We're probably going to get cut off. Okay. What are you wearing to my unit? Not you. I don't even know. You don't even know. You're like, I'm sorry. Thank you. That's fine. You still there? Hello, Ron. [Applause] Oh my god. Yeah. But I'm dead. I'm just like get away. Ambulance coming. It says the ambulance coming out here. [Music] Okay. What are you wearing? So my unit is not you. Still there. [Applause] Perfect. [Applause] [Music] can barely understand you. They're coming in and out. How come I don't hear anything amidst or anything? They're just right down there. Fort Mar. Okay. My units are on their way. Okay. Oh yeah, I hear some now. [Applause] Okay, just to confirm there's there any way my units can get into the house. I'm sorry. Is there any way my unit can get into the house? I don't know the code number, but I can just bring him up to the house. The way I was clean, you know, it comes in and out all the time. I'm going to I'm going to let go. Okay. Here it comes to you here. I thank you for your help. I feel open right there. He's probably a little sad. You okay? You okay? Yeah, he's running around. We got him to move. Poor guy. He's He's attacked. Where is he? He's actually I don't know how to get there through here. If we walk back outside, there's another door. So, he's a totally separate spot. Way separate. Like, he's on that side of the house. Upstairs. upstairs. I thought it was kind of weird about how he was playing. Like it looks like he was trying to go outside and just Yeah, she's laying there. It didn't make sense why that door was open. flashlight. I still don't know if could be a bathroom maybe. Are you I guess they're all most of the time. I think this is the bathroom. That one that we first went through was No, I I'm taking photos yet. [Applause] totally separate area. [Applause] I just want to make sure there's not gas in here. So, yeah, just crack a couple. There's another Get over [Music] these fire. I don't know if they did. Do you know if they did? I don't think they did. No, I don't think so. If you turn these knobs, I think those these windows open. Something. They're not [Music] and they don't really see them. They don't no one really see them. They said they're very private people like very secluded. So I guess last contact with her was about 2 and 1/2 weeks ago. I think at this heat there probably there's a thermostat right there. A little bit more. What's that? This one's like 74. 74. It's about 70. It's way hotter in here than that. It is. [Music] Okay. Do you find anything by him? No. No. Mhm. And that's his girlfriend. Mhm. Girlfriend Wish. I think sounds like she has the same last name. This is [Music] Oh, yeah. papers. Female. Female is probably the one in the kennel. Yeah. Was it brown? Yeah. Was it brown dog? German Shepherd mix. Yeah. The German Shepherd mix. Uh I think is the one that's running around. That's the kind of aggressive one. The not the male, right? Not the big one though. Not the big one. No. Yeah. The other one is like a husky colored. This one says a German Shepherd mix 53 lb. Please keep color on at all times. The other one did have a collar that white chop mix. The one in the Cadillac don't have color. It smells like gas. You smell gas. Something. So, if there was a gas leak and they both went down, that doesn't make sense why those would be off. Now, so it's it's not on, but I smell. You can smell it. Yeah. Is it this one? What's this? [Music] What was that noise that turned off? Is it? Although the scene initially raised concerns with early speculation pointing to carbon monoxide poisoning and even potential foul play, authorities later confirmed that both Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa died of natural causes. Arakawa is believed to have passed away on February 12th, 2025. Hackman died approximately a week later on February 18th. Their bodies were not discovered until February 26th. According to the medical examiner, Arakawa's cause of death was Havirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare but potentially fatal disease spread by rodents. Hackman died from severe heart disease complicated by advanced Alzheimer's disease. The couple had been married since 1991. Given Hackman's declining mental state due to Alzheimer's, investigators believe he may have been disoriented, confused, and unaware of his wife's passing, ultimately unable to care for himself during his final days. Tragically, one of their dogs found inside a crate at the scene also died from dehydration and starvation. Hackman was a two-time Academy Award-winning actor celebrated for his roles in films such as The French Connection and Unforgiven. Arakawa was a gifted pianist and businesswoman who chose to live a quiet life in Santa Fe with her husband. If you found this video informative, please don't forget to like, subscribe, and share. 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