Gene Hackman, wife found dead

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The only explanation now is that it could have been a double suicide with the pills.

But how would we explain the dog?

I have a bad feeling about this. According to a story on the AP homepage,

"According to the search warrant affidavit, a maintenance worker called 911 after spotting the bodies at the couple’s Santa Fe home. He reported the home’s front door was open when he arrived to do routine work, a detective wrote.
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In a recording of the 911 call, though, the worker said he could see Arakawa (Hackman's late wife) lying on the floor through a window but was unable to get inside.

HMMMMMMMM........

It wasn't till well over a week that the bodies were discovered. Possibly the one dog starved to death while the other two managed to hang on.

The deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife remain a mystery as authorities confirm there were "no significant findings" of carbon monoxide or gas leaks at their New Mexico home.

The New Mexico Gas Co. conducted an investigation after the Oscar-winning actor; his wife, Betsy Arakawa; and their dog were found dead last week.

On Tuesday, the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office released a brief update on the investigation, saying it had received the gas company's findings.

"Those results are not believed to be a factor in the deaths of Gene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa or their dog though the information was relayed to the Office of the Medical Investigator for consideration," the sheriff's office said.

The sheriff's office added that the gas company issued five red tags: one for a minuscule, nonlethal leak at one of the stove burners and four for code enforcement violations not involving leaks or carbon monoxide. The violations involved a water heater and gas log lighters installed in three fireplaces, the sheriff's office said.

The sheriff said the information about the pills had been passed onto the medical investigator to help determine a cause of death.