Gene Hackman Death Case Body Cam Video, Daughter Says Cremate Dog, Bury With Wife

Gene Hackman‘s daughter advised the sheriffs who discovered her father lifeless in his house to cremate his lifeless canine and bury its stays with that of his spouse Betsy Arakawa … based on newly launched police physique cam video .

The footage — launched Friday by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office — contains a telephone name between a deputy and Gene’s daughter Elizabeth.

She tells police to cremate the canine on the county’s animal shelter and bury the stays with Betsy. Elizabeth additionally tells police to kindly save the canine’s collar.

As we reported … Officials in Santa Fe County, New Mexico have already concluded Betsy doubtless died a couple of week earlier than Hackman is believed to have died — attributable to hantavirus, a uncommon illness that may be deadly.

Authorities made it clear Hackman had superior Alzheimer’s … and, it is unclear if he even realized Betsy had handed away earlier than he died from heart problems.

As … Gene and Betsy’s deaths have been labeled “suspicious” in an software for a search warrant — and investigators recovered well being data, treatment, and cell telephones from the scene.

The two have been discovered lifeless in separate rooms of their mansion … and, one in all their three canines — which was crated after a vet appointment — died as nicely.

In the footage, the deputy tells Gene’s daughter the opposite two canines have been discovered alive and have been being rehomed with household.

Hackman was 95 … Arakawa was 65.