The New Mexico Department of Public Health conducted an environmental assessment at Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa-Hackman’s estate in Santa Fe, discovering multiple dead rodents, nests, and droppings. The assessment was done following the couple’s deaths on Feb. 26 to ensure the safety of responders and family members accessing the property. Rodents and their droppings were found in various outbuildings on the estate, with live traps being utilized for rodent control. The couple’s deaths were attributed to hantavirus and cardiovascular disease, respectively. Hantavirus is not transmissible between people but from rodents to humans through contact with their urine, droppings, and saliva. The investigation into the deaths was deemed suspicious enough to launch a criminal investigation, although no external trauma was found on either Gene or Betsy. The couple had been married for over 30 years before their untimely deaths.
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