Latest on Gene Hackman death: Mummification, 911 call

Gene Hackman, a two-time Oscar winner, was found dead along with his wife and dog in their New Mexico home Wednesday.

The cause of death hasn’t been revealed.

A 911 caller, per CNN, said they could see two unconscious people through the window.

“No, dude, they’re not moving. Just send somebody out here really quick,” the caller said.

Police responded to the call and discovered Betsy Arakawa’s body on the ground inside a bathroom. A prescription pill bottle with scattered pills was also found.

The body “showed obvious signs of death, body decomposition, bloating in her face and mumification (sic) in both hands and feet,” the affidavit said.

Here’s what is known as of Friday morning:

  • According to a search warrant affidavit, a maintenance worker called police after finding the bodies Wednesday. He reported the home’s front door was open when he arrived to do routine work.
  • In a 911 call, the maintenance worker said he could see Hackman’s wife, 63-year-old Betsy Arakawa, laying on the floor through a window but he was unable to get inside.
  • Hackman’s body was discovered in the home’s entryway and Arakawa was found dead next to a space heater in a bathroom. On a countertop near Arakawa, pills were scattered next to an open prescription bottle, according to the search warrant.
  • Police said they found the body of a German shepherd in the bathroom closet. Two other dogs were found alive on the property.
  • The New Mexico Gas Co. tested gas lines at the home but didn’t find any signs of problems at the time, according to the warrant.

No foul play was suspected, authorities said, though a search warrant showed investigators thought the deaths were “suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.