A Court of New Mexico blocked on Monday the launch of the Bodycam Video Police and other images that show the bodies of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, after they died and were discovered by Santa Fe County officials.
Hackman, 95, died from heart disease until a week after Arakawa, 65, died of Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. His bodies were found on February 26 at his home in Santa Fe. Hackman's pacemaker showed that he was active until February 18, which were the last signs of life, authorities said.
Hackman also showed Alzheimer's advanced disease, according to the medical researcher who performed the autopsy in his body, but the couple's death remained a mystery while the researchers expected the official cause.
The house owned by Actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, in Santa Fe, Nm
(Roberto E. Rosales / Associated Press)
Although the investigation remains open, many of the main questions surrounding the couple's deaths have been answered, according to the Sheriff of Santa Fe County, Adan Mendoza. He said that the county would comply with the requests for liberation of records in the investigation of death, but on Monday a state court temporarily blocked the release of records in the case.
Judge Matthew Wilson in the First Judicial District Court issued a temporary restriction order that prevents the Office of the Medical Investigator of the University of New Mexico and the Sheriff's Office of the County of Santa Fe publish records under state law.
Wilson ordered the representatives of the Office of the Medical Researcher and the Santa Fe County to appear in the Court on March 31 to argue their case in response to the order.
The court blocked the launch of photographs and bodycamera videos that contain images of the couple's bodies. The order also includes the interior of your home.
According to the authorities, one of the couple's dogs was found dead in a closet not far from Arakawa's body. The order also blocks the launch of any image or videos of any dead animal inside Hackman's house.
The order also extends to any autopsy and death investigation report.
A representative of Hackman's heritage asked the State Court to seal records in the case to protect family law to privacy in pain under amendment 14 to the Constitution of the United States.
According to the reports, Hackman and Arakawa were private private who maintained a quiet life in Santa Fe. Days before their death, Arakawa was seen in a surveillance video by using Santa Fe. The apparently daily visits to the pharmacy and the market became pieces of death investigation, according to the Sheriff's office.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
