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Expert mystified by Gene Hackman and wife ignoring 'basic instinct' before they died


The mysterious deaths of Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his pianist wife, Betsy Arakawa, continue to keep stumping authorities amid their investigation.

The case is shrouded in the kind of intrigue reserved for Hackman's detective thriller novels and has garnered international attention - with many wondering how their deaths went unnoticed for so long. Neighbors in their gated private community off a winding canyon road five miles outside of Santa Fe told The New York Times that despite living with the celebrity couple for years, most of them never even caught a glimpse of them. The expert added early indicators including rigor mortis and body temperature help in the initial stages of putting a time on death, but are unreliable once decomposition progresses.

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