
Gas Company Has No 'Significant Findings' From Gene Hackman Home: Sheriff
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New Mexico Gas Company "conducted an extensive investigation for gas leaks and carbon monoxide" at the property, the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office said.
Local authorities on Tuesday said there were “no significant findings” of gas leaks or carbon monoxide in a gas company’s inspection of the residence of late Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa.
The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office said New Mexico Gas Company “confirmed it conducted an extensive investigation for gas leaks and carbon monoxide” of the home on the early evening of Feb. 26 — the day the bodies of the couple and one of their dogs were discovered inside the property.
“There were no significant findings,” the office said.
The gas company, though, apparently noted there was a “minuscule leak” of 0.33% gas in air — which the office described as a nonlethal amount — at one of the stove burners. The company also identified some code enforcement violations “not involving gas leaks or carbon monoxide” in a water heater and gas log lighters installed in three fireplaces.
“Those results are not believed to be a factor in the deaths of Gene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa or their dog, though the information was relayed to the Office of the Medical Investigator for consideration,” the sheriff’s office added.