Gene Hackman death: Police release bodycam footage from outside home

In bodycam footage from outside Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa's home, officers are seen arriving and speaking with maintenance workers who alerted authorities about the bodies.

Authorities have released body camera footage from outside the home of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa, where they were found dead in late February.

In the newly released footage, officers are seen arriving at the scene for the first time and speaking with two maintenance workers who alerted authorities after discovering a body lying face down through a window.

With no signs of forced entry or other evidence of suspicious circumstances at the Santa Fe, N.M., home, the deputies asked about the possibility of a gas leak or carbon monoxide poisoning, and the workers said they didn’t see how that could have been the case.

“Something is not right. Something is not right,” one of the workers said to officers in the footage.

“My concern is a carbon monoxide issue,” an officer said after looking through the window of the home.

Authorities soon determined there were no leaks that could have been fatal, further fuelling a mystery that captured the public’s attention.

“Then we kept walking, and I seen something laying there. All of a sudden to see that, both of them, bro, it’s — sorry,” one of the maintenance workers said, fighting back tears.

The bodycam video also shares the moment that officers called Hackman’s daughter Elizabeth to deliver the heartbreaking news of her father’s death.