New Mexico’s property where Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa died was infested with rodents, according to records of the State Public Health Department obtained by CNN.

Although there was no evidence of vermin in the main residence where the couple’s bodies were discovered in February, an environmental assessment by health officials found a living rodent, rodent and rodent nests in eight other buildings, as well as two vehicles, on the 12 -acres farm.

During the evaluation, the researchers also found animal traps, which strongly suggests that the Hackmans were aware of an ongoing infestation.

Health officials discovered an infestation of rodents on the farm of Gene Hackman (right) of New Mexico after he and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, (left) in the photo in 2000, were found dead at home in February.
Health officials discovered an infestation of rodents on the farm of Gene Hackman (right) of New Mexico after he and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, (left) in the photo in 2000, were found dead at home in February.

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The new information about Hackman property is helping to unravel part of the mystery surrounding the couple’s deaths.

The two were recently buried at a private funeral in Santa Fe, New Mexico, according to People.

Medical doctors determined that Arakawa, 65, died around February 12, Hantavirus, a rare disease contracted by contact with cracking, urine and saliva excrements.

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Hackman, who had been living with Alzheimer’s disease and, according to the reports, required full -time attention of his wife, died approximately one week after complications due to heart disease and high blood pressure.

New Mexico registered the most Hantavirus incidents in the Nation, with seven confirmed cases throughout the State last year.

Although the disease is extremely rare, according to CNN, 42% of cases in New Mexico They were fatal.