United Kingdom, Feb. 27 -- Gene Hackman's wife's body was "in a state of decomposition" when it was found.

The Academy Award-winning actor, his spouse Betsy Arakawa, and one of their pet dogs were found to have passed away in their New Mexico home on Wednesday (26.02.25) and authorities have now marked their deaths as "suspicious" because of the circumstances in which they were discovered, including the fact the 95-year-old star and his wife were found in separate rooms.

According to a search warrant obtained by TMZ, a Sante Fe detective wrote in his affidavit that he requested the warrrant because "the death of the two deceased individuals to be suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation".

He explained:...