India, Feb. 28 -- Gene Hackman, his wife, Betsy Arakawa, and their dog were found dead at their New Mexico home. A maintenance worker who found their bodies placed a 911 call, the audio of which has been released.

In the audio recording, obtained by TMZ, the distressed worker urgently pleads with the dispatcher to send first responders to the couple's $3.3 million Santa Fe residence.

He stammers, "I found two or one deceased person[s] inside a house" before begging, "Please send somebody really quick." The unidentified caller, audibly sobbing, adds "[It's] a female and a male probably. I don't know, sir. Just send somebody up here really quick."

The man says he wasn't at the home with them and has "no idea" if they were "awake" or "bre...