Police initially said the couple's German Shepherd named Bear was found dead in its kennel inside the home, but the pup was actually alive and healthy at a pet daycare center in Santa Fe along with their other dog Nikita, a seven-year-old Akita-shepherd mix, according to USA Today.
And that also turns out to have been misinformation, with the New Mexico cops now admitting they aere running around at the house.
The dog that was actually found dead in the home with the couple was Zinna, their 12-year-old reddish Australian Kelpie mixed breed, Sherry Gaber, a friend of the couple, told the outlet. Gaber, an animal chiropractor, was already thrown off by the news of Hackman and Arakawa's deaths, but when she heard about Bear, she couldn't wrap her head around it.
None of us can...
It is unclear how the deceased dog was misidentified, but a spokeswoman with the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office told the outlet she wasn't aware of the mix-up.
It's pretty clear, actually - the New Maxico Police Farce is staffed with incompetents.
Two days after the couple were found police announced that they believe the Oscar-winner died on February 17, after finding that was the day his pacemaker stopped recording his heartbeat. Police saw no signs of foul play but are also investigating the deaths as potentially suspicious. The case is shrouded in the kind of intrigue reserved for Hackman's detective thriller novels and has garnered international attention - with many wondering how their deaths went unnoticed for so long.
An ignominious end for a great artist. One wonders how his family can live with themselves.
* to explain the title, it comes from a passage in Stephen King's 'The Tommyknockers'. To describe police incompetence.
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