Gene Hackman, Wife and dog found dead

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

This makes a ton more sense IMO she was probably doing so much of his caretaking because he was not able and when she passed there was not much hope for him. Sad story.

That seems weird to me. She was dead in the bathroom for a week and he didn't notice? Maybe if there's Alzheimer's I could see it, but I hadn't read that, and it would seem odd that she was still caring for him alone if it was that bad.

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

That seems weird to me. She was dead in the bathroom for a week and he didn't notice? Maybe if there's Alzheimer's I could see it, but I hadn't read that, and it would seem odd that she was still caring for him alone if it was that bad.

I imagine the Alzheimer's plus the various challenges of being at his advanced age...in that condition he was probably in a pretty bad place without her. Lots of gaps and reasonable questions but this makes the most sense of anything since I learned it wasn't CO related.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

That seems weird to me. She was dead in the bathroom for a week and he didn't notice? Maybe if there's Alzheimer's I could see it, but I hadn't read that, and it would seem odd that she was still caring for him alone if it was that bad.

That shit can reduce a person to the mental capacity of a baby. It's horrible.

Even so, wasting away without any care for a week until he finally died.... Jesus. I don't even want to think about it.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

That seems weird to me. She was dead in the bathroom for a week and he didn't notice? Maybe if there's Alzheimer's I could see it, but I hadn't read that, and it would seem odd that she was still caring for him alone if it was that bad.

Yeah man this still doesn't smell quite right

Still hung up on the fact that the handymans original call said he was locked out, but the cops found the front door open on arrival

And now the official theory is that she died first, and he just wandered around the place for a week without ever having a single lucid moment with his supposed oldtimers, and noticing that his wife needed help?

Seems like a rush job to close it up quickly

[phisherman]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Yeah man this still doesn't smell quite right

Still hung up on the fact that the handymans original call said he was locked out, but the cops found the front door open on arrival

And now the official theory is that she died first, and he just wandered around the place for a week without ever having a single lucid moment with his supposed oldtimers, and noticing that his wife needed help?

Seems like a rush job to close it up quickly

Dude was 95 years old with advanced heart disease and Alzheimer's. There's a good chance he had no idea where he was or what was going on. It's a pretty large bad faith leap to think it's more likely that there is something nefarious going on. Occam's Razor in action.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by phisherman

Dude was 95 years old with advanced heart disease and Alzheimer's. There's a good chance he had no idea where he was or what was going on. It's a pretty large bad faith leap to think it's more likely that there is something nefarious going on. Occam's Razor in action.

I like the phrase 'smell test' because I get the literal visual of someone sniffing from a thousand miles away and saying, 'hmm, that's not right.

[Raiderhater]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Yeah man this still doesn't smell quite right

Still hung up on the fact that the handymans original call said he was locked out, but the cops found the front door open on arrival

And now the official theory is that she died first, and he just wandered around the place for a week without ever having a single lucid moment with his supposed oldtimers, and noticing that his wife needed help?

Seems like a rush job to close it up quickly

Dead bodies in a house for week or better, I imagine it wouldn’t smell right.