Dead rat, nest and droppings discovered on Gene Hackman’s property after wife died of disease linked to rodents

Source: New York Post

Health officials found extensive evidence of rats on Gene Hackman’s New Mexico property during a hantavirus risk assessment test after the star’s wife was killed by the rodent-linked disease in late February. An environmental assessment of the property conducted in March — just one week after the couple was found dead — revealed rodent feces in three garages, two casitas and three sheds. An additional live rodent, a dead rodent, and an entire nest were found in the three detached garages, according to the report by the New Mexico medical investigator’s office.