An environmental assessment of the property conducted in March revealed rodent feces in three garages, two casitas and three sheds.

Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were living on a property infested with rats and mice at the time of their deaths. Rodents, dead and alive, and their nests were discovered in eight detached outbuildings on the couple's property in Santa Fe, New Mexico, according to a health report by the New Mexico Department of Public Health.

A New Mexico health department assessment after the couple were found dead revealed rodents and their feces discovered on the property, reports say.