Jesse Kesler, 52, who worked as Hackman’s contractor and handyman for 16 years, was one of the two workers who discovered the couple and one of their beloved pups dead on Feb. 26 — and has ...

Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa Hackman were discovered dead in their New Mexico home on Feb. 26 by Jesse Kesler, owner of MudCity Builders in Santa Fe.

Jesse Kesler, who had worked for the two-time Oscar winner, 95, and his wife, 65, for 16 years, claims he tried to organize a wellness check before discovering their lifeless bodies at their Santa ...

The Oscar-winning actor, 95, and his classical pianist wife, 65, were both found dead at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, last month by the couple’s handyman Jesse Kesler. However ...

Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa‘s contractor, Jesse Kesler, recalled the horror of finding their dead bodies last month. The 52-year-old, who worked for the couple as a handyman and contractor ...

“I was one of the first ones at the scene, me and the security guard,” Jesse Kesler recalled exclusively to Us Weekly on Tuesday, March 18. “It was traumatic.” Kesler, who worked for the ...

Jesse Kesler was one of the two handymen who found Hackman and Arakawa's bodies after their death. Though he initially refused to comment publicly on the tragedy out of respect for the "extremely ...