The handyman had worked for the couple for over a decade and went to check on the couple after not hearing from them.

Jesse Kesler, 52, who worked as Hackman’s contractor and handyman for 16 years, spent the last few weeks agonizing over whether he could have saved them.

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 is completely distraught days after discovering Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa's bodies in their Santa Fe, New ...

Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s longtime contractor, Jesse Kesler, faced intense scrutiny from authorities after he ...

Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were tragically found dead at their Santa Fe, N.M., home by their longtime ...

Jess Kesler, who worked for the couple as a handyman and contractor for 16 years, said he grew worried when he hadn’t heard from the actor and his wife.

The contractor who found legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, dead in their New Mexico home broke his ...

26. Questions surrounding their mysterious deaths remain unanswered. Jesse Kesler, the friend who found the bodies of actor ...

Mr Kesler, who knew the couple well, declined to describe what he saw when he arrived at the actor’s home and made the grisly discovery on February 26, but told Fox News Digital that he is ...