Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa ’s deaths shocked the world — and for the man who found their bodies, the tragic discovery was far more personal – it left him heartbroken. “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.”

A judge on Monday blocked the release of police images of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, who were found dead in their home in Santa Fe, N.M. The temporary restraining order also prevents the release of the autopsy reports.

A New Mexico court has granted a temporary restraining order against the release of certain records related to the investigation into the recent deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakaw