Chris Benoit of WWE, family found dead

Rangergirl · #11 06-26-2007, 10:09 AM

Scrappy, go to www.msnbc.com it's the 5th story under: In The News. There is now an online video report.

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Dreamear · #12 06-26-2007, 10:23 AM

Egads!!! He walked around his dead wife and son over the weekend before killing himself! That's truely disturbed!

Autopsy Pending in Apparent Murder-Suicide; Wrestler Chris Benoit, Family Dead

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- Pro wrestler Chris Benoit canceled a pay-per-view appearance at the "Vengeance" event in Houston because of "personal reasons" a day before he, his wife and their 7-year-old son were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide.

Details of the deaths "are going to prove a little bizarre" when released to the public, Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Autopsies were scheduled Tuesday by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in DeKalb County.

Authorities were investigating the deaths at a secluded Fayette County home as a murder-suicide and were not seeking any suspects.

Investigators believe Benoit, killed his wife and son over the weekend and then himself sometime Monday. The bodies were found Monday afternoon in three different rooms of the house on Green Meadow Lane, in a subdivision off a gravel road about two miles from the Whitewater Country Club.... more here

Rangergirl · #13 06-26-2007, 10:26 AM

online video report at www.msnbc.com

5th story under: In The News

Naomi · #14 06-26-2007, 11:14 AM

I can understand people killing themselves but why take their family. It is just not right.

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Slacker · #15 06-26-2007, 11:32 AM

I agree. Though I cant understand killing yourself. But why take everyone with you.

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frogman68 · #16 06-26-2007, 12:27 PM

One thing that hasnt been mentioned is Steroids since all the articles I have read state what a nice guy he was (does anyone really say that so and so was a POS??) this is a good example of what steroids will do to you emotionally(it hasnt come out yet but it will) I do agree why didnt he just off himself why his child and wife ?

frogman68 · #17 06-29-2007, 11:52 AM

I was wrong.. They have found who posted it.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/s...746068,00.html

Green Lantern · #18 07-02-2007, 02:13 PM

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2...300340,00.html

Benoit wrestle hold killed son

By SIMON ROTHSTEIN of THE LILSBOYS
July 02, 2007

WRESTLER Chris Benoit murdered his seven-year-old son with his WWE finishing move, police have said.

Cops in Georgia are speculating that Benoit, 40, ended Daniel's life with a version of the Crippler Crossface hold the morning after strangling his wife Nancy, 43, to death. Later that day Benoit committed suicide.
The Crippler Crossface was a move Benoit used in almost all his wrestling matches, including when he beat Triple H for the heavyweight title at WrestleMania XX.
Police were originally confused by bruising on the young lad that wouldn't have been there had he been strangled.
Then an officer watched a wrestling tape, quickly realising that the marks on Daniel's body matched the application of a version the Crossface.
The version Chris used in WWE rings involved him placing an arm of a floored opponent between his legs before locking his hands around their face and pulling back to stretch their neck.
In the context of a wrestling match the move was lightly applied, with Benoit's foe 'selling' it with his facials to make it look like he was really hurt.
District Attorney Scott Ballard said: "A choke hold was used to strangle the boy, rather than hands, because there's no bruising consistent with strangulation by hands."
Respected American wrestling writer Dave Meltzer added: "There was bruising consistent with the Crippler Crossface on one arm and Daniel's face. There were no bruises on his neck
"The police don't believe, because of the size difference, that the hold was applied exactly as it would be in a pro wrestling match.
"Benoit would have been in more of a kneeling position, sort of straddling Daniel while using one leg to pull back on his arm."
More details of what turned a quiet man into a killer are also emerging.
Chris's mental state deteriorated after the recent deaths of grappling pals Eddie Guerrero, Mike 'Johnny Grunge' Durham and Victor 'Black Cat' Mar.
They came on the back of the loss of other friends in the business including Brian Pillman, British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith, Owen Hart and Brian Hildebrand - as well as his trainer and mentor Stu Hart.
He was also becoming increasingly paranoid and deluded due to a lethal mix of steroids, pain killers, anti-depressants and the medication he was taking for his blood pressure brought on by decades of steroid abuse.
The full results of a toxicology (blood) test is still several weeks away.
Meltzer - who has spent a week speaking to police and Chris's friends for his Wrestling Observer publication - concludes that is unfair to point the figure at the wrestling industry or steroids.
But he adds: "An absolutely horrible question to deal with in this situation, as well as many of the other deaths of wrestlers, is would these young men and women still be alive if they were never pro wrestlers or tied to another profession?
"Perhaps in some circumstances, the answer is no.
"But looking on this case, and going back to people who I knew very well and talked with regularly, who are no longer alive, if they had never gotten into wrestling, I can't help but believe with all my heart, that every one of them would still be alive."