WCW/WWE Wrestler Chris Benoit And Family Found Dead
More info can be found at this post w/ more updates: 14 Hours Before Police Found The Bodies, Chris Benoit's Wife Was Listed As Dead On Wikipedia
It's absolutely shocking. When I used to watch wrestling, he was one of my favorites. Crippler Crossface.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. - WWE wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife and son were found dead Monday and police said they were investigating the deaths as a homicide.
Lt. Tommy Pope of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department said the three were found at their home about 2:30 p.m., but refused to release details.
Pope said results of autopsies on Benoit, his wife Nancy, and 7-year-old son Daniel were expected Tuesday.
Benoit, 40, was a former world heavyweight champion, Intercontinental champion and held several tag-team titles over his career.
***UPDATE***
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. - WWE wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife, and son were found dead Monday and police said they were investigating the deaths as a murder-suicide.
Detective Bo Turner told television station WAGA that the case was being treated as a murder-suicide, but said that couldn't be confirmed until evidence was examined by a crime lab.
The station said that investigators believe the 40-year-old Benoit killed his wife, Nancy, and 7-year-old son, Daniel, over the weekend, then himself on Monday. A neighbor called police, and the bodies were found in three rooms.
***UPDATE 06/26/07 2:25PM***
It just keeps getting worse. The reports from Fox News are, he strangled his wife on Saturday, suffocated his son on Sunday, then he hung himself Monday.
ATLANTA - Pro wrestler Chris Benoit strangled his wife and smothered his son before hanging himself in his weight room, a law enforcement official close to the investigation told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Authorities also said they are investigating whether steroids may have been a factor in the deaths of Benoit, his wife and their 7-year-old son. Steroid abuse has been linked to depression, paranoia, and aggressive behavior or angry outbursts known as "roid rage."
Shortly before I read this article, I was having a conversation with a friend about this. I thought it could be steroids. She doesn't think so because the WWE tests for steroids and fires those who come up positive. That may be true to a certain extent. I think they test those wrestlers they want to get rid of anyway. They have contracts so it's not so easy to just fire them. It's a win-win for the company. They get rid of a wrestler they didn't want and the company looks good for being tough on steroids.
***UPDATE 6/27/07 1:21AM***
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. - Pro wrestler Chris Benoit strangled his wife, suffocated his 7-year-old son and placed a Bible next to their bodies before hanging himself with a weight-machine pulley, authorities said Tuesday.
Investigators found anabolic steroids in the house and want to know whether the muscle man nicknamed "The Canadian Crippler" was unhinged by the bodybuilding drugs, which can cause paranoia, depression and explosive outbursts known as "roid rage."
Authorities offered no motive for the killings, which were spread out over a weekend, and would not discuss Benoit's state of mind. No suicide note was found.
