Wrestler Chris Benoit and family dead
 

I could have sworn there was a wrestling thread around here somewhere but I'll be darned if I can find it....anyway wasnt sure whether to put this in sports or entertainment so please move if its better somewhere else.

There is not a whole lot of information on this yet, but its been confirmed by www.wwe.com

this is from www.1wrestling.com

last I heard they lived here in Atlanta, and nothing on our local news has been broadcast yet

Shit... I have to go call Pan.

I haven't watched wrestling in years, but I knew who Benoit was. This is just crazy, I tell ya.

Oh my goodness. When I used to watch wrestling he was always my favorite. That is so sad.

I wonder if the whole vince mcmahon fake death thing that I heard about will just go away (or have they already finished with it?) or something seeing as how it would be terribly disrespectful to Chris Benoit.

as of now, no the vince death thing isnt over, I know a lot of us were hoping they'd stop it when Sensational Sherry died last week but they didnt.

this is the latest update I can find,, from the same site

Details remain very sketchy regarding the tragic news today that Chris Benoit and his family were found dead at their Atlanta area home.

Benoit had been scheduled to appear on a WWE house show on Saturday. Sources tell us Benoit called to first say he would be taking a later flight, and then to say he would not be attending the house show due to a family illness. According to one source, Benoit said both his wife and son were throwing up blood and he needed to stay to take care of them.

At last night's Vengeance pay-per-view, Benoit was replaced in his match by Johnny Nitro.

No other details are available at this time and police are on the scene at the Benoit residence investigating.




there was not one mention of this on any of our local news that we could find....but then it took a few days for the "real" news to catch up when Eddie Guerrero.

Hopefully our 11 oclock news will have something. Usually they are all over "wrestling" stuff since so many of them live here, but thats usually when they've done stupid shit and gotten in trouble

I'm not familiar with who this person is, but it's tragic that they died. I sincerely hope that this wasn't some crazed fan, though I can't think of any other circumstances where this would be less tragic. If someone is responsible, I hope he or she is brought to justice.

Chris Benoit found dead
 

http://content.answers.com/main/cont...leMania_XX.jpg

I'm afraid it's true. One of the greatest wrestlers of all time has been found dead with his wife and children.
http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/benoitdead

RIP Benoit

well our local news finally put something up, but its basically a repost from the WWE site and says the county/city police havent confirmed anything yet

http://www.11alive.com/news/article_...?storyid=99172

again from the same site I linked earlier
Well well, Vince did the right thing and showed his face

new update

Wrestling is on right now. I'd been changing around news stations and no mention but when Vince came on standing in an empty arena and said they had cancelled the show and turned it into a 3 hours Tribute to him. I knew it had to be real. Benoit has been one of my favorite wrestlers for years. It's so sad to hear this. He could out perform any wrestler in the locker room. I don't know what else to say.. I'll miss him greatly.

I really feel badly for the family and the wrestlers. It is bad enough to lose one member of a family let alone an entire family of 3.

At 9PM EST CNN-TV reported that the Benoit family death is being investigated and classified as a Homicide.

Good lord he was a talented wrestler... This is a huge loss for the wrestling community as a whole - current, future and past fans combined.

WWE thread - http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=8420

This is good enough separate though.

That is so sad. They are now saying it might be a Murder suicide.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...rss_topstories

Jeez, years since I last checked out an episode of Raw and I picked this night of all nights...

Clicked info... oh, it's that fake Vince Memorial episode I heard about. Such a stupid angle. Glad I quit watching.

Except, wait, they're talking about Benoit, there's a picture of Benoit and family at the bottom, and... "Remembering Benoit".

Is there any hard confirmation that this was a double murder-suicide as I've been reading?

I always had respect for Benoit..... but if this is true he didn't deserve a tribute or any type of future respect.... Killing your wife and 7 year old son??????? I'm sorry that is something I don't condone for any reason, respect or can find any pity for the man.

I pray God has mercy on the man and that this is not true. I find it fishy.....but so many wrestlers get caught up in the drug lifestyle and the steroids that make people freak in roid rage you just never know.

LINK: http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news;_yl...v=ap&type=lgns


This just out in RAJAH.com

Since waiting for "toxicology reports" and they are saying the wife died then the son and 2 days later he died.... I am thinking he poisoned them and left a note. I mean how else can they put all this together so fast without a note?

I am wondering what the "neighbor" called the cops for and who this "neighbor" is. I find it weird almost every article I'm reading talks about the house's seclusion, yet a "neighbor" calls???????

I also read where the WWE called to have police check on the house....

This is going to be a very interesting story when it fully comes out.

Thank you for the in-depth information and uncoverings, Pan...


hmm, wait I shall... :|

Since I can't sleep (dentist appt tomorrow) here's what the WWE has to say....some interesting things, most notably the lack of any mention of a "neighbor". Again, this looks like it may be a very interesting story.

And again, if the last sentence is true and they knew something about this person hurting his 7 yr old son and waited until Monday to do anything??? WTF?

LINK: http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/superst...s/benoitupdate

That's just so.. Unbelievable. When I heard about his death I automatically assumed carbon monoxide because the thought of murder was just so far out there. Doesn't he have two other kids? I thought I heard mention of David and Megan. Where were/are they? This is just bizarre.

The other two kids, from what I read last nite are in Canada visiting their grandparents.

In all my reading this morning, and now I cant find where it was, it was stated that WWE was informed of the murder/suicide but was asked not to release those details....AND THEY WENT AHEAD WITH THAT SHOW ANYWAY....Im sorry, I am pretty sure this makes me mad.

I know I dont know "what happened", how he snapped and did this or whatever but an innocent child is dead and they proceeded to air all that stuff about what a wonderful man he was.

I am so upset....on many levels. I am really really wanting to hear that they are wrong and its been some horrible bizarre accident or some stranger than fiction accidental death, but if its true WWE spent 3 hours knowingly paying tribute to a child killer

I dont want to feel this harsh, I really really dont

It could be a hoax... a horribly-grotesque hoax... :expressionless:

From what I understand is that the decision to go ahead with a memorial was made and it was already near completion when news of the murder/suicide came out. Up untill that time they knew they were all dead obviously, but no info as to how was known at that time. When they found out it was too late. They did pull the tribute information off the website super quick though.

I don't really blame them in that respect, they reacted extremely quickly to do this memorial and by then it was too late. Its a live show.

Well considering the tribute information was up before 6pm my time and was still there at 11 pm....I dont call that pulling it "super quick". What they pulled off really quick the WWE site was all the Vince "death" stories and the information about HIS tribute that was supposed to air last nite.

It was the Atlanta media last nite (I found where my sister had sent me the story that was up after midnite and has since been updated and isnt there anymore) that said WWE officials had been notified of all the details at 4pm (EST) yesterday (they found the bodies at 230 EST) but had asked them to not to release the details at that time.

All we can do is wait...

Wow, this is getting worse and worse, on the radio they just said it may look like he killed the family possibly the day before and then himself. WWE has removed all of his merchandise and are distancing themselves.

... apparently he didn't use a gun or garden implements.

What did he use? His gigundo biceps?

His bulky eyebrow muscles?

I have a feeling the way they talk about waiting for the autopsies it was poison of some sort or overdose them on drugs.

What is it with wrestlers? So many meet a bad end - suicide, drugs, etc.

It speaks volumes when you realize Hulk Hogan is the most well adjusted of the lot!

I'm sure there are more well adjusted ones than Hogan....lol.

It's the lifestyle, a life of pain from in ring injuries, arthritis, bad backs, knees, ankles etc.

Also, when you have 1000's making you a hero and cheering you and you can make them love/hate you, every single night, there's an ego thing.

All of a sudden you turn around and your home life is falling apart, you look out and see kids coming up getting the pushes and popularity as you are pushed back, maybe told to job to a few up comers so that they can get some recognition.

Meanwhile the fans who cheered you are starting to fade, your tee shirt and merchandise sales decrease, McMahon is asking you to do things you physically can't but you know you can't say no.

So you pop pain pills and do what it takes. The kids wanting position see this and take advantage of your situation and start getting you to embarass yourself so that they can move into your spot.

A possibility in Benoit's case: he goes home needing peace, find the wife cheating or she starts in yelling about something and he snaps. Then the guilt sets in the son sees mommy, he starts realizing there's no way out sooooo..... I doubt we'll ever know.

I heard about a possible scenario in which Benoit discovered that the wife had killed their son for some reason, accident or not, and Benoit could not contain his fit of anger, ultimately killing his wife for the heinous deed, and in the end, the guilt overwhelmed him as well, and he committed suicide soon after the debacle...

just a theory... :oogle:

Now they're saying he strangled his wife Saturday, smothered his son Sunday and hung himself Monday. What could possibly ignite that type of behavior? Steroids?

Benoit Murder Details Revealed

TMZ has learned more about the deaths of WWE wrestling superstar Chris Benoit, his wife and son -- and the information is extremely disturbing.

Several Atlanta-based law enforcement sources have told TMZ Benoit may have strangled his wife on Saturday, then smothered his son in his bed a day later. Investigators refuse to officially comment, pending final confirmation by the coroner on the cause and time of the deaths.

One source told TMZ that Benoit was texting friends during Sunday's WWE "Vengeance" Pay-Per-View program -- possibly watching the show with his son, who may have been alive at the time.

According to sources, Benoit then hanged himself Monday in a weight room inside the family home.

A police investigation is ongoing.

source

I dont want to believe the news thats coming out on this... time will tell... it is really too soon yet to know for sure what happened - but it does look pretty bad right now.

If it is true... then as someone else said, may God have mercy upon his soul.

This seems to be the new route that the WWE is taking. I believe in their scramble to do something for TV last night (basically to not invoke the wrath of the sponsors expecting a live program), they figured the tribute was a safe route. However between last night and this morning, they've taken all tribute videos off the website, and completely discontinued all of his shopzone gear. Complete disassociation other than the headline on the front page which I assume will be a simple news update.

Even the WMXX DVD has had its main event changed to "HHH defends his title against Shaun Michaels"

EDIT*** In a world where marketing means everything, I've also noticed they changed the photo on the front page of the site from the smiley Benoit to the sinister Benoit. Interesting observation ***

They HAD to acknowledge his death and the trauma of the news probably wouldn't have allowed the wrestlers to perform (I guage that this shock was much different than Guerrero). They probably could have showed a repeat of RAW but by then it was out that he was dead and I bet people would have been suspicious, especially with the turnaround of the Eddie Tribute two years ago. They didn't have a lot of time to work with. I suspect it was a case of damned if you do, damned if you don't. They're not showing it again internationally.

Updates from the press conference (debunks the crap TMZ was posting)

Authorities conducted a press conference this afternoon regarding the deaths of Chris, Nancy, and Daniel Benoit. Here are highlights from the press conference:

# Authorities have ruled the deaths were a result of a murder suicide.

# Test results indicate that Chris Benoit killed his wife Nancy "sometime on Friday" and his son Daniel "sometime on Saturday". Test results show that Chris Benoit killed himself sometime "later on Saturday".

# A bible was found placed next to the bodies of Nancy and Daniel.

# Nancy was found with legs and wrists bound in a family room upstairs. Daniel was found in his bed.

# Chris was found hanging in the weight room in the basement.

# Authorities found "a lot" of prescription drugs at the scene, including anabolic steroids.

# Authorities are aware of only one prior arrest for Chris Benoit, for DUI.

# Scott Ballard, the District Attorney handling the case, said he termed the killings "bizarre" because of the timing of the deaths and that he remained in the house for some period of time after killing Nancy and Daniel.

# Ballard said, "I'm baffled why anybody would kill a 7 year old baby.

# Nancy was bound on her feet and wrists and wrapped in a towel.

# Text messages received by friends were received several hours after they were sent, perhaps explaining reports that messages were sent during the day on Sunday.

I just want to blame the roid rage but I can only blame him for using them. I wish I could just say he wasn't my one of my favorite wrestlers but he had so many GREAT matches. I just can't believe the same person I've seen in the ring, and on documentaries is the same person that'd do this. I've never had a "hero" of mine fall from grace before. How am I supposed to accept this?

Cybermike, I feel exactly the same. Usually, a fall from grace is a DUI, but this is way, way worse than anything ever before. Wish I had the answer.

Posted on WWE.com

Saturday to Monday:

Saturday, June 23, 2007

Chris Benoit was scheduled to appear at the WWE SmackDown/ ECW live event in Beaumont, Texas

3:30pm
A co-worker received a voice message from Benoit. The message from Benoit stated he missed his flight and over slept and would be late to the WWE Live Event. The co-worker called Benoit back, Benoit confirmed everything he said in his voice message and sounded tired and groggy. Benoit then stated, “I love you”. The co-worker stated that it was “out of context.”

3:42pm
The same co-worker was concerned with Benoit’s tone and demeanor and called Benoit for a second time. Benoit did not answer the call and the co-worker left a message stating “just call me back.”

3:44pm
Benoit called the co-worker back stating he didn’t answer the call because he was on the phone with Delta changing his flight. Benoit stated he had a real stressful day due to Nancy and Daniel being sick with food poisoning. They discussed travel plans for the WWE Tour of Texas with Benoit still sounding groggy at this point according to the co-worker.

4:30pm
A co-worker who consistently travels with Benoit, called Benoit from outside Houston airport and Benoit answered. Benoit told the co-worker that Nancy was throwing up blood and that Daniel was also throwing up. Benoit thought they had food poisoning. Benoit stated he changed his flight and he would be arriving into Houston at 6:30pm. Benoit told the co-worker to drive onto the WWE event.

5:35pm
Benoit called WWE Talent Relations stating that his son was throwing up and that he and Nancy were in the hospital with their son, and that Benoit would be taking a later flight into Houston, landing late, but would make the WWE live event in Beaumont.

6:10pm
A representative of Talent Relations called Benoit. The representative from Talent Relations asked Benoit what time Benoit was getting into Beaumont. Benoit responded he was leaving Atlanta at 9:20pm Eastern time arriving into Houston at 9:24pm Central time. The representative from Talent Relations advised Benoit that it would be too late to make the WWE live event in Beaumont. Benoit apologized citing he had a family emergency. The representative from Talent Relations suggested to Benoit that instead of going to the WWE live event in Beaumont, Benoit should take the flight to Houston, rest up and be ready for the Vengeance Pay-Per-View event.

6:13pm
The representative from Talent Relations called Benoit to reconfirm the travel plans with no answer from Benoit. The representative from Talent Relations left a voice message to take the flight and rest up.



Sunday, June 24, 2007

Text messages sent to co-workers from Chris Benoit and Nancy Benoit’s cell phones:

Text Message 1
Sent to: Two Co-Workers (the same who had verbal correspondence with Benoit the day before)
From: Benoit’s cell phone
When: 6/24 at 3:53am from
Message: C, S. My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane. Fayetteville Georgia. 30215

Text Message 2
Sent to: Two Co-Workers (the same who had verbal correspondence with Benoit the day before)
From: Benoit’s cell phone
When: 6/24 at 3:53am
Message: The dogs are in the enclosed pool area. Garage side door is open

Text Message 3
Sent to: Two Co-Workers (the same who had verbal correspondence with Benoit the day before)
From: Nancy Benoit’s cell phone
When: 6/24 at 3:54am
Message: C, S. My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane. Fayetteville Georgia. 30215

Text Message 4
Sent to: Two Co-Workers (the same who had verbal correspondence with Benoit the day before)
From: Nancy Benoit’s cell phone
When: 6/24 at 3:55am
Message: C, S. My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane. Fayetteville Georgia. 30215

Text Message 5
Sent to: A Co-Worker who consistently traveled with Benoit
From: Nancy Benoit’s cell phone
When: 6/24 at 3:58am
Message: My address is 130 Green Meadow Lane. Fayetteville Georgia. 30215

WWE made several attempts to contact Benoit via phone and text messages, as well as, the local hospitals in the Atlanta area. As of 11:00 pm Sunday night there was no contact made with Benoit.



Monday, June 25, 2007

12:30pm
WWE was notified of text messages sent to the two co-workers.

12:45pm
WWE contacted the Fayetteville County Sheriff’s office and requested them to go to Benoit’s
residence

4:00pm
WWE received a call from the Fayetteville County Sheriff’s office, advising that they entered
the house of Benoit and found 3 deceased bodies (a male, a female and a child). The Fayette County Sheriff’s office has secured the house as a “major crime scene” and that the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office had no further information.

What could have possibly been so bad in his mind to cause him to do such a thing?!

This just gets more and more bizarre. Apparently Benoit was giving his son Human Growth Hormone because the kid was abnormally small.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crim...al_boosts.html

WTF?

from www.ajc.com (the atlanta paper)

District Attorney Scott Ballard said the boy had internal injuries to the throat area, but showed no bruises, indicating he may have been locked in the crook of his father's arm. Previous reports have said the boy had been smothered or strangled.

Nancy Benoit, 43, had bruises on her back and stomach consistent with someone pressing a knee into the small of the back while pulling on a cord around the neck, Ballard said.

Benoit, 40, killed himself by wrapping a cord around his neck that was attached to a weight machine, Ballard said. Benoit released the weights — about 240 pounds — to cause strangulation, he said.

Ballard said the pull-down bar had been removed from the machine. He was found seated against the machine in the basement of his home.

...steroids.

From what Pan says (I looked it up to confirm), Chris Benoit, Jeffrey Dahmer and Bobby Cutts Jr(Canton cop that killed his pregnant girlfriend last week) all have the same birthday. May 21(not the same year obviously)... freaky no?

Also Dahmer grew up on East Bath Rd..... and Jessie Marie Davis and her unborn child bodies were found on West Bath Rd. within a mile of each other.

I don't think Benoit had any Akron connections.

But how freaky is all that shit?

Oh and for you rap fans, The Notorious B.I.G. (who was from Cleveland so I'm sure he had Akron connections).... was also born on May 21st.

The article says the boy was dwarfed. That's a genuine reason to use HGH on a child. My cousin had to use this to grow to normal size because dwarfism runs in my family.

From the sounds of things though, 'roid rage isn't really the answer. He killed them over a period of time, not a fit of rage.

And the way he did it sounds very thought out and sadistic. (Not that there is a merciful way to kill anyone especially children).........

He was my favorite wrestler too. I dont know why he would do such a thing.

According the the University of Western Ontario, the side effects of steroid use include the following:

• aggressive behaviour - "Roid Rages";
• paranoia, edginess, impatience, mood swings, headaches, nosebleeds;
• increased blood pressure and heart rate;
• increase in injuries - tendon problems;
• inhibiting natural growth (height);
• prolonged and heavy use results in liver damage and hardening of the arteries that can result in heart attack or stroke.

This is what guys like Chris Benoit live with (if he was, in fact, a heavy steroid user). And I'm sure much of this is visited upon their families. Although most of this may have caused much of the misery the family may have suffered over the long term, it is very likely that it was "roid rage" that ended it all.

I agree that it's true, but the phrasing of the story makes the HGH sound unprescribed. And given that HGH is one of the most abused performance-enhancing drugs (it's not a steroid), it sounds fishy.

It also looks like the boy had a whole bunch of other problems:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2918751

and that Benoit tested negative for steroids a couple of months ago. That doesn't mean that mean that he wasn't using viral therapy or one of the more cutting edge techniques, though.

His child was the way he was. He should have loved him as he was instead of trying to make him something he wasnt. All the growth hormone in the world wouldnt change the fact that the child was mentally retarded. For that there is no cure.

Well, drugs or any other substance that alters behaviour may well play a part in this... but it doesnt absolve responsibility.

Ultimately, the drugs can only make things that already there worse in my opinion.

Lots of people take steroids and dont murder anybody.

A very interesting twist, someone supposedly changed Benoit Wikipedia entry before the authorities knew of the death. Here is the article

Ok so he changed it before he killed himself. Given the text messages and the weirdness of all this he may have thought someone would notice and come to the house.

Speculation, yes, but...... I seriously doubt anyone in the WWE would have done that, nor do I believe that the WWE knew the severity of it all.

He gets online changes the Wiki page and offs himself, I feel pretty good about my guess there. I think the authorities will come to that conclusion.

They say he died late Sunday (although early reports had him dying on Monday).

I maybe wrong, I don't know Wiki's editing procedures but I have a feeling the edits aren't immediate, they take a little while before they change. (If not wiki needs to change that fast.)

Im still trying to figure this out. I was on both his and Nancy's wiki page around 6pm monday (Dave and I were trying to remember how many kids he had and with whom) and I dont remember seeing that at all.

Besides, they are saying it was done from an IP in Stanford CT, could that be possible and him be the one to do it?

Shani - if he used an account supplied by the WWE, the IP address would have appeared registered from CT even if he were in GA at the time. If the laptop were set up at the WWE headquarters and he took it with him, it would still have the CT address regardless of where he used it.

Pan, I think you're probably right, although it's possible that you're not. I certainly hope that you are, though, since that would mean that someone out there knew about this whole thing and didn't do anything to stop it.

They record when the edit was made, though, and the edit did come before the bodies were found.

In related news, the mystery wiki editor confessed anonymously.

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Chris_Be...coincidence%22

The apology:

Wikipedia edits are immediate and I'm not sure why "wiki needs to change that fast." It's always been the case that edits are immediate and I don't see that changing anytime soon. The IP of the source of edits is logged (in the occasional instance that information is needed) and changes can just as easily be reverted. If a page gets too many edits in a short period of time, going back and forth between information, etc, then editing it may be limited to only registered users of wikipedia, or even locked to remove the ability to edit the page entirely.

I just think if Wiki lets anyone edit "immediate changes", all of a sudden you can have all kinds of problems with people putting hateful, non truths and just basically putting whatever they want fact or fiction in someone's entry. And who edits the edits to make sure what is put on is truth?

Say Secret Method has an entry, are you going to look at it 24/7? Then say you piss someone off or someone randomly picks your name and just puts all kinds of shit there, who stops them? Who checks to see if it's indeed factual and not slanderous?

Yes, changes I'm sure can be reverted but what if it takes days before SecretMethod sees the hateful, hurtful, slanderous entries someone made on his page and he gets it taken off? How many saw it, believed those things to be true and now SecretMethod's name may be damaged beyond repair.

Or how do they keep people from just posting ads on entries? Knowing all this has truly hurt my opinion and how I look at Wiki. Perhaps they aren't as good a reference as I thought.

Back on topic: Thanks FoolThemAll for the article.

Yes, Wiki can be vandalized and it is quite often. Most Companys and politics keep and eye on their wiki and try to keep stuff they don't agree with off of it too. It's a win-lose situation. There's SOOO much information being processed on wiki that nobody can really screen it all. If everything was checked and verified, it'd be as worthless as the 1972 encyclopedia sitting on my shelf. You should not take EVERYTHING as fact on wiki but it is a pretty reliable when giving general information about very recent things.

That's pretty much as intentional and not "snapping" as it comes. I could see someone snapping and strangling someone until they die (before coming out of the rage early enough to stop), but you can't "snap" and hold them down, put your knee in their back, and have something handy with which to then wrap around their neck and strangle them from behind like that.

That just screams premeditation.

Also, I wonder if they already owned both bibles, or if he had to go buy one.

What a lowlife scumbag. I'm glad he took himself out. I just wish he'd have started with himself and left the kid and wife alone.

Article

Well now that they have the results one step closer to seeing if they can blame steroids. At least they went after the doctor.

now thats real strange this is part of CNN's report

Note that last line.....no other drugs including steroids in Benoits body......

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/17/wre...der/index.html

conspiracy!!!!!!