Chris Benoit Family found dead

[Ice Rock]

Chris Benoit, family found dead

Written: June 25, 2007STAMFORD, Conn., June 25, 2007 – World Wrestling Entertainment was informed today by authorities in Fayette County, Ga., that WWE Superstar Chris Benoit, his wife, Nancy, and his son were found dead in their home. Authorities are investigating, but no other details are available at this time.

Instead of its announced programming for tonight on USA Network, WWE will air a three-hour tribute to Chris Benoit.

Chris was beloved among his fellow Superstars, and was a favorite among WWE fans for his unbelievable athleticism and wrestling ability. He always took great pride in his performance, and always showed respect for the business he loved, for his peers and towards his fans. This is a terrible tragedy and an unbearable loss.

WWE extends its sincere condolences and prayers to the Benoit family and loved ones in this time of tragedy.

[Prez Shay]

Holy fuck....

Terrible news

[Prez Shay]

Benoit's death part of a double murder-suicide
Written: June 25, 2007

According to lead investigator Lt. Tommy Pope, of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department, in Fayetteville, Ga., the deaths of WWE Superstar Chris Benoit, wife Nancy and son Daniel were the result of a double murder-suicide, WWE.com has learned.

Benoit failed to appear both at Saturday’s live event in Beaumont, Tx., and WWE’s Vengeance: Night of Champions in Houston Sunday night, after informing WWE of a family emergency. Several curious text messages sent by Benoit early Sunday morning prompted concerned friends to alert Richard Hering, VP of Government Relations for WWE, Inc. Hering, in turn, spoke with Fayette County sheriffs Monday, and requested that they respond to the Benoit residence to check on him and his family.

Authorities representing the Sheriff’s Department initially had a difficult time entering Benoit’s new Fayetteville home Monday afternoon, which had been guarded by two large German Shepherds roaming freely around the property. Once authorities entered the residence, they quickly located the bodies of Benoit, Nancy and Daniel. WWE was notified of the discovery at approximately 4 p.m.

At 10 p.m. Monday night, Lt. Pope held a press conference in conjunction with Scott Ballard, the district attorney for Fayette County. The press conference officially ruled authorities’ findings as a double murder-suicide from within the home.

WAGA, a FOX-owned and operated television station in Atlanta, reported that investigators believe Benoit killed his wife and 7-year-old son over the weekend, then himself on Monday.

The three bodies have been received by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab, in Decatur, Ga., where autopsies will be performed Tuesday morning. Toxicology reports will not become available for at least two weeks.

WWE.com has further information relating to both the investigation and the cause of death, but the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department has requested that WWE.com not release any additional details at this time.

Looks like Chris Beniot himself killed them. And WWE is holding a tribute for him? Oh dear.

[Curtis Knight]

Looks that way.

www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/fayette/stories/2007/06/25/0625benoit.html

[Ice Rock]

Wonder what made him snap so bad..

[Curtis Knight]

We have no idea what was going on in his personal life or even what he was like.

Stonecold made a statement saying that his life could be falling down around him and you wouldn't know it.

[Chris Bond]

All I can say is I am hoping it's not the whole murder-suicide thing, because if you listened to the folks last night, they said the most important thing to him was his family. It was family 1st, wrestling 2nd.

It's just sooo not Beniot-esqe, and the WWE, nay the wrestling world has lost one of the greatest wrestlers of all time.

RIP Beniot

[Nick Polowy]

it was murder-suicide, say officials now. His wife was tied up and strangled and the kid was sufficated with a plastic bag

[Nick Polowy]

oh and he was hanging from a pully system in a workout machine

[Mike Best]

Talented wrestler, but apparently a piece of garbage.

His wife filed for divorce in 2003 for cruel treatment, but dropped the charge and the divorce filing. Guess she probably regrets it now. I watched the tribute last night, and RAW had no idea that it had been a murder suicide at the time. Now they are pulling EVERYTHING Benoit, from merchandise to his name right off the Wrestlemania 22 DVD box.

[Chris Bond]

Yeah, apparently, his entire career is now worthless because of his mental disease? And I say that because his son had a heridatary mental retardation, who's to say Beniot wasn't also?

I don't care. Beniot was a great, talented wrestler and even if he did kill his wife/son, that can't take that away. But apparently some out there think he was a horrible human being who's life means nothing now that he's a murderer.

My earlier statement still stands...

RIP Beniot.

[Mike Best]

Like I said, great wrestler. Piece of garbage human being though. The wife is one thing, but you don't kill a god damned kid man.

[Prez Shay]

Benoit may be trash, but you Mike are far worse, solely for never coming onto MSN.

[Mike Best]

The laptop I'm working with is running Windows 98. If you can find a link me to a copy of MSN that works for Windows 98, I'll happily download it, because thus far I haven't found one. Haha.

[Prez Shay]

www.download.com/MSN-Messenger-Windows-98-Me-/3000-2150_4-10384209.html?tag=lst-0-2

That took literally 3 seconds.