Chris Benoit and family found dead

[gols]

"According to a report on WAGA-TV, investigators believe Chris Benoit killed his wife and son at some point over the weekend, and then killed himself earlier today.

They reported first hearing from a concerned neighbor and that the three bodies were found in separate rooms.

Detective Bo Turner told the staion the case was being investigated as a murder-suicide, but it could not be confirmed until the evidence was examined by a crime lab."
(from wrestlingobserver)

Unbelieveable.

[heckyl]

its been confirmed now a murder/suicide. he choked his wife and son, then hung himself. wow...

[MZN]

Damn, he is actually one of the very few pro-wrestlers I can remember from what Eurosport broadcasted in the 90's.

What a drama....

[Global Honored]

Tragic. Very very sad. Wrestling has so many demons in its closet. I enjoyed what I saw from Benoit over the years, atleast what he did in the ring. Thoughts and prayers to the families.

[miscmisc]

He pretty much started his career in Japan, and there are many, many fans here. This news hit the Japanese pro-wrestling world like a shockwave as well. Jushin "Thunder" Liger in particular must be devastated now.

[tiefling]

I heard WWE held some kind of tribute to him, I'm not sure how appropriate that was if he killed his family.

[Shiruba]

Damn, very sad, Benoit is one of the wrestlers I really remember from watching WCW, WWE and some old puroresu matches.

[Shiruba]

I don't think the murdered son and wife thing is 100% sure yet. Seems to be different stories on different places. One is that his wife killed the son, then when Benoit saw that he killed the wife and then himself.

[FieldingMellish]

Nobody really knows at the moment.

WWE did a tribute show on Monday night but all the wrestlers were told was that Benoit, his wife and son were all dead.

Am really shocked about this.

Benoit & Nancy had a history of domestic abuse (mostly trashing furniture and threats) and at one point she filed for divorce but they patched it up.

The thing is, only three people would know what happened. And they're all dead now.

[Global Honored]

This is some sick and disturbing news that's coming out now. It is hard to understand how anyone can get to that point. This is absurd, not because he was a famous wrestler, but because he was supposed ot be a human being. How do these things happen?

[Freezing_Moon]

The sheer amount of work that pro wrestlers do, coupled with pain killers/steroids can obviously do strange things to the brain. The person you think you know from television isn't necessarily the person that goes home to the wife after three months on the road.

[FieldingMellish]

The sheer amount of work that pro wrestlers do, coupled with pain killers/steroids can obviously do strange things to the brain. The person you think you know from television isn't necessarily the person that goes home to the wife after three months on the road.

Even still, nothing could prepare anyone for this. And blaming (not saying you are, but people will) pro wrestling/painkillers/drugs doesn't work. And WWE guys (except maybe John Cena) are NEVER on the road for such extended periods these days.

This really does get more and more horrifying, somehow:

From www.wrestlingobserver.com:

By Alex Marvez

Email: alex@wrestlingobserver.com.

Here are details from a law enforcement news conference held Tuesday afternoon regarding what is now ruled as a double homicide/suicide involving Chris Benoit, wife Nancy and seven-year-old son Daniel in their Atlanta-area home:

X: Fayette (Ga.) County district attorney Scott Ballard said law enforcement officials believe Benoit killed his wife Nancy on Friday night via affixation, then did the same to Daniel on Saturday morning before hanging himself Saturday night.

X: Ballard said Nancy Sullivan’s wrists and feet were bound with tape and that there was some blood under her head. Ballard said Sullivan was found in an upstairs living room area. Daniel Benoit was found dead in his own bed in his upstairs bedroom. A bible was placed next to the body of Nancy and Daniel.

X: Benoit hung himself with a cord in his basement weight room.

X: Anabolic steroids and what was described by one law-enforcement official as “lots” of what is believed legal prescription medication were found in the house. A complete list of medications may be given to the media at a later date.

X: A WWE “co-worker” [believed Chavo Guerrero] received a text message on a delayed basis from Benoit. Officials declined to elaborate on what information the messages contained.

X: Benoit was previously arrested in the Atlanta area on a DUI charge but has no record of a previous arrest for domestic violence.

X: There was no suicide note left inside the house.

X: “In a community like this, it’s bizarre to have a murder/suicide, especially involving the death of a seven-year-old child,” Mallard said. “That’s what struck me the most in all this: There’s a seven- year-old little boy who’s dead. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to wrap my mind around that completely.”

“It struck me as somewhat bizarre that he would even be in the home with their deceased bodies all that time … I’m baffled why anyone would kill a seven year old. I don’t have any idea at all about a motive.”

[Global Honored]

He may need that Bible where he's likely going.

[( o Y o )]

tragic

[chinese coral]

X: “In a community like this, it’s bizarre to have a murder/suicide, especially involving the death of a seven-year-old child,” Mallard said. “That’s what struck me the most in all this: There’s a seven- year-old little boy who’s dead. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to wrap my mind around that completely.”

“It struck me as somewhat bizarre that he would even be in the home with their deceased bodies all that time … I’m baffled why anyone would kill a seven year old. I don’t have any idea at all about a motive.”
When you hear about these kind of tragedies it is often that the wife wants a divorce and the husband goes crazy. He can´t handle that the family is being split up and reacts in a drastic, insane way. Very sad.

[( o Y o )]

There was one of these about a year ago in Australia where there were two or three children killed as well as the wife and husband. It was presumed that the husband/father did it but when looking closely at the evidence I believe they concluded the mother/wife was in fact the one that did it. I cannot beging to imagine what would set someone off like that.

[heckyl]

what do you mean it hasnt been confirmed? its been all over the fucking news channels as a murder/suicide confirmed...

[Shiruba]

what do you mean it hasnt been confirmed? its been all over the fucking news channels as a murder/suicide confirmed...
But not that Benoit killed both his wife and son, at least not yesterday.

[heckyl]

yeah that was yesterday. i made my posts today about it. its been all over here that he did it. saturday was the wife, sunday was the son, monday was himself.

[Shiruba]

yeah that was yesterday. i made my posts today about it. its been all over here that he did it. saturday was the wife, sunday was the son, monday was himself.
Yesterday my time. But at that time it wasn't sure, Fielding also wrote: Nobody really knows at the moment.

But maybe today it's confirmed, I haven't read anything yet.

[Cracked_Knuckle]

stopid question meybe but why the hell not just get a divorce?

[heckyl]

i aint read it online cuz i been watching it on the news. apparently he was giving his son hgh too. needlemarks found around his veins on arms. it just keeps gettin worse. they know this much, and ill try to find some links: he killed his wife saturday via strangulation. sunday was his kid. put a bag over his head and suffocated him. monday he hung himself with weightset ropes in his home gym.

[miscmisc]

apparently he was giving his son hgh too. needlemarks found around his veins on arms.

Japanese pro-wrestling fans have been saying that his son suffered some syndrome that has something to do with X-chromosome being abnormally weak. It can do nasty things to your physical and mental/intellectual development especially if you are male. Maybe Benoit routinely injected some sort of roids into his son in a desperate attempt to do something about it? At least that's what the fans are saying on the internet.

[RedHawk]

I'm a total dweeb. Never heard of him. Sad story though.

[FieldingMellish]

I haven't heard the Benoit giving his son HGH from a single reputable source. The Fragile X story also, so far has only come from one source. And the few people inside pro wrestling that I'd say are reliable have yet to confirm it.

[FieldingMellish]

There's a very good column here by Dan Wahlers (one of the better and more genuine pro wrestling internet writers):

http://www.wrestlingobserver.com/wo/news/headlines/default.asp?aID=20023

He sums up a lot of the present feeling about Benoit amongst hardcore pro wrestling fans.

Though my own judgement of the man is considerably harsher and I was far less of a Benoit fan than him either.

Still a good piece.

[xavion]

There's a very good column here by Dan Wahlers (one of the better and more genuine pro wrestling internet writers):


Wow, I didn't realize that Dan was still writing. I know he had his own wrestling news site (or at least was one of the main guys) back in the late 90s but I thought that he had stopped writing.

Does he have his own site again or regularly write for other sites?

[FieldingMellish]

Wow, I didn't realize that Dan was still writing. I know he had his own wrestling news site (or at least was one of the main guys) back in the late 90s but I thought that he had stopped writing.

Does he have his own site again or regularly write for other sites?

As far as I know he just does columns for the Observer site.

[( o Y o )]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287194,00.html

and yet another twist.

[xavion]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003560001-2007300340,00.html

[( o Y o )]

That's totally f#cked up if true. The guy cracked.

[FieldingMellish]

Couple of updates:

The wikipedia thing is a total non-story. It was the coincidental work of a trolling piece of shit. This prick watched the Vengeance PPV, heard them announce Benoit (who NEVER missed shows) wasn't there due to a family emergency and he just decided his wife had died. Notice there was no mention of the son since Benoit's family life was very discreet but most wrestling fans knew he was married to Nancy. The same troll had vandalised plenty of other wikipedia pages too.

The 'finishing move' thing is truly disturbing, since he could have committed that horrific crime in a less brutal way, as is the fact Benoit chose a very slow, deliberate way to hang himself.

I'm still not convinced by all the steroid talk. I'm sure it was a factor, but he'd also been drinking heavily. Are we going to blame wine and beer as well? Steroids, head trauma, recreational drugs, his own fondness for beating his wife, the deaths of most of his closest friends, his own psychological makeup, injuries, depression, his own twisted view of his son's (supposed) disability, a career that seemed to be faltering a little............ so many, many factors.

In all my time as a pro wrestling fan (some 20-odd years) this is the worst story I've ever seen. I forced myself to watch a Benoit match from Mexico a few days ago. A very, very strange experience. Was a great match but I couldn't really enjoy it and I doubt I'll ever truly enjoy his work ever again.

[FieldingMellish]

stopid question meybe but why the hell not just get a divorce?

Spoke to a policeman who's worked on plenty of murders and domestic violence situations and he said things like this, in a case where domestic violence spills over into murder, is because one partner says they've finally had enough and are leaving. The other snaps and kills them. Benoit murdering his son obviously adds a whole new dimension of horror to it though.

[Cracked_Knuckle]

So that finishing move thing was real?

[FieldingMellish]

So that finishing move thing was real?

Apparently so (though at first I couldn't believe it). Or at least a version of that would be possible for a 230 pound athlete to apply on a defenceless seven year old boy.

[xavion]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289649,00.html

[xavion]

Thread necromancy!

Interesting follow-up to this story...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295794,00.html

[Sevket_Erhat]

As a father of a 3.5 year old son this whole thing makes me very very sick beyond belief