Chris Benoit

[TJ60]

strangled his wife and smothered his son over the weekend then hung himself monday morning....:glare: I can't belief he killed his kid i wish the fucker was alive so i could string him up by his nuts and beat his ass for 2 weeks. Then freaking WWE aired a 3 hour tribute to the fucker monday night. On top of that they TOLD the police to not say anything else about what happened....when the fuck did they start telling the government what the hell to do? :@

here is a pic of him with his wife about half way down
http://www.kehoe73.freeserve.co.uk/wife.htm

[Alc0]

WTF is the Big Show doing to Christians misses eh :cheeky:

[Buckledmac]

i saw the story on a link jacx gave me earlier about boxing, really tragic.

if indeed he did kill his family there was obviously something mentally wrong with him :dunno:
also in the link i read jock it said that the 3hr tribute was aired before the WWE were informed about the circumstances around Benoit's death they had, at that time, only been told of his death.

i dont really know anything about wrestling, not watched it since i was much younger, but i wonder if it was drug related? time will tell i suppose

[TJ60]

they are thinking it had to do with Steriods. Then the WWE should have waited til friday night smackdown or the fucking ECW show that airs what tonight or tomorrow? Hell I don't watch the shit anymore since the merge happened and they turned stone cold into a whiney bitch.

[dave]

i heard he gave her the crippler crossface

[Jacx]

strangled his wife and smothered his son over the weekend then hung himself monday morning....:glare: I can't belief he killed his kid i wish the fucker was alive so i could string him up by his nuts and beat his ass for 2 weeks. Then freaking WWE aired a 3 hour tribute to the fucker monday night. On top of that they TOLD the police to not say anything else about what happened....when the fuck did they start telling the government what the hell to do? :@

here is a pic of him with his wife about half way down
http://www.kehoe73.freeserve.co.uk/wife.htm

its wrong, the police said:

The WWE, based in Stamford, Conn., said authorities asked that it not release further information on the deaths.

aka WWE are not to discuss any informaition relating to the case on air or the website.

[the squid of despair]

i heard he gave her the crippler crossface

LMAO :hehe:

[Dymond]

I was wondering if it was Steroid related too.. which then makes me wonder how the hell he had kids which then makes me wonder if thats reason his wife and kid are dead.

[Jacx]

funny u say that dymond:

Investigators found prescription 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."


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/06/25/wrestler.dead.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

[austinagnish]

i heard he gave her the crippler crossface

lol

[Aiyana]

I watched the 3 hr shit last night...sad very sad.
this is why DRUGR ARE BAD!

[NovaCaine]

STAMFORD, Conn., June 26, 2007 – World Wrestling Entertainment is stunned and saddened by the details released by local authorities concerning the double homicide-suicide involving Chris Benoit, his wife, Nancy, and his son, Daniel.

However, WWE is concerned with the sensationalistic reporting and speculation being undertaken by some members of the media following the press conference held by the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department and the District Attorney. During the press conference, the investigating authorities made the following points, all of which run contrary to the media speculation that "roid rage" was a factor in the senseless murders and suicide:

1. The authorities stated that all drugs found in the house were believed to be legal prescriptions.

2. Steroids were not, and could not, be related to the cause of death (asphyxiation). Authorities had no factual basis to speculate as to Benoit’s state of mind, and rightly did not do so.
3. Toxicology tests have not even been completed, so there is no current evidence that Benoit even had steroids or any other substance in his body. In that regard, on the last test done on Benoit by WWE's independently administered drug testing program, done on April 10, 2007, Benoit tested negative.

4. The physical findings announced by authorities indicate deliberation, not rage. The wife's feet and hands were bound and she was asphyxiated, not beaten to death. By the account of the authorities, there were substantial periods of time between the death of the wife and the death of the son, again suggesting deliberate thought, not rage. The presence of a Bible by each is also not an act of rage.

5. WWE strongly suggests that it is entirely wrong for speculators to suggest that steroids had anything to do with these senseless acts, especially when the authorities plainly stated there is no evidence that Benoit had steroids in his body, pending the toxicological reports, and that they had no evidence at this time as to the motive for these acts.

WWE is continuing to monitor the ongoing investigation being conducted by local authorities.

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 Fayetteville Sheriff’s office has secured the house as a “major crime scene” and that the Fayetteville County Sheriff’s Office had no further information.

[KACK]

holy shit! first eddie guerrero now chris benoit. guys i loved to watch wrestle when i was younger.

[Cushion]

dean malenko or perry saturn r next !

[Craigie Baby]

they are thinking it had to do with Steriods. Then the WWE should have waited til friday night smackdown or the fucking ECW show that airs what tonight or tomorrow? Hell I don't watch the shit anymore since the merge happened and they turned stone cold into a whiney bitch.

friday night Smackdown and ECW are taped shows that are done on a tuesday night . before the show all the Benoit posters , signs etc were took from fans .

the monday night tribute was done before it came out that he killed his wife an kid , and at the time he did derserve a tribute for what he has givin to wrestling , however once what he had done came out , the WWE doesnt want anythin to do with Chris Benoit .

Vince made an appearance last night on ECW sayin he wants nothin to be brought up about Benoit an the show must go on !

. . . by way , how do u no all that skeet ?

[Aiyana]

great info skeeter!but same as the person above..where did you get this info??

[TJ60]

its wrong, the police said:

The WWE, based in Stamford, Conn., said authorities asked that it not release further information on the deaths.

aka WWE are not to discuss any informaition relating to the case on air or the website.

well looks like their listening going by skeeter's post:eh:

[NovaCaine]

i got all that information off of the wwe web site. they took down all the tributes to chris and they are only following the investigation and keeping all wrestling fans updated on the issue.


if you watched the tribute on monday night then you should know who all the text messages were sent to and from.

[Craigie Baby]

i watched like an hour then went to bed so i musta missed that bit lol

[Loopus]

I read on CNN that Benoit and his wife were giving the kid growth hormone because they felt he was "undersized" The kid was 7. A bunch of sicko's if ya ask me. I'm glad I haven't watched that trash in years.

[Dymond]

LOL saying steroids were not the cause of death is basically like saying booze wasn't the cause of death when you die driving drunk, it wasn't the booze, it was the steering wheel going through your chest. The steroids may not have killed him but they caused his death one way or the other.

[the squid of despair]

LOL saying steroids were not the cause of death is basically like saying booze wasn't the cause of death when you die driving drunk, it wasn't the booze, it was the steering wheel going through your chest. The steroids may not have killed him but they caused his death one way or the other.

Could you ever prove that? Are you saying that all deaths where someone has been using steroids are the fault of steroids? Then maybe all of the other people who killed their families were really on steiroids too, the only reason Benoit was discovered is because of his freakish build...

[NovaCaine]

WWE.com learned from an interview conducted Tuesday by Vancouver’s News1130 that Chris Benoit’s son Daniel possibly suffered from Fragile X Syndrome, a genetically passed-on condition that results in impairments ranging from physical and learning disabilities, to more severe cognitive or intellectual disabilities.

In the interview with News1130, Pam Winthrope, whose own 12-year-old son suffers from Fragile X Syndrome, recounted how she and her husband talked to Benoit about the condition five years ago.

“We talked to him because I was trying to set up a support group in B.C. and in Canada; we only have a couple of them,” she said. “My husband was struggling when we got diagnosed with our son, and Chris was struggling with his. They talked for a few minutes, and then he said he didn’t want to be a public face for Fragile X. He just wanted to keep it really, really quiet.”

A source close to Benoit recalls similar conversations with him, where he described his son’s condition as “a learning disability much like autism.” This source quotes Benoit as saying “Daniel wasn’t capable of interacting with other children and was afraid of other children. Daniel also had a hard time making eye contact with everyone, which was another symptom of his disability.” Benoit also claimed that his son was on medication for this condition.

Winthrope discussed the pressures facing parents of children diagnosed with Fragile X syndrome. During her interview with News1130, she stated that families can be torn apart by the disease because it's very difficult to find help and support. Winthrope added, "You as a parent have to go out there and find what's available and it's not easy -- they don't tell you."

A co-worker and long-time friend of the Benoits speculates that perhaps the pressures of home and Daniel’s illness had gotten to him, causing him to snap and take the lives of his wife and son before taking his own.

“Is it possible that after Chris killed Nancy (for whatever reason), he felt Daniel wouldn't be able to get the care and attention he required as a special needs child (if that is indeed true) with no mother and a father either in jail or dead? Did he then decide that the only way he could protect and take care of his son was to take him to the next world and go with him? In his warped and twisted state, did he think this was the only way to shield his son from a difficult life of pain and hardship? It doesn't condone or justify a damn thing, but it's the best reason I can think of. I'm trying to put together some semblance of logic for his actions, but it's an impossible task trying to explain this.”

[NovaCaine]

ATLANTA (AP) - In the days before pro wrestler Chris Benoit killed his wife and child and hanged himself, the couple argued over whether he should stay home more to take care of their mentally retarded 7-year-old son, an attorney for the wrestling league said Wednesday.

"I think it's fair to say that the subject of caring for that child was part of what made their relationship complicated and difficult, and it's something they were both constantly struggling with," said Jerry McDevitt, an attorney for World Wrestling Entertainment. "We do know it was a source of stress and consternation."
McDevitt said the wrestling organization learned from the couple's friends and relatives that the Benoits were struggling with where to send the boy to school since he had recently finished kindergarten.

He also said Benoit's wife didn't want him to quit wrestling, but she "wanted him to be at home more to care for the kid. She'd say she can't take care of him by herself when he was on the road."

The child suffered from a rare medical condition called Fragile X Syndrome, an inherited form of mental retardation often accompanied by autism, McDevitt said.

Over the past weekend, authorities said, Benoit strangled his wife, suffocated his son and placed a Bible next to their bodies before hanging himself with a weight-machine cable in the couple's suburban home. No motive was offered for the killings, which were discovered Monday.

Anabolic steroids were found in Benoit's home, leading officials to wonder whether the drugs played a role in the slayings. Some experts believe steroids cause paranoia, depression and violent outbursts known as "roid rage."

The WWE, based in Stamford, Conn., issued a news release Tuesday saying steroids "were not and could not be related to the cause of death" and that the findings indicate "deliberation, not rage." It also added that Benoit tested negative April 10, the last time he was tested for drugs.

Also Wednesday, Benoit's personal physician said the wrestler did not give any indication he was troubled when he met with the doctor hours before the start of the weekend.

Benoit had been under the care of Dr. Phil Astin, a longtime friend, for treatment of low testosterone levels. Astin said the condition likely originated from previous steroid use.

Astin prescribed testosterone for Benoit in the past but would not say what, if any, medications he prescribed the day of their meeting.

"He was in my office on Friday to stop by just to see my staff," Astin said. "He certainly didn't show any signs of any distress or rage or anything."

"I'm still very surprised and shocked, especially with his child Daniel involved," Astin said. "He worshipped his child."

District Attorney Scott Ballard said the autopsy indicated that there were no bruise marks on the child's neck, so authorities are now assuming he could have been killed using a choke hold. "It's a process of elimination," he said.

The Benoits' argument over their son was not the only friction in their marriage. Nancy Benoit had filed for a divorce in 2003, saying the couple's three-year marriage was irrevocably broken and alleging "cruel treatment." She later dropped the complaint.

Meanwhile, authorities in Georgia were investigating a link between Benoit and a Florida business that may have supplied him with steroids.

Prosecutors in upstate New York who have been investigating the company's drug sales said Benoit received deliveries from Signature Pharmacy and MedXLife.com, which sold steroids, human growth hormone and testosterone on the Internet.

Six people, including two of the pharmacy's owners, have pleaded guilty in the investigation, and 20 more have been arrested, including doctors and pharmacists.

"That's something that sounds like we ought to be investigating," Ballard told the AP on Wednesday.

A lawyer for MedXLife co-owner Dr. Gary Brandwein scoffed at allegations that his client's company sold steroids to Benoit.

"I've only read that in the paper. I have no direct information about that whatsoever," Terence Kindlon said Wednesday, adding that prosecutors in Albany County, N.Y., were trying to "distract everyone's attention from the fact that their case is disintegrating."

Brandwein, a 44-year-old osteopath from Boca Raton, Fla., has pleaded not guilty to six counts in New York state court related to the criminal sale of a controlled substance. He was accused of signing and sending prescriptions without ever seeing patients.

Telephone messages left for attorneys for Brian Schafler and Greg Trotta — two other co-owners of MedXLife — were not immediately returned Wednesday. The two men have pleaded guilty to felony third-degree diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions, admitting they helped get drugs in 2006 for customers in upstate New York who had no medical need for them.



McDevitt said the drugs found in Benoit's house were legitimately prescribed. "There's no question, none of these drugs are out there, none of these drugs came from Internet pharmacies," he said.

In addition to causing paranoia and explosive outbursts, steroids can also contribute to deep depression, according to experts.

"Just as you have the extreme high of when you're on steroids, you can get the opposite," said Dr. Todd Schlifstein, a clinical assistant professor at the New York University School of Medicine. "You can have a dramatic difference in mood swings. You can feel there's no hope, there's no future."

[vixen]

Did anybody see Vince McMahon on the Today show this morning? He said that the WWE never said that steroids had nothing to do with his dead, yet we all have read the quote. Not for nothing and I know its a stero type for some but not for all, a majority of those entertainers (because we know they are CLEARLY not athletes) are dumb as rocks......

[Dymond]

So lets see.. they find anabol in his house.. He strangled his wife and kids.. and it wasn't 'roid rage.. Yeah.. Plus I wonder if the 'roids was the cause of his kid coming out retarded?

[Aiyana]

hmmm.....as much as it might piss people off I think I would have to agree with you at both those points.

[Alc0]

I dunno what happen nor do I care, I loved watching the mofo during my youth and will always remember him for being a bit of a hard bastard.

RIP ya fucking arsehole :glare:

[the squid of despair]

(because we know they are CLEARLY not athletes)

Wow, how ignorent. How can you say they are not athletes? You think it's just a walk in the park in that ring? Do you really think it requires no athleticism to do that job? You couldn't be more wrong. Those dudes spend more time training and exercising than most other athletes do. It is a very phsically demanding sport.

[vixen]

Wow, how ignorent. How can you say they are not athletes? You think it's just a walk in the park in that ring? Do you really think it requires no athleticism to do that job? You couldn't be more wrong. Those dudes spend more time training and exercising than most other athletes do. It is a very phsically demanding sport.

Yeah they work out, yeah they lift weights etc but that is thanks to the roids....they are dumbass' who have not a single thought in their head other than what Uncle Vince tells them what to do.....so yeah they are useless morons that are all brawn and no brains!

[Master Sgt.]

i heard he gave her the crippler crossface



ROFLMFAO:hehe: :roflmao: :roflmao: :hehe:




But really that's some fucked up shit, I was actually feeling sorry for the lil bastard cause the had a 3 hour tribute to his ass on mondy, then I found out what he did. Still can't believe it.




:hehe: crippler crossface:hehe:

just picture that for a second

[the squid of despair]

Yeah they work out, yeah they lift weights etc but that is thanks to the roids....they are dumbass' who have not a single thought in their head other than what Uncle Vince tells them what to do.....so yeah they are useless morons that are all brawn and no brains!


Interesting, but still ignorent...

[brodyvegas]

Yeah they work out, yeah they lift weights etc but that is thanks to the roids....they are dumbass' who have not a single thought in their head other than what Uncle Vince tells them what to do.....so yeah they are useless morons that are all brawn and no brains!

They also memorize a script and know every move they have to make in the ring. I'd say you have to have a little bit of a brain to do that.

[hoos]

They don't memorize EVERYTHING about a fight. Usually they start off with things, but can improv and react to each other throughout, knowing who is going to win in the end.

This is all just a sad story. I don't think the 'roids are as big an issue as everyone believes. You don't just kill your wife and kid because you are raging on 'roids. It is in the head where that comes from, not out of a bottle. Benoit had some sort of mind issue that messed him up.

[vixen]

I want to know who posted on his wickopeida page that his wife was dead before authorities knew anything.....interestingly the post was traced back to a computer in....Stamford, CT.....home of the WWE.....and the plot thickens....



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[TJ60]

come on vixen thats a bold statement to say ALL wrestlers are morons is a very distasteful stereotyping comment. Thats like saying all football players are moron's, yet they have 500 page playbooks they have to memorize and add to every week. Lots of pro wrestlers started in the roman greco style wrestling in COLLEGE. Are they moron's too? If so I guess all JOCKS are morons.



p.s.
squid stfu i don't want to hear any wise cracks about jocks.

[Dymond]

They don't memorize EVERYTHING about a fight. Usually they start off with things, but can improv and react to each other throughout, knowing who is going to win in the end.

This is all just a sad story. I don't think the 'roids are as big an issue as everyone believes. You don't just kill your wife and kid because you are raging on 'roids. It is in the head where that comes from, not out of a bottle. Benoit had some sort of mind issue that messed him up.


Ever dealt with somebody on Steroids? It is some scary shit dude. When they say RAGE they mean it.

[vixen]

come on vixen thats a bold statement to say ALL wrestlers are morons is a very distasteful stereotyping comment. Thats like saying all football players are moron's, yet they have 500 page playbooks they have to memorize and add to every week. Lots of pro wrestlers started in the roman greco style wrestling in COLLEGE. Are they moron's too? If so I guess all JOCKS are morons.



p.s.
squid stfu i don't want to hear any wise cracks about jocks.

Learning the play book is by repetition.....many of them are able to survive thanks to this. Those who went to college, some graduated thanks to "they play sports, sports bring endowments and endowments keep schools running"..some don't graduate and SOME are smart enough to know the difference :)

Not all football player and jocks are morons but I still stand by my comment on wrestlers.....

[the squid of despair]

p.s.
squid stfu i don't want to hear any wise cracks about jocks.


Where did I make a wise crack about a jock?

[hoos]

Ever dealt with somebody on Steroids? It is some scary shit dude. When they say RAGE they mean it.

No doubt it alters them, but to go as far as kill your wife and seven year-old partially retarded kid? Don't see that in the books. There was a little more than 'roids fucking him up.

[Dymond]

No doubt it alters them, but to go as far as kill your wife and seven year-old partially retarded kid? Don't see that in the books. There was a little more than 'roids fucking him up.

I watched a fight where 3 guys had to pull this guy off another guy or he would have killed him. There was probably an underlying problem, like the paper said, fighting over taking care of the kid, maybe she was fed up and wanted a divorce etc but when your on steroids and the rage hits you, who knows.. Maybe he killed her in a rage because she did die first and strangulation is usually a crime of passion. He cools down and realizes he is going to jail and there will be nobody there to take care of his mentally retarded kid, so now he thinks lets put the kid down, better than being stuck in the system. Now he has to kill himself. Honestly in a weird way I think he was sending a message with his death too. I mean he killed himself on a weight pulley cable. Doesn't that seem a bit ironic?