OMG!!! Chris Benoit and family found dead!

Sciler · Mistress Age: 46 Gender: Joined: 15 Sep 2002

The story

Edited by GAAZ: Totally fixed the link.

Pro wrestler, wife, and son found dead
The Associated Press
9:16 PM EDT, June 25, 2007

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.

"WWE extends its sincerest thoughts and prayers to the Benoit family's relatives and loved ones in this time of tragedy," the federation said in a statement on its Web site.

Benoit was scheduled to perform at the "Vengeance" pay-per-view event Sunday night in Houston, but was replaced at the last minute because of what announcer Jim Ross called "personal reasons."

Benoit, a Canadian native, maintained a home in metro Atlanta from the time he wrestled for the defunct World Championship Wrestling.

The WWE canceled its live "Monday Night RAW" card in Corpus Christi, Texas, and USA Network aired a three-hour tribute to Benoit in place of the scheduled wrestling telecast.

Chibi Knight · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:28 pm Post subject:

Oh man, thats horrible. I always like Beniot, especially when he and Jericho went at it. I still have some old footage of them two in Japan.

If it was a homicide, I hope they catch the bastid(s) that did it. The kid was 7 years old...

Sciler · Mistress Age: 46 Gender: Joined: 15 Sep 2002

I know, I just heard it on the news and was shocked. I havent watched wrestling in years, but man, he was a good wrestler and person from what I could tell =\

Ultrawolf · Mr. Roarke Gender: Joined: 04 Jul 2003

Nooooo he was one of my favorite wrestlers : (
I can't believe it.

Blackmage · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:30 pm Post subject:

That's fucking crazy...

A friend just told me about this before I saw it here.

GAAZ · MOD Black Sheep Commander Gender: Joined: 14 Oct 2002

I actually posted this story 4 minutes before Sciler did but CK locked my thread.

I deleted it but CK has failed as a moderator.

Right now the case is being treated as a Murder-suicide Autopsies are at 2:30 PM.

Chibi Knight · Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:19 am Post subject:

I don't mind that I failed as a Mod, I fear Sciler more than you GAAZ.

Back on topic tho, yeah it's all over the news and radio today that details are still sketchy - but it's looking like a murder-suicide. This saddens me.

Sciler · Mistress Age: 46 Gender: Joined: 15 Sep 2002

Its incredibly sad, I dont get what can drive a person to do that. =\

And I looked around (granted it was quick) before I posted it, I didnt see one...so I posted. Otherwise I would ahve simply replied to your thread Gaaz =P. Sorry

Razer · 4934 5157 5662 5658 Gender: Joined: 07 Oct 2002

It looks like the worst is gonna be found

Chris Benoit Found Dead With Family

By DEBBIE NEWBY
Associated Press Writer

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- Details of the deaths of pro wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife and their 7-year-old son may seem "a little bizarre" when released to the public, a prosecutor said.

Authorities were investigating the deaths at a secluded Fayette County home as a murder-suicide and were not seeking any suspects outside the home.

Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "The details, when they come out, are going to prove a little bizarre."

Those details may emerge after the completion of autopsies scheduled for Tuesday.

Investigators believe Benoit, (pronounced ben-WAH,) killed his wife and son over the weekend and then himself sometime Monday. The bodies were found Monday afternoon in three different rooms of the house on Green Meadow Lane, in a subdivision off a gravel road about two miles from Whitewater Country Club.

The autopsies were scheduled to be done at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab in DeKalb County.

Ballard told The Associated Press a gun was not used in any of the deaths. But he declined to say how the three died.

"We're pretty sure we know, but we want to confirm it with the crime lab," Ballard said early Tuesday.

Fayette County Coroner C.J. Mowell did not immediately return phone calls. The answering service for his funeral home said he was out of town.

World Wrestling Entertainment said on its Web site that it asked authorities to check on Benoit and his family after being alerted by friends who received "several curious text messages sent by Benoit early Sunday morning."

Pope said the three were found about 2:30 p.m., but he would release no other details about the deaths.

Stamford, Conn.-based WWE also said on its Web site it had further information on the deaths of Benoit, 40; his wife, Nancy, 43; and son, Daniel, but had been asked by authorities not to release it.

Benoit, a native of Canada, was born in Montreal. He was a former world heavyweight champion, Intercontinental champion and held several tag-team titles over his career. He was known by several names including "The Canadian Crippler."

"WWE extends its sincerest thoughts and prayers to the Benoit family's relatives and loved ones in this time of tragedy," the federation said in a statement on its Web site.

Benoit was scheduled to perform at the "Vengeance" pay-per-view event Sunday night in Houston, but was replaced at the last minute because of what announcer Jim Ross called "personal reasons."

Benoit maintained a home in metro Atlanta from the time he wrestled for the defunct World Championship Wrestling.

The WWE canceled its live "Monday Night RAW" card in Corpus Christi, Texas, and USA Network aired a three-hour tribute to Benoit in place of the scheduled wrestling telecast.

Benoit's wife managed several wrestlers and went by the stage name, "Woman," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

They met when her then-husband drew up a script that had them involved in a relationship as part of an ongoing story line on World Championship Wrestling, the newspaper said.

Benoit has two other children from a prior relationship.

Buda · Maille smith extrodanair Gender: Joined: 30 Sep 2004

Hm... I guess this isnt the place for my rant about "pro" wrestling and REAL wrestling, there is no reason for that kid to have died...

Thats just terrible.