More details about the Benoits’ deaths

Authorities Await Autopsies in Deaths of Wrestler, Family:

Here are some ominous and disturbing quotes about the murder-suicide investigation of Chris Benoit and family.

Details of the deaths “are going to prove a little bizarre” when released to the public, Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Autopsies were scheduled Tuesday by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

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

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

Asked about the condition of the interior of the house, Whiteside said investigators found “nothing really out of the ordinary.” He said Benoit was found in the home’s weight room, his wife in an office and the son in an upstairs bedroom.

Whiteside said toxicology tests could take up to a week or longer to complete.

I’ve also heard from another report that the implements of the crime were found at the scene. What they were police aren’t saying just yet.

The WWE has been urged by authorities not to release any more information.

As a fan, I’m hoping that they’re wrong about the murder-suicide but as a crime blogger, I know they’re not. It always sucks to see one of your TV heroes turn out to be a real-life villain.

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2 responses to “More details about the Benoits’ deaths”

  1. Mena Avatar
    Mena

    **he strangled her, smothered the baby and hanged himself….so so so sad…

    I must say though parents across the country should LEARN from this in the sense that CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO WATCH SHOWS INTENDED FOR ADULT ENTERTAINMENT!!!! Millions of parents of middle school children will be trying to explain this one tonight. My 7 year old has learned alot about WWE from others at school but HE DOES NOT WATCH IT!! He caught a moment of it on the news when he came through the TV room as I watched it last night. He noticed it, he said Mom that was a wrestler and just kind of moved on. It wasn’t about the fact that he died, it was the fact that he was on the news.
    My 12 year old nephew on the other hand is so confused right now. Now his parents have to try and explain to him why a daddy would smother his boy. A father that was an icon to him (my nephew).
    :sigh:

  2. Jim Avatar
    Jim

    sadder than the truth is the fact that something like this is exactly what I feared. Wrestling is a fun form of entertainment, but the boys who do it are a torn bunch who damage themselves on all physical and psychological levels to continue their careers.

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