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Web Time Stamps Indicate Nancy Benoit’s Death Reported on Web at Least 13 Hours Before Police Found Bodies in Her Home:

Again, I say even the writer monkeys at WWE couldn’t write a script this outlandish.

An anonymous user operating a computer traced to Stamford, Conn. ” home to World Wrestling Entertainment ” posted an entry to pro wrestler Chris Benoit’s biography on Wikipedia.org announcing the death of his wife Nancy at least 13 hours before police in suburban Atlanta said they found her body along with her husband’s and that of their 7-year-old son, FOXNews.com has learned.

Employees at Wikipedia.org said the posting went live on their site on Monday at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Police, however, said they found the bodies Monday at 2:30 p.m. EDT.

The posting reads: “Chris Benoit was replaced by [[Johnny Nitro]] for the ECW Championship match at Vengeance, as Benoit was not there due to personal issues, stemming from the death of his wife Nancy.” According to a Wikipedia.org report published after FOXNews.com made inquiries, the edit was reversed just under one hour later with the comment:

“Need a reliable source. Saying that his wife died is a pretty big statement, you need to back it up with something.”

If that post was made anywhere besides Stamford, I would have said that it was just another Wikipedia vandal who happened to get it right by accident.

And let’s further fuel some conspiracy theories while we’re at it.

In related news, FOXNews.com also has learned, through widely posted Web reports, that former pro wrestler Sherri Martel, who was found dead on June 15, was linked to former wrestler Kevin Sullivan ” ex-husband of Nancy Benoit.

Martel, who had a reputation as one of the top managers in pro wrestling, was found dead at her mother”s home in near Birmingham, Ala., on June 15. She was 49.

Investigators, who have not yet determined Martel’s cause of death, say foul play is not suspected but that Martel did not die of natural causes.

I don’t know what to make of the Wikipedia entry, but Sherri Martel’s death is just plain coincidence.

Benoits argued over care of son, WWE attorney says

According to the Associated Press, a WWE attorney is saying that Daniel Benoit’s medical condition was a great cause of stress for his mother and father, Nancy and Chris Benoit. Daniel Benoit was diagnosed with Fragile X Syndrome, a form of mental retardation that is sometimes accompanied by autism. The WWE attorney also said that Nancy Benoit wanted Chris Benoit to be at home more to help take care of Daniel. It’s alleged that Nancy said she could not take care of Daniel by herself.

First off, I thought investigators told the WWE not to release any more details. Why is the WWE airing the Benoit’s dirty laundry all of a sudden? They wouldn’t be trying to deflect some kind of responsibility, would they? Not that I think the WWE is responsible for their deaths, but they sure are acting suspiciously.

Secondly, is a $500K a year salary not enough money to be able to take care of a child with Fragile X Syndrome? Could they not have afforded someone to come in and help Nancy while Chris was on the road?

However, this new revelation, if true, makes me think of another possible motive for why the Canadian Coward killed his family. The article states that in the past, Nancy had not asked Chris to quit wrestling. Maybe she did recently. Chris Benoit’s love of professional wrestling is legendary among hardcore fans. Maybe Nancy gave Chris an ultimatum. Either leave wrestling or I’ll leave. Not that that’s an excuse for killing your family.

WWE Releases Benoit Text Messages:

The content of Chris Benoit’s text messages have been made public. Two were sent from his cell phone and three were sent from Nancy’s. 4 of the messages just kept saying his street address, and the fifth told the recipient where his guard dogs could be found. They were all sent between 3:53 AM and 3:58 AM on June 24th.

Thanks again to Mena for the link.

Steroids discovered in probe of slayings, suicide:

I think if the story of the deaths of the Benoits were handed to the WWE writer monkeys, I think even they would think that it was too unrealistic.

District Attorney Scott Ballard told ESPN that 7-year-old Daniel Benoit had needle marks in his arms and may have been given growth hormones for a while because the family thought he was too small.

That was only one of the strange facts that Ballard revealed. He said that two text messages of note caused authorities to investigate the house. In one, Benoit told somebody he knew that his wife and son were sick.

“Of course, they were dead,” Ballard told ESPN.com.

In a second message to a neighbor, Benoit said that the door of the house was open and the pets were outside.

“And our assumption is that that was an effort to try and get somebody to come find the bodies after the suicide,” Ballard said. “That is our assumption.”

That first text message is believed to have been sent to Chavo Guerrero, WWE wrestler, and nephew of the late Eddie Guerrero.

Cops Give Gruesome Details of Benoit Killing Spree:

From TMZ.com again…

In a statement by a member of the Fayetteville Sheriff’s Department, “Mr, Benoit had sometime, possibly Friday, murdered his wife by asphyxiation. Sometime shortly after that, the same for his son Daniel and sometime later … committed suicide by hanging himself in the basement area.”

According to officials, Nancy was bound at the wrists and feet, with a towel wrapped around her body, and blood was found underneath her head. A Bible was also reportedly found near each one of the bodies.

Police have also confirmed that prescription drugs and steroids were found in the house.

Benoit was found hanging in a weight room in his house. Cops say that he used a cord from one of his workout machines as a makeshift noose.

After watching Eddie Guerrero die, you’d think that Benoit would have learned something.

Thanks again to Mena.