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  • Causes of deaths of Benoit family leaked

    Causes of deaths of Benoit family leaked

    Wrestler, family dead:

    The causes of death in the Benoit family murder-suicide have been made public.

    Pro wrestler Chris Benoit strangled his wife and smothered his son before hanging himself in his weight room, a law enforcement official close to the investigation told The Associated Press Tuesday.

    We have a saying here when murder-suicides like this happen, especially when there are children involved. We say, “Be a man, and go alone”.

    I guess I can unveil Chris Benoit’s new nickname in death. The Canadian Coward Chris Benoit.

    Thanks to Mena for the tip.

  • More details about the Benoits’ deaths

    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.

  • Va. Tech Duck Pond

    Va. Tech Duck Pond

    State Police to search Virginia Tech duck pond for evidence:

    The Virginia State Police will be checking a drained duck pond at Virginia Tech in hopes of finding more evidence about the Virginia Tech massacre.

    State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller won’t say what investigators might be looking for. She says they’re following leads and looking for any potential evidence. Once the water drains, teams will conduct grid searches looking for anything that might be beneath the water.

    It’s been theorized that they are looking for the missing hard drive that Cho took from his computer.

  • Benoit murder-suicide confirmed

    Benoit murder-suicide confirmed

    More New Details On The Chris Benoit Double Murder-Suicide:

    It seems that reports are confirming that the deaths of Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy, and son Daniel were a double murder-suicide.

    Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer, who is one of the premiere wrestling writers, is reporting that Benoit killed his wife on Saturday, his son on Sunday, then himself yesterday.

    That coincides with this report that not only did Chris Benoit miss the pay per view on Sunday night, but missed a house show on Saturday as well.

  • Benoit deaths a murder-suicide?

    Benoit deaths a murder-suicide?

    Wrestler, family dead:

    What I feared about the deaths of Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy, and 7-year-old son Daniel may be true. Reports are going around now that the deaths may be a murder-suicide.

    Detective Bo Turner told television station WAGA that the case was being treated as a murder-suicide, but said that couldn’t be confirmed until evidence was examined by a crime lab.

    The station said that investigators believe the 40-year-old Benoit killed his wife, Nancy, and 7-year-old son, Daniel, over the weekend, then himself on Monday. A neighbor called police, and the bodies were found in three rooms.

    I hope that’s not true, but it was the first thing that entered my mind when I heard the news. Reports have already stated that they were not gun related deaths. I can only imagine what happened and what violent end they met.

  • Benoit family deaths are being investigated as homicides

    Benoit family deaths are being investigated as homicides

    Professional Wrestler Chris Benoit, Family Found Dead in Georgia Home:

    The Fayette County Sheriff’s Department is stating that the deaths of Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy, and their 7-year-old son Daniel are being investigated as homicides.

    Lt. Tommy Pope said the three were found at their home about 2:30 p.m., and the department was investigating the deaths as a homicide. Pope said results of autopsies were expected Tuesday.

    Officials were not commenting to the press on the case otherwise, but the Atlanta-Journal Constitution reported cops saying the deaths were not gun-related.

    More as details become available.

  • Chris Benoit and family found dead

    Chris Benoit and family found dead

    Report: Wrestler, Family Found Dead:

    It’s no secret to my friends that I’m a huge pro-wrestling fan. I turned to the USA Network to watch Monday Night Raw to expect a continuation of the ridiculous storyline of the “death” of Vince McMahon.

    I was stunned to see a graphic come up on the screen that said “Chris Benoit 1967-2007”. I thought this had to be a work (slang for part of the storyline).

    Then I saw Vince McMahon breaking character in an empty arena, explaining that tonight was supposed to be a continuation of the death of his character but that Chris Benoit and his family were found dead today in their suburban Atlanta home. I quickly hopped on my computer and verified from different legitimate news sources that this was, in fact, true.

    Since he and his family were found dead, I can only assume that they were victims of some kind of crime. Chris Benoit was supposed to have competed at a Pay Per View last night, except it was announced that he had to take care of an emergency situation at home.

    I’m really hoping it’s not what I think it is, but I’m a big fan of Occam’s Razor, and I’m afraid it will be the most obvious explanation. I hope to God not.

    My prayers and condolences go out to the friends, family, and fans of Chris Benoit. Our little soap opera has lost one of its greatest performers, if not the greatest.

  • We let him down

    We let him down

    Parents argue for juvenile justice in school shooting:

    The parents of Thomas White, the accused gunman at the Memorial Middle School shooting, have called for leniency in the treatment of their son.

    Norma and Greg White also blame themselves, saying they should have listened to their son when he repeatedly said how much he disliked school and asked to be home-schooled.

    Instead, Thomas White, 14, is facing being tried as an adult on multiple felonies and his father is serving an 18-month sentence for illegal possession of firearms in the family’s home.

    “He’s a good kid, and we let him down,” Greg White told the newspaper.

    Ya think? But you didn’t let him down by not homeschooling him. You let him down by having unsecured firearms in the house.

    The big deal is that Thomas white is charged as an adult for bringing an assault rifle to school, discharging a round into the ceiling, and pointing the gun at the principal and pulling the trigger. Luckily, the gun jammed.

    “He needs punishment,” Greg White said. “We believe in the rule of the law.”

    Says the convicted ex-felon in illegal possession of a firearm.

    The Whites said they’ve looked at past cases involving school shootings and can’t find another example of a juvenile certified to be tried as an adult when it didn’t involve any deaths or injuries.

    They either don’t read this site or didn’t look too hard. In Michigan, Andrew Osantowski was 16 at the time of his arrest and was tried and sentenced as an adult, and he didn’t even bring the guns to school.

    Sorry, but there’s no compassion here. He made a conscious choice to take a gun to school with the intent to kill. Only by the grace of God was no one hurt or killed.

  • Conn. SO arrested for MySpace profile

    Conn. SO arrested for MySpace profile

    Second man accused of parole violation by posting MySpace profile:

    21-year-old William Santos of Waterbury, CT was arrested for violating his parole by having a MySpace profile. Santos is a convicted sex offender. Of course, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal uses this one arrest to pat himself on the back.

    “This arrest demonstrates that many of these convicted sex offenders are violating their parole and socializing in the same space as millions of children,” Blumenthal said. “As astonishing and appalling as the discovery of thousands of sex offenders on MySpace, these convicted felons using their real names are only the tip of the predator iceberg.”

    Tip of the iceberg is an understatement. Yet while Mr. Blumenthal breaks his arm trying to pat himself on the back, Connecticut is home to the two of the most prolific MySpace predators, David Leonard and Scott Shfelbine. Both have had multiple sexually related arrests, and one of them is even walking free right now. What’s being done about men like that, Mr. Blumenthal?

  • No drugs in Cho

    No drugs in Cho

    Police say toxicology tests show no drugs in Seung-Hui Cho’s system:

    According to the Virginia State Police, the toxicology test performed on Cho Seung-Hui revealed that there were no drugs, prescription or otherwise, in his system. I doubt that will silence the Luddites though, who claim that antidepressants are responsible for every single school shooting.

    The autopsy confirmed that Cho did, in fact, take the coward’s way out by shooting himself in the head.