Chris Benoit is dead
 

Along with his wife and 7 year old son :(

I havent followed wrestling for a few years, but he was one of my favorites going back to his days at ECW, through WCW, and when he was WWE champion.

news around here today hasn't revealed any details other than he, his wife, and their little son were all found dead in their apartment. investigation is still on going.

Monday Night Raw has dedicated this episode to Benoit...some of his greatest moments in WWE.

Chris Benoit Found Dead
 

Written: June 25, 2007STAMFORD, Conn., June 25, 2007 – World Wrestling Entertainment was informed today by authorities in Fayette County, Ga., that WWE Superstar Chris Benoit, his wife, Nancy, and his son were found dead in their home. Authorities are investigating, but no other details are available at this time.

Instead of its announced programming for tonight on USA Network, WWE will air a three-hour tribute to Chris Benoit.

Chris was beloved among his fellow Superstars, and was a favorite among WWE fans for his unbelievable athleticism and wrestling ability. He always took great pride in his performance, and always showed respect for the business he loved, for his peers and towards his fans. This is a terrible tragedy and an unbearable loss.

WWE extends its sincere condolences and prayers to the Benoit family and loved ones in this time of tragedy.

I moved it down here ..

Nick

I was told that on Fox News they said this is being treated as a homicide.

Not that I trust FNC, but thats very plausible.

I was checking out some of the haunts I used to frequent in the IWC, and what I was reading there was that Benoit skipped last night's pay per view where he was supposed to be in a title bout to be with his family, who were reportedly vomiting up blood on Friday.

The AP is reporting that it was NOT a homicide but a double murder/suicide. The bum killed his family and then killed himself. It appears the wife and kid were killed late Saturday or on Sunday and he had only been dead sometime on Monday. I hope that it isn't true, but that is the latest I read.

There wasn't anything in any of the articles about how they were killed.Not even anything about blood.

The 7 year old was found dead in his bedroom. Died Saturday.

The wife was found in the living room. Died Sunday.

He was found in the weight room. Died Monday.


Still no mention of the way anyone died. I have a feeling it was poison or something along those lines. WWE says that when details are given, it will make everyone wonder what was going on. Sounds strange!

I was worried about this and thought it was horrible to give the guy any kind of tribute until results came out. Could you imagine the NFL giving a OJ Tribute or well I think you get what I am saying. I think it is sad tragic and if it was really murders committed day after day it is beyond horrific. What the wife must have lived thru for 1 more day. My prayers are with the wife and child, I will wait on my prayers for him.

Wrestler Benoit Found Dead With Family
Tuesday June 26, 8:54 am ET
By Debbie Newby, Associated Press Writer
Authorities Await Autopsies in Deaths of Wrestler Chris Benoit, Wife, 7-Year-Old Son


FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- Pro wrestler Chris Benoit canceled a pay-per-view appearance at the "Vengeance" event in Houston because of "personal reasons" a day before he, his wife and their 7-year-old son were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide.
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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 in DeKalb County.

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

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 the Whitewater Country Club.

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 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."

Sheriff's Lt. Tommy Pope told WSB-TV that the three were found about 2:30 p.m., but he wouldn't release other details.

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

Benoit 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 company said in a statement on its Web site.

Benoit had 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.

Hey,

From CNN

ATLANTA (AP) -- 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.

The official spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Authorities also said they are investigating whether steroids may have been a factor in the deaths of Benoit, his wife and their 7-year-old son who were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide.

When I first heard it, that was my first thought BD but one always hopes thats never the case. The wrestling sheets, who once upon a time were pretty good at picking up these kind of stories way ahead of the curve but that was before Vince bought up most of wrestling and sealed up alot of the leaks to those guys, got it wrong as to what happened I guess.