Wrestler Benoit, Wife and Son Found Dead
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- 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.
© 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy.
PEACHTREE CITY, GA -- Authorities say pro wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife and seven-year-old son were found slain today at their Fayette County home.
myownsatellite wrote:Well I saw it on the WWE page before I went to the Wiki page. I'm just saying, so far that was the only "news" source I could find that actually backs it up as not just a prank.
It has been ruled that the deaths of Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy and their son Daniel earlier today were the result of a double murder-suicide from within the home. WWE.com will have more as soon as it becomes available
He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named wrote:Well, forget about OLP playing "Whatever" as a tribute to Benoit, if the news that he murdered his family turns out to be true.
Amazing how I went from very sad to outrageously disgusted in 30 seconds.
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 10 guests
Delete all board cookies • All times are UTC - 6 hours • PHPBB Powered
Serving Our Lady Peace fans since 2002. Oskar Twitch thanks you for tasting the monkey brains.