Chris Benoit WWE Loss

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has strangled his wife
smothered his son bef
hanging himself.
Benoit: Doctor's office raided

28/06/2007 22:15 - (SA)
Atlanta - Federal drug agents raided the WWE: Benoit passed drug test
office of pro wrestler Chris Benoit's
Benoit: Murdered son retarded
personal physician in search of records
and other items, authorities said on Benoit: Bibles at murder scene
Thursday.
The raid came as questions have arisen

into whether steroids - which some experts say can lead to depression and violent
outbursts known as "roid rage" - played a role in what authorities say was Benoit's
murder of his wife and 7-year-old son and his subsequent suicide.
Earlier on Thursday, World Wrestling Entertainment owner Vince McMahon cautioned

against jumping to that conclusion, saying it was "all speculation" until toxicology tests
are completed.
The raid at Dr Phil Astin's office in Carrollton began on Wednesday night and concluded
early on Thursday, said agent Chuvalo Truesdell, a spokesperson for the Drug
Enforcement Administration in Atlanta. The search warrant had been obtained in
connection with the Benoit investigation, he said.
Hours before the raid, Astin told The Associated Press he had treated Benoit for low
testosterone levels, which he said likely originated from previous steroid use.
No arrests were made and Truesdell was unable to say what was seized. He said records
were among the items being sought, but he could not be more specific.
Astin did not return repeated calls to his cellphone from The Associated Press on
Thursday.
Astin prescribed testosterone for Benoit, a longtime friend, in the past but would not say
what, if any, medications he prescribed when Benoit visited his office on Friday.
Benoit strangled his wife and smothered his son during the weekend, placing Bibles next
to their bodies, before hanging himself on the cable of a weight-machine in his home. No
motive was offered for the killings, which were discovered on Monday.
WWE: Benoit passed drug test

28/06/2007 17:46 - (SA)
Atlanta - World Wrestling Entertainment

owner Vince McMahon on Thursday
cautioned against assuming that steroids Benoit: Bibles at murder scene
played a role in the murder-suicide of pro-
WWE: Benoit hanged himself
wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife and 7-
year-old son.
Anabolic steroids were found in Benoit's

suburban Georgia home raising questions whether the steroids - which some experts say
cause paranoia, depression and violent outbursts known as "roid rage" - played a role in
the slayings.
McMahon said toxicology results were needed to answer questions surrounding the death
of Benoit, who hanged himself on the cable of a weight-machine in his home this week.
Authorities said he strangled his wife and smothered his son over the weekend and placed
Bibles next to their bodies.
"There's no way, quite frankly, that we, or the media - it's all speculation until the
toxicology reports come back," McMahon said, speaking on NBC's "Today" talk show.
"It's all speculation."
The WWE, based in Stamford, Connecticut, was quick to dismiss the idea that steroids
played a role, issuing a news release on Tuesday saying they "were not and could not be
related to the cause of death" and that the findings indicate "deliberation, not rage."
Benoit tested negative on April 10, the last time he was tested for drugs, the WWE said.

28/06/2007 11:48 - (SA)
Benoit: Bibles at murder scene
Atlanta - In the days before Chris Benoit
WWE: Benoit hanged himself
killed his wife and child and hanged
himself, the couple argued over whether Benoit murder-suicide bizarre
WWE pays tribute to Benoit
WWE's Benoit found dead
he should stay home more to take care of their mentally retarded seven-year-old son, an
attorney for the WWE said on Wednesday.
"I think it's fair to say that the subject of caring for their child, Daniel, was part of what
made their relationship complicated and difficult, and it's something they were both
constantly struggling with," said Jerry McDevitt, an attorney for World Wrestling
Entertainment. "We do know it was a source of stress and consternation."
McDevitt said the wrestling organisation learned from the couple's friends and relatives
that the Benoits were struggling with where to send the boy to school since he had
recently finished kindergarten.
He also said Benoit's wife didn't want him to quit wrestling, but she "wanted him to be at
home more to care for the kid. She'd say she can't take care of him by herself when he
was on the road."
Daniel suffered from a rare medical condition called Fragile X Syndrome, an inherited
form of mental retardation often accompanied by autism, McDevitt said.
Last weekend, authorities said, Benoit strangled his wife, suffocated his son and placed a
Bible next to their bodies before hanging himself with a weight-machine cable in the
couple's suburban home. No motive was offered for the killings.
Anabolic steroids were found in Benoit's home, leading officials to wonder whether the
drugs played a role in the slayings. Some experts believe steroids cause paranoia,
depression and violent outbursts known as "roid rage."
On Wednesday, Benoit's personal physician said the wrestler did not give any indication
he was troubled when he met with the doctor hours before the start of the weekend.
Benoit had been under the care of Dr Phil Astin, a longtime friend, for treatment of low
testosterone levels. Astin said the condition likely originated from previous steroid use.
Astin prescribed testosterone for Benoit in the past but would not say what, if any,
medications he prescribed the day of their meeting.
"He was in my office on Friday to stop by just to see my staff," Astin said. "He certainly
didn't show any signs of any distress or rage or anything."
"I'm still very surprised and shocked, especially with his child Daniel involved," Astin
said. "He worshipped his child."
District Attorney Scott Ballard said the autopsy indicated that there were no bruise marks
on the child's neck, so authorities are now assuming he could have been killed using a
choke hold. "It's a process of elimination," he said.
The Benoits' argument over their son was not the only
friction in their marriage.
Nancy Benoit had filed for a divorce in 2003, saying

the couple's three-year marriage was irrevocably
broken and alleging "cruel treatment." She later
dropped the complaint.
Benoit: Bibles at murder scene

27/06/2007 08:44 - (SA)
Atlanta - WWE wrestler Chris Benoit allegedly

suffocated his seven-year-old son and placed a Bible
next to the body before using an exercise machine to
hang himself, authorities said on Tuesday.
Former WWE superstar,
Law enforcement officials believe Daniel Benoit was Chris Benoit. (Peter
killed on Saturday, one day after Benoit also allegedly Kramer, Getty Images)
strangled his 43-year-old wife, Nancy, in the upstairs
family room of their luxury rural home.
WWE: Benoit hanged
Another Bible was placed next to her lifeless body himself
which was wrapped in a towel, The Atlanta Journal-
Constitution reported. Benoit murder-suicide
bizarre
The three bodies were found in separate rooms of the WWE pays tribute to Benoit
house on Green Meadow Lane in Peachtree City in
what police are calling a double-murder suicide that WWE's Benoit found dead
stretched through the weekend. Big Show leaves WWE
"Bizarre. That's the only way I can describe this," Roddy Piper positive for
Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard told the cancer
Fayette Daily News.
"What's most bizarre to me is the timing and the circumstances. Not just that a man could
kill his own seven-year-old son but that he could have stayed in the same house with the
bodies.
"And then there's the placement of the Bibles. I can't understand this."
Law enforcement authorities said steroids were discovered at the home along with the
bodies on Monday and they are probing whether this may have been a factor in the
deaths.
Murder-suicide
Steroids have been linked to the recent deaths of several pro wrestlers.
News of the murder-suicide has turned the professional wrestling world upside down.
The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) aggressively defended its drug-testing

programme on Tuesday.
"We strongly suggest that it is entirely wrong for speculators to suggest that steroids had
anything to do with these senseless acts," the WWE said on its website.
The WWE said the placing of Bibles next to bodies was not something an angry person
would do.
"The presence of a Bible by each is not an act of rage," the WWE said. "The physical
findings announced by authorities indicate deliberation, not rage. The wife's feet and
hands were bound and she was asphyxiated, not beaten to death.
"By the account of the authorities, there were substantial periods of time between the
death of the wife and son, again suggesting deliberate thought, not rage."
The WWE said Benoit was tested under their drug-testing programme as recently as April
and passed.
Pay-per-view
The 40-year-old Benoit was born in Montreal, Canada and moved to Calgary in the mid-
1980s where he got his start in professional wrestling under the late Stu Hart. Benoit later
wrestled professionally with the New Japan Pro Wrestling before joining the WWE in
2000.
Benoit was scheduled to appear in a pay-per-view title match on Sunday, but at the time
the WWE announced he couldn't attend because of a "family emergency".
Benoit went by the ring name the "Canadian Crippler" and "The Rabid Wolverine" and
his signature moves included a flying headbutt, the triple German suplex and the
"Crippler Crossface."
Benoit left no suicide note.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution said the Benoits had lived together since 1997 and were
married in 2000 but separated about the same time Nancy Benoit filed for divorce in May
2003.
In an accompanying petition, the newspaper said Nancy Benoit had sought protection
from domestic abuse, claiming she was intimidated by threats of violence from her
husband.
She later filed to have the divorce and protective petitions dismissed.
Pro Wrestler Chris Benoit Found Dead

By Ray McDonald
Washington
26 June 2007
Professional wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife, and son were found
dead June 25 in their home in suburban Atlanta, Georgia. Police
said they were investigating the deaths as a murder-suicide.
A report on television station WAGA said that investigators

believe the 40-year-old Benoit killed his wife Nancy and seven-
Wrestler Chris Benoit, left, with World
year-old son Daniel over the weekend before committing Wrestling Entertainment Chairman Vince
suicide. A neighbor called police, who found the bodies in three McMahon (file photo)
rooms.
Lead investigator Lt. Tommy Pope, of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department, told The Associated
Press the deaths were being treated as homicides, pending the results of a June 26 autopsy.
A native of Canada, Chris Benoit was a former World Wrestling Entertainment world heavyweight and
Intercontinental champion. He also held several tag-team titles during his career.
The WWE cancelled its live "Monday Night RAW" card in Corpus Christi, Texas, and USA Network
aired a special three-hour tribute to Benoit.
The Atlanta "Journal-Constitution" reported that Benoit's wife managed several wrestlers and went by
the stage name "Woman." Benoit had two other children from a prior relationship.
Chris Benoit's wikipedia entry was updated with his wife's death before cops found her.
Dead Wrestler's Web Page Was Altered

By HARRY R. WEBER,
AP
Posted: 2007-06-28 23:11:20
ATLANTA (AP) - Investigators are looking into who altered pro wrestler Chris Benoit's
Wikipedia entry to mention his wife's death hours before authorities discovered the
bodies of the couple and their 7-year-old son.
Benoit's Wikipedia entry was altered early Monday to say that the wrestler had missed a
match two days earlier because of his wife's death.
A Wikipedia official, Cary Bass, said Thursday that the entry was made by someone
using an Internet protocol address registered in Stamford, Conn., where World Wrestling
Entertainment is based.
An IP address, a unique series of numbers carried by every machine connected to the

Internet, does not necessarily have to be broadcast from where it is registered. The bodies
were found in Benoit's home in suburban Atlanta, and it's not known where the posting
was sent from, Bass said.
Benoit strangled his wife and son during the weekend, placing Bibles next to their bodies,
before hanging himself on the cable of a weight-machine in his home, authorities said.
No motive was offered for the killings, which were discovered Monday.
Also Thursday, federal drug agents said they had raided the west Georgia office of a
doctor who prescribed testosterone to Benoit.
The raid at Dr. Phil Astin's office in Carrollton began Wednesday night and concluded
early Thursday, said agent Chuvalo Truesdell, a spokesman for the Drug Enforcement
Administration. No arrests were made.
Among other things, investigators were looking for Benoit's medical records to see
whether he had been prescribed steroids and, if so, whether that prescription was
appropriate, according to a law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity
because records in the case remain sealed.
what, if any, medications he prescribed when Benoit visited his office Friday.
State medical records show that Astin's privileges were suspended for three months in
2001 at a Georgia hospital for "reasons related to competence or character."
Astin did not return calls to his cell phone from the AP on Thursday.
drugs played a role in the killings. Some experts believe steroids cause paranoia,
Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard said in a statement Thursday that he could
not immediately comment on the raid.
Benoit's page on Wikipedia, a reference site that allows users to add and edit information,
was updated at 12:01 a.m. Monday, about 14 hours before authorities say the bodies were
found. The reason he missed a match Saturday night was "stemming from the death of his
wife Nancy," it said.
Reporters informed the Fayette County district attorney's office of the posting Thursday,
and the agency forwarded the information to sheriff's investigators, who are looking into
it, a legal assistant said in an e-mail to the AP.
WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt said that to his knowledge, no one at the WWE knew
Nancy Benoit was dead before her body was found Monday afternoon. Text messages
released by officials show that messages from Chris Benoit's cell phone were being sent
to co-workers a few hours after the Wikipedia posting.
WWE employees are given WWE e-mail addresses, McDevitt said, though he did not
know whether Chris Benoit had one.
"I have no idea who posted this," McDevitt said. "It's at least possible Chris may have
sent some other text message to someone that we're unaware of. We don't know if he did.
The phone is in the possession of authorities."
On Thursday afternoon, the Wikipedia page about Benoit carried a note stating that
editing by unregistered or newly registered users was disabled until July 8 because of
vandalism.
In other developments Thursday, Ballard told the AP that 10 empty beer cans were found
in a trash can in the Benoit home. An empty wine bottle was found a few feet from where
Benoit hanged himself, Ballard said.
It could take several weeks for toxicology tests to be completed on Benoit to see what
substances, if any, were in his system.
Benoit took four months off from work in 2006 for undisclosed personal reasons,
McDevitt said.
"He was feeling depressed, that kind of thing," McDevitt said.
In the days before the killings, Benoit and his wife argued over whether he should stay
home more to take care of their mentally retarded 7-year-old son, according to an
attorney for the WWE wr
not immediately comment on the raid. ' McDevitt said.
attorney for the WWE wrestling league.
The child had a rare medical condition called Fragile X Syndrome, an inherited form of
mental retardation often accompanied by autism.
Chris Benoit's father, Michael Benoit, declined to comment on the slayings when reached
Thursday by telephone in Alberta, Canada. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
Associated Press writer Matt Apuzzo in Washington contributed to this story.
Dead Wrestler's Web Page Was Altered

By HARRY R. WEBER,
AP
Posted: 2007-06-28 23:11:20
ATLANTA (AP) - Investigators are looking into who altered pro wrestler Chris Benoit's
Wikipedia entry to mention his wife's death hours before authorities discovered the
bodies of the couple and their 7-year-old son.
Benoit's Wikipedia entry was altered early Monday to say that the wrestler had missed a
match two days earlier because of his wife's death.
A Wikipedia official, Cary Bass, said Thursday that the entry was made by someone
using an Internet protocol address registered in Stamford, Conn., where World Wrestling
Entertainment is based.
An IP address, a unique series of numbers carried by every machine connected to the

Internet, does not necessarily have to be broadcast from where it is registered. The bodies
were found in Benoit's home in suburban Atlanta, and it's not known where the posting
was sent from, Bass said.
not immediately comment on the raid.
Benoit's page on Wikipedia, a reference site that allows users to add and edit information,
was updated at 12:01 a.m. Monday, about 14 hours before authorities say the bodies were
found. The reason he missed a match Saturday night was "stemming from the death of his
wife Nancy," it said.
Reporters informed the Fayette County district attorney's office of the posting Thursday,
and the agency forwarded the information to sheriff's investigators, who are looking into
it, a legal assistant said in an e-mail to the AP.
WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt said that to his knowledge, no one at the WWE knew
Nancy Benoit was dead before her body was found Monday afternoon. Text messages
released by officials show that messages from Chris Benoit's cell phone were being sent
to co-workers a few hours after the Wikipedia posting.
WWE employees are given WWE e-mail addresses, McDevitt said, though he did not
know whether Chris Benoit had one.
"I have no idea who posted this," McDevitt said. "It's at least possible Chris may have
sent some other text message to someone that we're unaware of. We don't know if he did.
The phone is in the possession of authorities."
On Thursday afternoon, the Wikipedia page about Benoit carried a note stating that
editing by unregistered or newly registered users was disabled until July 8 because of
vandalism.
In other developments Thursday, Ballard told the AP that 10 empty beer cans were found
in a trash can in the Benoit home. An empty wine bottle was found a few feet from where
Benoit hanged himself, Ballard said.
It could take several weeks for toxicology tests to be completed on Benoit to see what
substances, if any, were in his system.
Benoit took four months off from work in 2006 for undisclosed personal reasons,
McDevitt said.
attorney for the WWE wr
not immediately comment on the raid. ' McDevitt said.
attorney for the WWE wrestling league.
The child had a rare medical condition called Fragile X Syndrome, an inherited form of
mental retardation often accompanied by autism.
Chris Benoit's father, Michael Benoit, declined to comment on the slayings when reached
Thursday by telephone in Alberta, Canada. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
Associated Press writer Matt Apuzzo in Washington contributed to this story.

Benoit's Wikipedia Site Reported
Wife's Death
Site Mysteriously Mentioned Death Before Cops
Found Body
By HARRY R. WEBER,
AP Sports
Posted: 2007-06-28 18:53:38
ATLANTA (June 28) - Investigators are looking into who altered pro wrestler Chris Benoit's Wikipedia entry
to mention his wife's death hours before authorities discovered the bodies of the couple and their 7-year-old
son.
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Benoit's Wikipedia entry was altered early Monday to say that the wrestler had missed a match two days
earlier because of his wife's death.
A Wikipedia official, Cary Bass, said Thursday that the entry was made by someone using an Internet
protocol address registered in Stamford, Conn., where World Wrestling Entertainment is based.
An IP address, a unique series of numbers carried by every machine connected to the Internet, does not
necessarily have to be broadcast from where it is registered. The bodies were found in Benoit's home in
suburban Atlanta, and it's not known where the posting was sent from, Bass said.
Benoit strangled his wife and son during the weekend, placing Bibles next to their bodies, before hanging
himself on the cable of a weight-machine in his home, authorities said. No motive was offered for the killings,
which were discovered Monday.
Also Thursday, federal drug agents said they had raided the west Georgia office of a doctor who prescribed
testosterone to Benoit.
The raid at Dr. Phil Astin's office in Carrollton began Wednesday night and concluded early Thursday, said
agent Chuvalo Truesdell, a spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration. No arrests were made.
Hours before the raid, Astin told The Associated Press he had treated Benoit for low testosterone levels,
which he said likely originated from previous steroid use.
Among other things, investigators were looking for Benoit's medical records to see whether he had been
prescribed steroids and, if so, whether that prescription was appropriate, according to a law enforcement
official speaking on condition of anonymity because records in the case remain sealed.
Astin prescribed testosterone for Benoit, a longtime friend, in the past but would not say what, if any,
medications he prescribed when Benoit visited his office Friday.
State medical records show that Astin's privileges were suspended for three months in 2001 at a Georgia
hospital for "reasons related to competence or character."
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Anabolic steroids were found in Benoit's home, leading officials to wonder whether the drugs played a role in
the killings. Some experts believe steroids cause paranoia, depression and violent outbursts known as "roid
rage."
Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard said in a statement Thursday that he could not immediately
comment on the raid.
Benoit's page on Wikipedia, a reference site that allows users to add and edit information, was updated at
12:01 a.m. Monday, about 14 hours before authorities say the bodies were found. The reason he missed a
match Saturday night was "stemming from the death of his wife Nancy," it said.
Reporters informed the Fayette County district attorney's office of the posting Thursday, and the agency
forwarded the information to sheriff's investigators, who are looking into it, a legal assistant said in an e-mail
to the AP.
WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt said that to his knowledge, no one at the WWE knew Nancy Benoit was dead
before her body was found Monday afternoon. Text messages released by officials show that messages
from Chris Benoit's cell phone were being sent to co-workers a few hours after the Wikipedia posting.
WWE employees are given WWE e-mail addresses, McDevitt said, though he did not know whether Chris
Benoit had one.
"I have no idea who posted this," McDevitt said. "It's at least possible Chris may have sent some other text
message to someone that we're unaware of. We don't know if he did. The phone is in the possession of
authorities."
On Thursday afternoon, the Wikipedia page about Benoit carried a note stating that editing by unregistered
or newly registered users was disabled until July 8 because of vandalism.
In other developments Thursday, Ballard told the AP that 10 empty beer cans were found in a trash can in
the Benoit home. An empty wine bottle was found a few feet from where Benoit hanged himself, Ballard
said.
It could take several weeks for toxicology tests to be completed on Benoit to see what substances, if any,
were in his system.
Benoit took four months off from work in 2006 for undisclosed personal reasons, McDevitt said.
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In the days before the killings, Benoit and his wife argued over whether he should stay home more to take
care of their mentally retarded 7-year-old son, according to an attorney for the WWE wrestling league.
The child had a rare medical condition called Fragile X Syndrome, an inherited form of mental retardation
often accompanied by autism.
Chris Benoit's father, Michael Benoit, declined to comment on the slayings when reached Thursday by
telephone in Alberta, Canada. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.

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Benoit: Doctor's office raided

The raid came as questions have arisen

Earlier on Thursday, World Wrestling Entertainment owner Vince McMahon cautioned

WWE: Benoit passed drug test

Atlanta - World Wrestling Entertainment

Anabolic steroids were found in Benoit's

Benoit: Murdered son retarded

Nancy Benoit had filed for a divorce in 2003, saying

Benoit: Bibles at murder scene

Atlanta - WWE wrestler Chris Benoit allegedly

The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) aggressively defended its drug-testing

Benoit left no suicide note.

Pro Wrestler Chris Benoit Found Dead

A report on television station WAGA said that investigators

Dead Wrestler's Web Page Was Altered

An IP address, a unique series of numbers carried by every machine connected to the

"He was feeling depressed, that kind of thing," McDevitt said.

Associated Press writer Matt Apuzzo in Washington contributed to this story.

Dead Wrestler's Web Page Was Altered

An IP address, a unique series of numbers carried by every machine connected to the

"He was feeling depressed, that kind of thing," McDevitt said.

Associated Press writer Matt Apuzzo in Washington contributed to this story.

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• Handing Out Tough Love on Draft Night

"He was feeling depressed, that kind of thing," McDevitt said.

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