Celebrity Justice
Cops Give Gruesome Details of Benoit Killing Spree

Officials have confirmed the horrifying details in the deaths of wrestling superstar Chris Benoit and his family.

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. Authorities also believe that Benoit died on Saturday.

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361. #114, you respect the wrestler. Ok, you mean you respect and image because it is fact now, just like it was when he was alive, that he is NOT that person. But he was and still is, (Until the weekend) Someone else. And that someone else that you didn’t know committed murder on two other innocent people.

Posted at 1:29PM on Jun 27th 2007 by CB

362. You’re right #83. No one should ever make excuses like we are hearing on this site. A murder is just that, a murder. If he had NOT taken his life then people would be saying something different with him alive just sitting in jail.

People are funny when it comes to the people that they want to defend. When you murder, you are a murder. When you murder suicide, then you are still a murder. But you are one that sadly and sickly pulled someone else into your demented world. And now they have NO world because of you, the murderer.

Posted at 1:30PM on Jun 27th 2007 by .

363. as a former wrestler i can say im shocked about chris benoit of all people committing this terrible act. on the contrary in my opinion the world lost a wonderful athlete and i for one belive until we know all the facts can not judge and of course roids were present he had broken his neck in the past and it aids in the healing and recovery

Posted at 3:29PM on Jun 27th 2007 by former wrestler

364. post 346 where in the hell could your head be the child was7 years old how in the hell could you say something like that. i sure hope you do not have kids.

Posted at 9:22AM on Jun 28th 2007 by cat man

365. 346 i sure hope you do not have children you have about one sick out look on this that little kid could not have done any thing to deserve what he got out of this thats dead did you not catch that part or what.

Posted at 5:05PM on Jun 27th 2007 by cat man

366. May the wife beater child killer burn in hell!

Posted at 10:12PM on Jun 27th 2007 by Jon

367. We are huge wrestling fans at my house. Especially my 12 year old and husband. We are shocked and dismayed at this horrible tragedy which befell the Benoit family.

Last Tuesday while watching ECW my husband commented on Benoit looking like a caged animal behind very tortured eyes. I've thought he looked like that for sometime. For whatever reasons that are not ours to judge or understand, the man snapped.

He was a hero to many, but his actions were cowardly and selfish. I think the man was an a amazing talent in his chosen field but now all of this will be mostly what is remembered for.
Such a horrible tragic ending.

Posted at 7:57PM on Jun 27th 2007 by innocentbystandards

368. i use to love chris man he was my idol

Posted at 4:24PM on Jun 28th 2007 by Qmoney

369. New news on wwe.com and abc news shows he saw a docor on the day of the killing and the pressure of his son and his illness may have been to much for him to handle. his son had fragile x which is a birth defect with a weak x cromisome. it symtoms are almost like autism and effect normal groth. the family has been dealing with this rare disease for years. their is no excuse for what he has done but it does shed light on his motive. even though steroids may have played a role in his depression, dont blame steroids for what he has done. his doctor on the day of the killing said he seemed "calm and rational" which is not a symtom of roid rage.

my blessing go out to anyone effected by this tragedy

Posted at 11:21PM on Jun 27th 2007 by benoittragedy

370. the wrestling world was shocked by the news heard on monday night, and horrified with the additional news heard on tuesday. we all wonder what was going through his mind at that time to make him do something like that, but we will never know. everyone has there breaking points and this was his. his was just uncontrollable. he will truly be missed in the wrestling world and to all loyal fans he touched in some way. my thoughts and prayers are with them all.

Posted at 11:26PM on Jun 27th 2007 by Dee

371. NO DRUGS HAVE BEEN PROVEN IN HIS SYSTEM TOXOCOLOGY WONT BE BACK FOR WEEKS. ALL THE DRUGS WERE LEGAL PRESCRIPTIONS THAT WERE FOUND IN HIS HOUSE. THEY HAVE NOT PROVEN ANY STEROIDS!!!! THEY DONT KNOW WHAT WAS ON HIS SYSTEM. Ya cant blame drugs till we have the tox back

He is a legend in wrestling why do we have to remember him for one act of insanity

Posted at 4:31PM on Jun 28th 2007 by Christie

372. I think this is, by far, one of the sickest things I have heard in a while. And, even sicker is that people are still defending and idolizing this "thing" - I cannot for the life of me call him a "man", And, if the mother was also aware of the "human growth hormone" or steroid injections to a 7 year old child who wasn't big enough for Daddy, well, I question that as well. However, she nor the child deserved this....no one deserves anything like this. I don't think that steroids were the main player in this sicko's game though. The murders were very methodical, thought-out, premeditated, over the course of possibly 3 days. We are talking about a man who had to have testosterone injections due to his low male hormone level! He killed his wife one day, spent the day with his son, then killed him. Thank God he had the decency to kill himself!

There was no indication of "roid rage" in the numerous text messages he so calmly and coherently sent to so many people, or when, probably as an afterthought, placed Bibles next to his victims. An interview with Bret "Hitman" Hart, who knew Benoit from the time he was 10 years old even said he would be surprised if steroids played a part in the murders. He eluded to "the demons" Benoit was fighting. Obviously the "demon" was Benoit himself!

I thank God I have never allowed my kids to watch any form of this fake sport, or look up to people like this. I think the WWE may have taken its final beating!

Posted at 11:30AM on Jun 28th 2007 by Donna

373. What a damned moron, ass, and.. murderer.
Can't believe he killed his own son.
May he rot in hell.

Posted at 3:30PM on Jun 28th 2007 by Layla

374. Do you know what fragile X syndrome is. HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE IS GIVEN TO NORMAL CHILDREN THAT ARE SMALL. WE DONT KNOW IF THEY DID NOT HAVE A DOCTORS APPROVAL FOR THIS. HE WAS A MINOR CHILD WE MAY NEVER KNOW THAT. NANCY BENOIT WAS A WRESTLER TOO. SHE KNEW WHAT IT WAS FOR AND WHAT IT COULD DO. YOU CANT PUT IT ALL ON HIM AT ALL IN THIS CASE. USUING HCG ON THAT CHILD MAY HAVE BEEN A DECISION ON BOTH PARENTS AND FROM WHAT IVE READ IS USED IN CASES LIKE THIS.

YOU CANT BLAME STERIODS FOR THIS!!! WE SIMPLY DONT KNOW YET. ARE WE GOING TO BLAME ALCOHOL TOO? THEY FOUND 10 EMPTY BEER CANS AND AN EMPTY BOTTLE OF WINE IN THE HOME AND NEAR HIS BODY. THIS MAN EVIDENTLY SNAPPED. HE HAD HAD MENTAL ISSUES FOR THE PAST YEAR THAT THE WWE IGNORED BECAUSE HE WAS A HEADLINER AND BROUGHT IN THE MONEY. VINCE MCMAHON SHOUL;D ROT IN HELL. HE COULDVE STOPPED THIS

Posted at 4:39PM on Jun 28th 2007 by christie

375. Think about the other theories for that weekend.

1. his wife killed the son called him told him to come home for an emergency he gets enraged at the fact that she killed his son.

2. They argued she tried to kill him he got her down and accidentally killed her, he thought of an O.J. incident and couldn't bear the fact that his kid would have to be in the system, killed him, then with the remorse killed himself.

3. SOMEONE ELSE DID IT!!

But, no one will like any of those because as we can tell from the Duke lacrosse case the police are always right.

P.S. explain how a dead guy write text messages??

Posted at 2:53PM on Jun 29th 2007 by j

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