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Cops Give Gruesome Details of Benoit Killing Spree

Posted Jun 26th 2007 3:15PM by TMZ Staff

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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31. Why did she not protect herself or her son? Sounds fishy to me..

Posted at 3:35PM on Jun 26th 2007 by bIUBULa

32. this certianly is a shame, but you cant crucify a dead man, ecspecially b4 you know what is going on

Posted at 3:36PM on Jun 26th 2007 by bear

33. He is nothing but a piece of crap fake wrestler, my husband Watches WWE and just thinks it great. What good has come out of it? Not5hing but a bunch of man beaters that juice Vince needs to give up the piece of crap broadcasting and start airing something other than mindless dribble. Words cannot even express how much sympathy goes out to the women who are put under a mans spell, and it just a vicious cycle.

HE WILL NEVER CHANGE.

Same thing I told my sister who apparently gets beat.
God Bless you women, but please find help -there are places to go, friends family that care about you. Let this not be the end.

Posted at 3:36PM on Jun 26th 2007 by carcarfaceface

34. The Sheriff's Dept says Steroids were found in the house! What a tragedy!!! To think that children look up to these so called 'Hero's!!!!

Posted at 3:39PM on Jun 26th 2007 by Doreen

35. Sick coward. Pay attention, impressionable WWE fans (and their parents). Roids do not make you tougher; only more volatile.

Posted at 3:39PM on Jun 26th 2007 by JaneSays

36. If steriods makes you a killer, should we be worried about Mark Maguire, Barry Bonds or Floyd Landis going off on a spree?

Posted at 3:37PM on Jun 26th 2007 by jake

37. .....Iam so heart broken over this, it is such a shame that he felt so pressured to take enhancing drugs to please his fans, when all we really wanted was to enjoy his talent.I keep the family in my thoughts.

Posted at 1:35AM on Jun 27th 2007 by mingo_65559

38. Bet the WWE wished they had waited on showing three hours memorializing this murderer on tv last night.

Posted at 3:53PM on Jun 26th 2007 by observer

39. 60 wrestlers died under the age of 45 in the last 10 years!
I can't belive that!

Posted at 3:38PM on Jun 26th 2007 by nwT

40. No one knows what was going on in his head at the time. Let the guy rest in piece. If you didnt know him personally don't judge him. For all of you that are saying all the bad things about him I hope someone does the same for you when you die

Posted at 1:08PM on Jun 27th 2007 by .

41. this isn't Vinces fault. These men and women are adults. Let's make them act like adults. There's people out there doing the same thing every day and we don't hear about it because there not famous. This is not WWe's fault, Vinces fault, his wifes fault or his son's fault. This is Chris's fault. I loved watching Benoit and all the rest of the wrestlers. He will be greatly missed. But this is still HIS fault. Not anyone elses.

Posted at 3:39PM on Jun 26th 2007 by Tina

42. SO THEN HOW COME IVE HEARD THAT HIS WIFE KILLED THE SON AND THEN BECAUSE OF THAT, HE IN TURN KILLED HER AND THEN HIMSELF??

Posted at 3:41PM on Jun 26th 2007 by Lauren

43. #24 biubula: It's pretty hard to protect yourself when you're up against someone his size who is a trained fighter...you're an idiot.

Posted at 3:39PM on Jun 26th 2007 by Sassy

44. I JUST CANT BELIVE THIS WE SEEN HIM AND DID NOT SEEN CRAZY BUT I GUSSE U CAN HIDE IT LOL

Posted at 3:40PM on Jun 26th 2007 by cant belive this

45. I think what has happened is truly sickening, but what would be worse would be for this to happen again. Every man is responsible for his actions, but this being said, I think we truly need to look at what actions before hand led up to this horrible act of violence and murder. From all accounts of Chis Benoit's family and friends, they say he was a good man, a man who loved his kids. How does this good man become so overwhelmed with rage that he murders those he loves dearest? That is the real question here, and one that perhaps can be answered by those responsible for pushing him through almost career ending neck surgery to get back in the ring. Who looked the other way while he took steroids so he looked bigger and stronger and more appealing to the fans? Taking steroids, and obviously painkillers to work through the pain he and other performers endure, just so we can have a great show. A deeper look needs to be taken "within" the wrestling community as to drug testing, and not just randomly but regularly. And last but not least, let us the fans who want more realistic violence portrayed in these shows look at ourselves in the mirror. We are the ones who turn the TV on, we're the ones who chant in the crowd for more, or hit him harder. We in some part as a whole have to say Chris Benoit was not a monster, but we made him one.

Posted at 3:40PM on Jun 26th 2007 by Kevin

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