R.I.P.
Benoit and Son

This is the adorable child Chris Benoit suffocated before killing himself. This picture of Benoit and son Daniel was taken at a 2004 event honoring Chris.

Daniel Benoit suffered from Fragile X Syndrome, a chromosomal defect that causes autism-like behaviors, language delays and other physical/sensory problems, afflicting 1 in 3600 males and 1 in 4-6 thousand females.

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1. What a loser to kill his own son.

Posted at 11:35AM on Jun 28th 2007 by No

2. This makes me sick. I'm glad he killed himself. Too bad he took two other innocent people with him.

Posted at 11:36AM on Jun 28th 2007 by ks

3. The media needs to stop trying to find an excuse for what this monster did and making excuses for his behavior. This was a sick twisted man who performed in the ring. He was a character in the ring.

Posted at 11:37AM on Jun 28th 2007 by Heather

4. This poor little angel. What a monster to do that to his child, i hope Chris Benoit rots in h_ll.

Posted at 11:38AM on Jun 28th 2007 by Christine

5. He couldn't just off himself? Killing an innocent baby is horrendous.

Posted at 11:41AM on Jun 28th 2007 by Prnzez

6. its a sad outcome....but most of us make decisions that wont put us in a situation like that in the first place. Its not news to anyone with a head on their shoulders that steroids will alter you physically AND mentally. He knew that, he decided that vanity and greed were more important....its a terrible shame his family had to pay the ultimate price for this guys lack of integrity

Posted at 11:42AM on Jun 28th 2007 by Michael

7. This is a story,,,that bothers alot of people/public...

Chris,, was in the Family Doctor's office,,,, just hours earlier,,,,I just dont understand how that doctor didnt notive something was wrong with this guy/chris...

Just hours later,,he then kills his family....Make's me wonder what kind of a IDIOT DOCTOR,,he was... if he didnt notice something was up- going on with Chris...That this guys was about ready to snap..

This is a real tradegy,,and bizzare case....

Posted at 11:42AM on Jun 28th 2007 by live it up

8. You should not have posted this childs pic!! I'm sure its hard enough on the rest of his family, now they have to see pics of him on the internet. That's low!!

Posted at 11:43AM on Jun 28th 2007 by Jennifer

9. good work again tmz as always , as for finding excuses to see why he did it.. i think thats the only important thing left in this sad tale. Once recognized the people in power should do all they can to make sure it happens as rarely as possible

Posted at 11:44AM on Jun 28th 2007 by Master Baker

10. Being a parent, I had to try to explain this to my 9 year old son how it is someone he saw on television, who did cool things in a wrestling ring, and seemed to have it "all" could be capable of such an act. The bottom line is Mr.Benoit crossed aline somewhere in his mind that found this act to be acceptable. The reporting of this incident is like many others dating back to the Jeffrey Dahmer case in which America wasn't interested in how many people Mr. Dahmer killed but if he actually ate them or not. I feel that we need to keep in mind that Mr. Benoit was sick and probably had been for sometime.

Posted at 11:46AM on Jun 28th 2007 by Bob D

11. TMZ...you suck for putting that little boy's picture on your website. You have absolutely no respect for this poor child who was murdered by his father. Shame on you!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 11:47AM on Jun 28th 2007 by MFH

12. The kid looks just loke him. So horrific...I hope he didn't suffer. God bless.

Posted at 11:50AM on Jun 28th 2007 by Tam

13. RIP? i hope they mean tor the two he took with him. for him it should' ve been BIH.. burn in hell!

Posted at 11:51AM on Jun 28th 2007 by reversely served

14. TMZ you rule!!! more public news should be reported like this!!! as for all those who cry and bitch about putting that pic up .. google daniel benoit... see all the thousands of pics already on the internet .... its the nature of society so its as simple as it always has been .. its YOUR CHOICE whether to read an article , look at a picture etc... so dont complain because you decided to look at it and didn't like it. If you feel that strongly stop going to every possible site that will have it on and you will be happy right?

Bob . D i agree with you , the reports are that he has been " strange" for over a year but somehow lasted till now before cracking completely . As for the doc not noticing it.. maybe he did.. and chris convinced him he was sane enough to go about his business for a while ok . you DONT know

Posted at 11:52AM on Jun 28th 2007 by Master Baker

15. Simply heart breaking that Chris could kill his son with a choke hold. And, even more tragic to find out that Chris was buying illegal human growth hormone to inject his son; all without a doctors orders or supervision.

The Georgia investigators said the story was bizarre......and man they weren't exagerating....truly tragic and horrifying!!

Posted at 11:53AM on Jun 28th 2007 by enough is enough

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