The Benoit Tragedy

As most of you probably know, Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy, and his son Daniel were discovered yesterday in their home dead. The investigation regarding the while Benoit Tragedy, as I'm calling it, is still ongoing and there are many details being released and each news site I go to says something a little different. So I'm going to try and compile all the details and all the latest news here into one story. So I'll start at the beginning when we first heard of this terrible atrocity.

It all started early yesterday when friends of Chris started receiving odd and mysterious text messages. His friends became worried about this and notified the WWE. The WWE then notified local law enforcement in Fayetteville, GA. They police went to check on Benoit and his family and that's when they found the Benoit, his wife, and his son dead. They were all found in separate rooms. Nancy Benoit was found in a home office strangled with an electric cord. Daniel was found in his bedroom smothered by a bag. And Benoit was found in the weight room, hung by a pulley on an exercise machine. The authorities would not release any details at the time except to say that no one was shot. The WWE was notified of the situation and they cancelled RAW for that night and replaced it with a three hour tribute to Benoit. Mr. McMahon rose from the dead and made a statement to the public. Here's what he said:


An autopsy was done today to find the answers to what really happened. It was concluded that it was a double-murder suicide. Apparently Benoit killed his wife on Friday on Saturday and his son was killed either late Saturday or sometime Sunday. It is still being discovered when they were actually killed. On Sunday, Benoit was supposed to participate in the WWE Pay-Per-View of Vengeance. He called rather last minute saying he had a "family emergency." Then Monday afternoon Benoit committed suicide probably distraught over what he had done. Once the WWE found out about Benoit killing his family and committing suicide they pulled all tributes from their website and only had one story following the story of the Benoit Tragedy. Investigators found anabolic steroids in his home. These can cause paranoia, stress, and violent outbursts called "roid rage." It is believed he had been taking these drugs which caused him to go into "roid rage" and kill his family and himself. I'll provide more details here on this post as they become available so stay tuned.

UPDATE: I just heard that next to Nancy's and Daniel's bodies were Bibles. Also Nancy was bound at the wrists and the ankles. According to Wikipedia, Nancy was killed on Friday, Daniel on Saturday, and Benoit killed himself late Saturday or early Sunday. This is still up in the air as I'm hearing different stories of when who died from the sources I've been checking.