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Wrestler Benoit Sedates Son, Wife before Killing Them
World | July 18, 2007, Wednesday // 00:00
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The free-style wrestler Chris Benoit injected himself steroids and sedated his wife and son before killing them in their suburban Atlanta home at the end of June. Photo by images.google.com
The free-style wrestler Chris Benoit injected himself steroids and sedated his wife and son before killing them in their suburban Atlanta home, medical expertise showed.
A chief examiner said at a press conference toxicology tests found drugs in all three Benoits - notably, elevated levels of steroid testosterone in Chris Benoit and the anxiety drug Xanax in his 7-year-old son, Daniel.
Investigators said they found anabolic steroids among prescription drugs in Benoit's house and would try to determine if they played a role in the deaths. Testosterone can be used by athletes to improve performance and is considered a form of doping in some sports.
Benoit strangled the two members of his family and then hanged himself with a weight-machine pulley at the end of June.
After committing the violent murders in two consecutive days, Benoit left a Bible next to each body.
His wife was found dead in an upstairs family room with her wrists and feet bound and there was blood under her head, indicating a possible struggle.
Daniel was probably suffocated a day later and his body was found in his bed.
In the beginning of the drama Benoit called a co-worker his wife and son had food poisoning and were throwing up. That was the pro wrestler's excuse for not participating in a scheduled event in Texas, part of the program of World Wrestling Entertainment.
The co-worker said Benoit sounded tired and groggy and said "I love you," which the co-worker found "out of context," WWE said.
In the next morning, two co-workers received a series of text messages from the cell phones of Benoit and his wife. Most stated his home address about 20 miles south of Atlanta. One message from Benoit's phone read: "The dogs are in the enclosed pool area. Garage side door is open,".
The text messages led WWE to ask authorities to check on Benoit and his family.
Benoit, a Canadian native, had been a professional wrestler since 1985, including the past eight years with the World Wrestling Entertainment.
His 43-year-old wife, Nancy, was a manager for several wrestlers and the two met when they were with now-defunct World Championship Wrestling. In addition to the murdered Daniel, Benoit had two children from a previous relationship, who now live in Canada.
A chief examiner said at a press conference toxicology tests found drugs in all three Benoits - notably, elevated levels of steroid testosterone in Chris Benoit and the anxiety drug Xanax in his 7-year-old son, Daniel.
Investigators said they found anabolic steroids among prescription drugs in Benoit's house and would try to determine if they played a role in the deaths. Testosterone can be used by athletes to improve performance and is considered a form of doping in some sports.
Benoit strangled the two members of his family and then hanged himself with a weight-machine pulley at the end of June.
After committing the violent murders in two consecutive days, Benoit left a Bible next to each body.
His wife was found dead in an upstairs family room with her wrists and feet bound and there was blood under her head, indicating a possible struggle.
Daniel was probably suffocated a day later and his body was found in his bed.
In the beginning of the drama Benoit called a co-worker his wife and son had food poisoning and were throwing up. That was the pro wrestler's excuse for not participating in a scheduled event in Texas, part of the program of World Wrestling Entertainment.
The co-worker said Benoit sounded tired and groggy and said "I love you," which the co-worker found "out of context," WWE said.
In the next morning, two co-workers received a series of text messages from the cell phones of Benoit and his wife. Most stated his home address about 20 miles south of Atlanta. One message from Benoit's phone read: "The dogs are in the enclosed pool area. Garage side door is open,".
The text messages led WWE to ask authorities to check on Benoit and his family.
Benoit, a Canadian native, had been a professional wrestler since 1985, including the past eight years with the World Wrestling Entertainment.
His 43-year-old wife, Nancy, was a manager for several wrestlers and the two met when they were with now-defunct World Championship Wrestling. In addition to the murdered Daniel, Benoit had two children from a previous relationship, who now live in Canada.
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