Speculation Regarding the Death of Chris Benoit

[Shocky]

I think calling Chris Benoit evil is stretching it guys. Evil is reserved for guys like Bin Laden, Hussein, Hitler, ruthless dictators that killed many people. Chris Benoit for all intents and purposes, killed two people, in a crime of passion. Let's not confuse the two. Jerffrey Domer eating people, that's evil.

Let's not kid ourselves guys. This case is probably about as over as it's going to get. Benoit will be the murderer, the next question we can move onto is the Why? It's the only thing left. If this was a crime of passion, I can deal with it, but never accept it. If this was pre-calculated and planned, then Benoit does have a spot in hell. I hate to say it, but it's the truth.

 

[The Live Wire]

This whole mess is really troubling obviously. I am a huge Beniot fan and i will keep proudly saying it until things are proven. Things dont look good right now because they havent been investigating anything other than an inside killing. Doesn't anyone find it odd that he would miss Vengeance, where he was sure to win a title, to have a roid fit and kill the people he loved more than anything in the world? This whole case seems fishy to me and i feel like this wasnt as it seems at all. I think he really had an emergency with his family and he returned home to this mess, what man wouldnt kill himself after? I will mourn the death of Chris Beniot until it is PROVEN that he is in fact a killer.

Rest in Peace Chris, Daniel and Nancy Beniot

 

[Valthonis79]

I know I'm gonna get an infraction,but I don't care. I must say out of all the fucking idiots who have posted in this thread,you sir are the biggest. Tell us who done it. The wife? Yeah,she kills the boy,hangs Benoit,andd then ties herself up and somehow chokes to death? He killed them,there is no one else.

I'll say it again,all of you who are defending this guy have to be the biggest fucking idiots I have ever seen.

i am by no means defending him. i am saying we shouldn't bash him until everything is proven beyond doubt.

 

[Valthonis79]

LAPD...do you have anything against our beloved Donut Monsters??

I think that's it, and frankly, dont expect any other details to be revealed, if there's any...
May the wrat of Satan fall over the murderer. Whoever it was...
Sorry, just kidding. Over Benoit.

still waiting for any reaction of WWE superstars on myspace.. (its blocked here at the office, LOL!) so please, anybody?

from what i've seen of the superstar sites no on is saying anything out it. almost as if nothing ever happend or benoit never exsited

 

[Maidenfan18]

pretty insane that his kid had needle marks on his arm
and its insane what some of the text messages said, its all in clue

what? Who said the kid had needle marks in his arms?

And the tex messages haven't been released...

 

[vimeskane]

if the reports are true and he killed his family, and he didn't commit suicide,
he would have ended up with the death penalty or life in prison, he wouldn't stand up for his actions and be judged by them.

I don't care who you are murders are the earths scum, and worst of all is those who take the live of a child, and because he was a great wrestler he doesn't deserve your respect.

 

[TCStyles]

I was talking to my mother about what happened,
and she brought up the idea that he could've injured his head.

People are involved in situations all the time where they bump their head the wrong way falling down, a car accident, explosions, concusions,etc.
After these incidents the person may not be themselves, may be really angry,sad, or depressed and go on to hurt someone else or themself.

Think about it, who has landed on their head more then anyone in WWE?
This is just a thought,
i'm not making any accusations,
but if he did infact kill his family and himself,
maybe that could be an explanation?

I just don't know.

I agree with your statement. I believe Post Concussive Stress disorder or W/E could be responsible. Look at the Pittsburgh Steeler who led police on a two hour high speed chase then crashed and killed himself. I also belive Mike Awesome's death could be a result of the same thing. After taking so much punishment to the head it is safe to assume Benoit was not the man he once was. I myself have had a concussion and can tell you 100% you do not feel right for a few days after. Now if he had PCSD thaat would explain a lot, including irrational actions. Also Nancy had filed for divorce in 2003, including a restraining order citing Benoit's aggressiveness and threats to destroy furniture in the home. But they worked it out. Now i also agree that we should not pass judgement on Benoit or Nancy yet, as there is no clear explanation. Either way Benoit will be missed in and out of the ring by many, including myself. RIP Chris.

 

[lougunz]

does any one know what the text messages say ?

 

[Don Killuminati]

You guys just face he did it. It's really over and all we'll find out anymore now is why Benoit did it. I know you guys want to believe he's innocent and everything's going to be better but its better to face it and move on. I know emotions are high from hearing all of this but I'm just saying it might just be easier to face it now instead of being in denial about it. I'm not trying to be mean or bash anyone I just think its better to not live in denial about this.

 

[jcsmugk]

i am by no means defending him. i am saying we shouldn't bash him until everything is proven beyond doubt.

It is proven beyond doubt that he did it. Anyone with common sense can see that. If there is still doubt in your mind, you are too attached to benoit as a fan to see the obvious truth.

Based on the current evidence, I'm fairly certain chris would get the death penalty in the state of georgia, had he not killed himself.

 

[Valthonis79]

This whole mess is really troubling obviously. I am a huge Beniot fan and i will keep proudly saying it until things are proven. Things dont look good right now because they havent been investigating anything other than an inside killing. Doesn't anyone find it odd that he would miss Vengeance, where he was sure to win a title, to have a roid fit and kill the people he loved more than anything in the world? This whole case seems fishy to me and i feel like this wasnt as it seems at all. I think he really had an emergency with his family and he returned home to this mess, what man wouldnt kill himself after? I will mourn the death of Chris Beniot until it is PROVEN that he is in fact a killer.

Rest in Peace Chris, Daniel and Nancy Beniot

amen the that!
agree with you completely

 

[quanli]

just read this from gerweck, which came from a cnn interview:

District Attorney Scott Ballard was interview on CNN Headline news by Erica Hill. Here are the highlights:

- Once again, Ballard said Nancy Benoit was killed sometime on Friday, Daniel on Saturday morning, and Benoit killed himself Saturday night.

- According to the medical examiner, Nancy was found with bruise marks on her back which is consistent with a knee being placed on her back, bruising on the front of her body suggesting she had been pressed against the floor, and her neck indicated she had been strangled.

- There is no indication Daniel tried to make contact with anyone after his mother had been killed.

- There were needle marks in Daniel’s arm, suggesting he was taking growth hormones for quite sometime.

- Ballard suggested that Benoit may have killed his son with a chokehold.

- Text messages from Benoit indicated that Nancy and Daniel were sick (probably sent when Nancy and Daniel had already been killed), and one messaged indicated that the pets needed to be let out.

- Dr. Alan Lipman, also interviewed by CNN, suggested that in the past, Benoit was breaking up the furniture in the home and threatening Nancy.

VERY disturbing details...

 

[JohnnyRodz]

It is proven beyond doubt that he did it. Anyone with common sense can see that. If there is still doubt in your mind, you are too attached to benoit as a fan to see the obvious truth.

Based on the current evidence, I'm fairly certain chris would get the death penalty in the state of georgia, had he not killed himself.

The fact that he killed a kid would get him the death penalty here in Georgia.

 

[jcsmugk]

just read this from gerweck, which came from a cnn interview:
- According to the medical examiner, Nancy was found with bruise marks on her back which is consistent with a knee being placed on her back, bruising on the front of her body suggesting she had been pressed against the floor, and her neck indicated she had been strangled.

It sounds like he put his wife in the crippler crossface, except he used a wire around her neck rather than his wrists around her face.

Pretty sick.

 

[jackhammer_27]

I just read on msn.com that they have officially ruled double murder-suicide.

 

[PlatynumX420]

It sounds like he put his wife in the crippler crossface, except he used a wire around her neck rather than his wrists around her face.

Pretty sick.

you do realize you dont put your knee into someone's back doing the crossface right? so throw that lame idea out of the window right now.

 

[Sladey1601]

After spending most of today reading the facts and theories etc.. This is what i have worked out to be the likely scenario of this sad turn of events.

Benoit gets the call from Nancy over some family emergency which appears that it's related to be their child's health (coughing up blood etc..) forcing Benoit to come home. Because of thier history of domestic violence i would say that they argued and fought alot and Daneil went to his room to get out of the way because this was the norm for him (seeing his parents argue). Things get very flared to the point that one of them says something out of turn and a fight breaks out. In all the red mist Benoit accidently kills her.

Knowing she is now dead and Benoit knowing he killed her panics and doesnt know what to do and locks her in his office until he's come to terms of his actions. After sitting down and soon realising that he will certainly go to jail, dropped from the WWE and be disgraced and most certainly lose his son, he cracks, he decides that rather than lose everything he will kill himself instead rather than face the thought of losing his son, and also putting his son through the aguish of losing a parent from his hands.

Now with him killing his son the next day i think that he knew what he was going to do and spent his final morning with his son, i actually think he tearfully told his son what he had done to clear his mind before he died but obviously didnt tell him that he was gonna do the same to him. Benoit then gets the strength to kill his son (u got to be VERY desperate and at your lowest to go through with the act of putting a bag over your sons head knowing full well that he would die).

After both were dead benoit knew that he had no choice but to hang himself (i personally would have taken the pill overdose option), he place his son in his bed as a resting place, placing a bible next to him thinking this will make sure he goes to heaven, and the same for his wife. He then goes back down stairs thinking back through his life (hence texting Chavo etc..) and a few hours later he then hangs himself in shame.

The only thing i still cant work out apart from the inaccurate timelines, is the fact that he tied up his wife's arms and legs. That seems VERY strange??

TBH, although he is now a murderer, i do actually feel sorry for him in a way. Yeah everyone's like "f*ck him he's a murderer, he killed his son etc.." but put yourself in his shoes, there is no way a man could ever do that unless they were so low that they really couldnt see a way out exept for the route he took. Granted what he done was unspeakable, but i think he did it because he was backed so far into a corner he cracked, not because he was a cold blooded murderer.

I bet if Benoit could have forseen this and turned back the clock to this time last week, this would have never happened. But unfortunatly it did and for that, all the great acomplishments that he achieved in his life are now wasted for the actions he took in his last days of his life.

Or i could be completely wrong and he is a cold blooded murderer, but i some how dont think so, he just made a very WRONG choice. But i will say that he did act a very big coward in his actions, he should have taken it like a man and faced his actions.

 

[robt69]

ok basically he was supposedly on steriods, and this happened because of riod rage. its a terrible disaster but unfortunately it does look more and more likely that he killed his wife, then his son then himself. i would love to know what was in that text he sent. he must have really lost the sence of what was happening espically when he killed himself.
i at least am happy that wwe dropped the vince angle.
but this looks like he had severe rage and killed them. however the fact he sent messages and phoned wwe is a bit disturbing that he was still able to do that, and the fact that he spent around a day in the house with his dead family

 

[crucified]

There were needle marks in Daniel’s arm, suggesting he was taking growth hormones for quite sometime.

Holy Mother Of God. Im not sure which is more worrying the fact that at 7 years old he is taking those types of drugs. Or, the part where it says "he was taking growth hormones for quite some time".

 

[jcsmugk]

After spending most of today reading the facts and theories etc.. This is what i have worked out to be the likely scenario of this sad turn of events.

Benoit gets the call from Nancy over some family emergency which appears that it's related to be their child's health (coughing up blood etc..). Because of thier history of domestic violence one would say that they argued and fought alot and Daneil just stayed in his room out of the way because this was the norm for him (seeing his parents argue). Things get very flared to the point that one of them says something out of turn and a fight breaks out. In all the red mist Benoit accedently kills her.

Knowing she is now dead and Benoit knowing he killed her panics and doesnt know what to do and locks her in his office until he's come to terms of his actions. After sitting down and soon realising that he will certainly go to jail, dropped from the WWE and be disgraced and most certainly lose his son, he cracks, he decides that rather than lose everything he will kill himself instead rather than face the thought of losing his son, and also putting his son through the aguish of losing a parent from his hands.

Now with him killing his son the next day i think that he knew what he was going to do and spent his final morning with his son, i actually think he tearfully told his son what he had done to clear his mind before he died but obviously didnt tell him that he was gonna do the same to him. Benoit then gets the strength to kill his son (u got to be VERY desperate and at your lowest to go through with the act of putting a bag over your sons head knowing full well that he would die).

After both were dead benoit knew that he had no choice but to hang himself (i personally would have taken the pill overdose option), he place his son in his bed as a resting place, placing a bible next to him thinking this will make sure he goes to heaven, and the same for his wife. He then goes back down stairs thinking back through his life (hence texting Chavo etc..) and a few hours later he then hangs himself in shame.

The only thing i still cant work out apart from the inaccurate timelines, is the fact that he tied up his wife's arms and legs. That seems VERY strange??

TBH, although he is now a murderer, i do actually feel sorry for him in a way. Yeah everyone's like "f*ck him he's a murderer, he killed his son etc.." but put yourself in his shoes, there is no way a man could ever do that unless they were so low that they really couldnt see a way out exept for the route he took. Granted what he done was unspeakable, but i think he did it because he was backed so far into a corner he cracked, not because he was a cold blooded murderer.

I bet if Benoit could have forseen this and turned back the clock to this time last week, this would have never happened. But unfortunatly it did and for that, all the great acomplishments that he achieved in his life are now wasted for the actions he took in his last days of his life.

Yeah, I agree. Let's feel bad for Chris.

WHAT ARE YOU CRAZY? Whether its cold-blooded murder or warm-blooded murder, its still murder, and the name chris benoit should go down in disgrace.

 

[quanli]

but if what the DA said is true, it was more than an accident...it sounds like he really roughed up his poor wife. and the needle marks and chokehold make it even sadder and more disturbing concerning the death of his son...

what possible legitimate reason could there be for injecting growth hormone into his son??

has anyone seen any articles that back up the claims from that CNN interview?

 

[Sladey1601]

Yeah, I agree. Let's feel bad for Chris.

WHAT ARE YOU CRAZY? Whether its cold-blooded murder or warm-blooded murder, its still murder, and the name chris benoit should go down in disgrace.

I most definatly agree that he was a muderer, and most definatly dont agree with what he done. If he was found guilty of the murders then the only option would be the electric chair or lethal injection. Know one has the god given right to kill anyone, and nor should they do so either.

I was just saying what probably happened that weekend, im not saying that he was right to do what he did. Im a father myself, and i could never dream of killing my child, never in a million years. So to do that Benoit must have been really desperate, or completely off it in drugs, i dunno i wasnt there.

But i do feel sympathy for him, no pity him, not because of his crimes, because of how he must have felt to be in that position in the first place. I hope that some point in my life that i never get to that place where u are capable of killing your own family, and i hope no one else ever does too, but this is life and unfortunatly it will happen again to some other family one day, and again, and again,.

 

[X]

Benoit story on CNN Headline news right now. One of the text messages said that his family was sick, another said that the pets at his house needed to be left out. They say that needle marks were in the arm of the son, apparently he was taking growth hormones. Could have to do with sickness.

Now they've got some stupid jackass on TV talking about why parents kill their children. Keep talking about steroids, blah blah blah. Man. This is just crap.

 

[Kiko1983]

STAMFORD, Conn., June 26, 2007 – World Wrestling Entertainment is stunned and saddened by the details released by local authorities concerning the double homicide-suicide involving Chris Benoit, his wife, Nancy, and his son, Daniel.

However, WWE is concerned with the sensationalistic reporting and speculation being undertaken by some members of the media following the press conference held by the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department and the District Attorney. During the press conference, the investigating authorities made the following points, all of which run contrary to the media speculation that "roid rage" was a factor in the senseless murders and suicide:

1. The authorities stated that all drugs found in the house were believed to be legal prescriptions.

2. Steroids were not, and could not, be related to the cause of death (asphyxiation). Authorities had no factual basis to speculate as to Benoit’s state of mind, and rightly did not do so.

3. Toxicology tests have not even been completed, so there is no current evidence that Benoit even had steroids or any other substance in his body. In that regard, on the last test done on Benoit by WWE's independently administered drug testing program, done on April 10, 2007, Benoit tested negative.

4. The physical findings announced by authorities indicate deliberation, not rage. The wife's feet and hands were bound and she was asphyxiated, not beaten to death. By the account of the authorities, there were substantial periods of time between the death of the wife and the death of the son, again suggesting deliberate thought, not rage. The presence of a Bible by each is also not an act of rage.

5. WWE strongly suggests that it is entirely wrong for speculators to suggest that steroids had anything to do with these senseless acts, especially when the authorities plainly stated there is no evidence that Benoit had steroids in his body, pending the toxicological reports, and that they had no evidence at this time as to the motive for these acts.

WWE is continuing to monitor the ongoing investigation being conducted by local authorities


www.wwe.com Statement

 

[Blackthorn]

Terrible turn of events here...It's gonna taint his wrestling legacy forever, too.

Regarding the murders, I suspect that something must have driven Chris and his wife to argue, and it progressed to the point where Chris lost control and killed her in a fit of rage (the blood that they found makes me think that he probably wounded her seriously, then fully recognized what he had done, and so strangled her). I suspect he then realized what would happen to him once this broke to the press, and also realized what his son would go through, knowing that his mother died from his dad's hands, and so killed his son for that reason, then hung himself out of grief. The bibles make me think that he could have been motivated by religious mania as well, but I guess the only thing to do is wait until the details become clearer...

One thing for sure though is that he was a phenominal wrestler, and the deaths of his wife and son are a horrible tragedy.