R.I.P. Chris Benoit

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jjones

Lifer
Oct 9, 2001
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Originally posted by: Sraaz
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: ric1287
calm down there buddy, no need to take it that hard. Mental health issues or not, you are given no respect or sympathy if you kill a child, you are plain scum.</end quote></div>

No, a mental health issue does not make it "ok," but it should make you feel sorry for him as well.
Why? He was obviously well enough to go about living a normal, wife-abusing life up to the point he decided to off his wife and kid. Sounds to me like she probably threatened divorce again and he went terminator on her, taking out the kid for good measure.

Seems like a selfish, murderous bastard rather than a misunderstood mental health victim to me.

 

montypythizzle

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Nov 12, 2006
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Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: dethman
wonder if OP is bawling like a baby right now.</end quote></div>

I sent him a PM earlier today but he never responded even though he was online at the time.

I am glad someone cares in this time of need.
 

hdeck

Lifer
Sep 26, 2002
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vince mcmahon is issuing an appology for doing a 3 hour tribute to him to start their ECW program tonight at 10est on sci-fi.

on a side note, i don't see the point in bashing wrestilng fans in this thread. a guy killed his wife, son, and himself. he is a murderer and a coward. being a wrestler had little to do with that.
 

hdeck

Lifer
Sep 26, 2002
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new article on wwe.com

http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/chrisbenoittimeline

On Saturday, June 23, Chris Benoit was slated to appear at a WWE live event in Beaumont, Texas. That afternoon, Benoit contacted WWE to inform them that his wife and child were ill, and that he would not be able to attend the show.

WWE executives rebooked Benoit?s flight for the following morning, allowing Benoit to miss the Beaumont event making alternate arrangements for him to attend the pay-per-view event in Houston on Sunday.

WWE employees attempted to confirm with Benoit his travel plans but were unable to contact him.

Early Sunday morning, between 3:51 and 3:58 a.m., Benoit sent five text messages to co-workers:



Text Message 1 to two co-workers (sent 6/24 at 3:53am)- Chris Benoit?s cell phone
?My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane, Fayetteville Georgia. 30215?

Text Message 2 to two co-workers (sent 6/24 at 3:53am)- Chris Benoit?s cell phone
?The dogs are in the enclosed pool area. Garage side door is open?

Text Message 3 to two co-workers (sent 6/24 at 3:54am)- Nancy Benoit?s cell phone
?My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane.
Fayetteville Georgia. 30215?

Text Message 4 to two co-workers (sent 6/24 at 3:55am)- Nancy Benoit?s cell phone
?My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane.
Fayetteville Georgia. 30215"

Text Message 5 to one co-worker (sent 6/24 at 3:58am)- Nancy Benoit?s cell phone
?My address is 130 Green Meadow Lane. Fayetteville Georgia. 30215?



Throughout the day on Sunday, WWE made numerous attempts to contact Benoit both at home and at local hospitals in the Atlanta area. As of 11:00 p.m., WWE officials were unable to establish contact with Chris Benoit.

At 12:30 p.m. on Monday, June 25, WWE officials were notified of the text messages sent to the co-workers the previous day. By 12:45 p.m., WWE had contacted Fayetteville County Sheriff?s office requesting they check on the Benoit family.

Fayetteville County Sheriffs office made contact with WWE at approximately 4:00 p.m. advising that they had entered the house of Chris Benoit and found three deceased bodies ? an adult male, adult female and a male child. WWE was told that Benoit?s home was now considered a major crime scene.

The decision to cancel the live event scheduled in Corpus Christi that night was made between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. In keeping with company policy, and with limited knowledge regarding facts of the case, WWE choose to air a memorial dedicated to the career of Chris Benoit. As facts emerged surrounding the case, all tributes to Chris Benoit were removed both on-air and on WWE.com.
 

montypythizzle

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Nov 12, 2006
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"My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane, Fayetteville Georgia. 30215"

GAH, and I thought txting 'OMGHAI2U' took too long.

Besides his address anyone else know what that means? Why would he say "my physical address"?

 

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
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This goes back to my "Kill yourself first!" campaign. The idea is to convince would be instigators of murder/suicides to kill themselves first, before murdering anyone. It would be a win/win for everybody.
 

hdeck

Lifer
Sep 26, 2002
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Originally posted by: montypythizzle
"My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane, Fayetteville Georgia. 30215"

GAH, and I thought txting 'OMGHAI2U' took too long.

Besides his address anyone else know what that means? Why would he say "my physical address"?

making sure they knew where to find the bodies:(
 

MH2007

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Jun 26, 2007
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The article on ESPN has some details I hadn't seen anywhere else

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2917133

One example: the son had needle marks on his arms, appartently he has been on growth hormone treatment for a while as his parents felt he was undersized.

Also this article had a general description of what was in the text messages though someone posted above that WWE.com now has the actual text messages as well as a timeline up, which I hadn't seem to have been anywhere else. That was likely the information that authorities had asked them to withold.

No suicide note, so it looks like we'll never know what was he was thinking
 

QueBert

Lifer
Jan 6, 2002
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sad shit a person can do this to his own family, Bibles by their feet make it so much more creepy. He was pure bad ass in WCW, this news makes it obvious he was fvcked in the head really bad. RIP to his wife and son. And since I'm not God and don't just people, I will just say it's a shame what he did.
 

herkulease

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Jul 6, 2001
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Originally posted by: hdeck
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: montypythizzle
"My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane, Fayetteville Georgia. 30215"

GAH, and I thought txting 'OMGHAI2U' took too long.

Besides his address anyone else know what that means? Why would he say "my physical address"?

</end quote></div>

making sure they knew where to find the bodies:(

who are these "co workers"

if he text messages ot people he's been friends with for 10+ years you'd think they know already. it just seems odd. Its not liek the WWE doesn't know where he lived either. I doubt they needed the text messages to know his address to ask the cops to check out the place.
 

hdeck

Lifer
Sep 26, 2002
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Originally posted by: herkulease
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: hdeck
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: montypythizzle
"My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane, Fayetteville Georgia. 30215"

GAH, and I thought txting 'OMGHAI2U' took too long.

Besides his address anyone else know what that means? Why would he say "my physical address"?

</end quote></div>

making sure they knew where to find the bodies:(</end quote></div>

who are these "co workers"

if he text messages ot people he's been friends with for 10+ years you'd think they know already. it just seems odd. Its not liek the WWE doesn't know where he lived either. I doubt they needed the text messages to know his address to ask the cops to check out the place.

texting wrestlers he is friends with.
 

QueBert

Lifer
Jan 6, 2002
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Originally posted by: herkulease
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: hdeck
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: montypythizzle
"My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane, Fayetteville Georgia. 30215"

GAH, and I thought txting 'OMGHAI2U' took too long.

Besides his address anyone else know what that means? Why would he say "my physical address"?

</end quote></div>

making sure they knew where to find the bodies:(</end quote></div>

who are these "co workers"

if he text messages ot people he's been friends with for 10+ years you'd think they know already. it just seems odd. Its not liek the WWE doesn't know where he lived either. I doubt they needed the text messages to know his address to ask the cops to check out the place.

he was completely off the deep end, I don't think he had a rational thought in his head. He wasn't going to think logically "oh they probably know where I live" a sad tragedy and a shame his wife and son had to die because he had went psycho.

 

TheVrolok

Lifer
Dec 11, 2000
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The whole thing is a shame. I think it's also a shame that the 'media' jumped on the chance to shout roid rage in a situation that seems absolutely nothing like roid rage. Something obviously went wrong in his head, sane people just don't do something like this. What a shame.
 

moshquerade

No Lifer
Nov 1, 2001
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Originally posted by: TheVrolok
The whole thing is a shame. I think it's also a shame that the 'media' jumped on the chance to shout roid rage in a situation that seems absolutely nothing like roid rage. Something obviously went wrong in his head, sane people just don't do something like this. What a shame.

the media wasn't far off projecting that it may be roid rage. i'm still not so sure that didn't play a part, are you? so what if he waited a day or so between the killings. he still did it with rage in his body.
 

MotF Bane

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Dec 22, 2006
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Originally posted by: moshquerade
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: TheVrolok
The whole thing is a shame. I think it's also a shame that the 'media' jumped on the chance to shout roid rage in a situation that seems absolutely nothing like roid rage. Something obviously went wrong in his head, sane people just don't do something like this. What a shame.</end quote></div>

the media wasn't far off projecting that it may be roid rage. i'm still not so sure that didn't play a part, are you? so what if he waited a day or so between the killings. he still did it with rage in his body.




"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."


Source: http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/benoitpressrelease


Yes, steroid-induced rage versus tying up, smothering/choking, a delay, and Bibles... clearly, he was suffering from "roid rage". Also, note that he was tested for drugs on April 10 of this year.
 

BabaBooey

Lifer
Jan 21, 2001
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Originally posted by: mrrman
OP should change the title "Loser Benoit Kills Family"



No doubt this POS needs to be tossed in the east river,he does not desrve a funeral...:|



What a coward...just kill yourself ya loser,no need to kill the wife or the kid a day later...WTF ..:confused:



 

Pepsei

Lifer
Dec 14, 2001
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we probably will never know what really happend....

maybe the first death is roid rage... then he choose to kill his kid... who knows..
 
Feb 10, 2000
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Originally posted by: moshquerade
methinks they are protesting too much.

Definitely. If the WWE were genuinely steroid-free, or even concerned with eliminating steroids from the "sport," they wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the notion that these deaths were caused, at least in part, by steroids.
 

hdeck

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Sep 26, 2002
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Originally posted by: DonVito
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: moshquerade
methinks they are protesting too much.</end quote></div>

Definitely. If the WWE were genuinely steroid-free, or even concerned with eliminating steroids from the "sport," they wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the notion that these deaths were caused, at least in part, by steroids.

they have had drug testing in place for i think 2 years now. many people have been caught & punished/fired. benoit was last given a drug test on april 10 and the results were negative. they don't exactly have the funds to test these guys every week.