I'm finding out more info here than on the news, so I'm just wondering.
I haven't watched wrestling in several years, but when something real happens - especially to wrestlers I used to watch, I try to find out what happened.
2007-06-26 04:24:28 · 12 answers · asked by Tonya in TX - Duck 6 in Sports ➔ Wrestling
WWE recived "curious" text messages Benoit had sent to some of his friends and asked the Atlanta PD to check on him. The police found the bodies.
2007-06-26 04:27:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
According to lead investigator Lt. Tommy Pope, of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department, in Fayetteville, Ga., the deaths of WWE Superstar Chris Benoit, wife Nancy and son Daniel were the result of a double murder-suicide, WWE.com has learned.
Benoit failed to appear both at Saturday's live event in Beaumont, Tx., and WWE's Vengeance: Night of Champions in Houston Sunday night, after informing WWE of a family emergency. Several curious text messages sent by Benoit early Sunday morning prompted concerned friends to alert Richard Hering, VP of Government Relations for WWE, Inc. Hering, in turn, spoke with Fayette County sheriffs Monday, and requested that they respond to the Benoit residence to check on him and his family.
Authorities representing the Sheriff's Department initially had a difficult time entering Benoit's new Fayetteville home Monday afternoon, which had been guarded by two large German Shepherds roaming freely around the property. Once authorities entered the residence, they quickly located the bodies of Benoit, Nancy and Daniel. WWE was notified of the discovery at approximately 4 p.m.
At 10 p.m. Monday night, Lt. Pope held a press conference in conjunction with Scott Ballard, the district attorney for Fayette County. The press conference officially ruled authorities' findings as a double murder-suicide from within the home.
WAGA, a FOX-owned and operated television station in Atlanta, reported that investigators believe Benoit killed his wife and 7-year-old son over the weekend, then himself on Monday.
The three bodies have been received by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's crime lab, in Decatur, Ga., where autopsies will be performed Tuesday morning. Toxicology reports will not become available for at least two weeks.
R.I.P benoit family
2007-06-26 04:28:51 · answer #2 · answered by MZ. KRAZY 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jim Ross called the police because Chris was sending weird ext messages, so the police went to go and check and found Chris and his family dead.Chris was supposed to wrestle at Vengeance, but their was a quick change due to what happened. RIP Chris
2007-06-26 04:39:11 · answer #3 · answered by Carrie G 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Friends of Benoit said they got strange text messages from him over the weekend, so they alerted the WWE, who alerted the Atlanta police to check on him...
2007-06-26 04:29:04 · answer #4 · answered by Terry C. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The police answered a check up called and that is who found the family.
2007-06-26 04:27:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The fayette police. Go to WWE.com. The story is on the website and can explain some of your questions, but leave some unanswered for now.
2007-06-26 04:27:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Horrible thing. I wonder if there were any warning signs in the weeks or days before this happened.
2007-06-26 04:35:04 · answer #7 · answered by pm 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
local law enforcement after some of his friends in the wwe were received strange text messages from him and they instructed the sheriff's department to go to his home.
2007-06-26 04:27:55 · answer #8 · answered by jeffrey 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
whe guys who always find the dead bodies
the cops
2007-06-26 04:30:39 · answer #9 · answered by Kevy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HE WASN'T in a hotel !
Look before you leap !
http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ap-wrestlerdead&prov=ap&type=lgns
2007-06-26 04:28:14 · answer #10 · answered by Darryl B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋