Pro wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife and 7-year-old son were found slain Monday at their Fayetteville home, authorities said.
Detective Bo Turner told television station WAGA that the case was being investigated as a murder-suicide, but said that could not be confirmed until the evidence was examined by a crime lab.
WAGA reported that investigators believe Benoit killed his wife and son over the weekend, and then himself sometime Monday.
A concerned neighbor called police. The bodies were found in three different rooms.
The lead investigator, Sheriff's Lt. Tommy Pope, told The Associated Press that the deaths were being investigated as homicide, and said the cause of death awaited autopsy results on Tuesday.
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Please keep us posted on th... (Below threshold)1. Posted by taz | June 26, 2007 9:13 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Please keep us posted on the 'bizzare text messages' regarding this case. Apparently, he killed the family and committed suicide a significant time later.
thanks
1. Posted by taz | June 26, 2007 9:13 AM |
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Posted on June 26, 2007 09:13
2. Posted by langtry | June 26, 2007 9:59 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Sounds like "Roid Rage" to me.
2. Posted by langtry | June 26, 2007 9:59 AM |
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Posted on June 26, 2007 09:59
3. Posted by Hector | June 26, 2007 10:46 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Tragic. Here is a link to an AP video about this: http://video.ap.org/v/Legacy.aspx?g=a86cb676-93bf-4006-8764-bc5664729420&f=PALEV1&fg=copy
3. Posted by Hector | June 26, 2007 10:46 AM |
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Posted on June 26, 2007 10:46
4. Posted by MikeSC | June 26, 2007 4:06 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Please keep us posted on the 'bizzare text messages' regarding this case. Apparently, he killed the family and committed suicide a significant time later.
The texts --- well, the ones that caused the WWE to contact the police --- involved such things as his banking information and the like. Perhaps he wanted to make sure his other two kids were taken care of.
-=Mike
4. Posted by MikeSC | June 26, 2007 4:06 PM |
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Posted on June 26, 2007 16:06
5. Posted by taz | June 27, 2007 9:53 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
yup...banking information. An address is banking information, technically.
Seems he killed his mentally retarded kid and wife, but wanted to "take care" of the other two.
BTW, 'roid rage' doesn't take 2 to 3 days of plotting and performing; it's instant, hence the name RAGE.
5. Posted by taz | June 27, 2007 9:53 PM |
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Posted on June 27, 2007 21:53