Chris Beniot & family died...sounds suspicious.
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Wow...... Sad.....
Going to tune into wrestling (first time in years) to watch the tribute tonite...
Chris Beniot & family died...sounds suspicious.
WWE: Inside WWE > News > Chris Benoit and family found dead
Wrestler Benoit, wife and son found dead
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. - WWE wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife, and son were found dead Monday and police said they were investigating the deaths as a murder-suicide.
Detective Bo Turner told television station WAGA that the case was being treated as a murder-suicide, but said that couldn't be confirmed until evidence was examined by a crime lab.
The station said that investigators believe the 40-year-old Benoit killed his wife, Nancy, and 7-year-old son, Daniel, over the weekend, then himself on Monday. A neighbor called police, and the bodies were found in three rooms.
Lead investigator Lt. Tommy Pope, of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department, told The Associated Press the deaths were being investigated as homicide, and that the causes of death awaited autopsy results on Tuesday. Pope said the bodies were discovered about 2:30 p.m., but refused to release details.
The house is in a secluded neighborhood set back about 60 yards off a gravel road, surrounded by stacked stone wall and a double-iron gate. On Monday night, the house was dark except for a few outside lights. There was a police car in front, along with two uniformed officers.
Benoit was a former world heavyweight and Intercontinental champion. He also held several tag-team titles during his career.
"WWE extends its sincerest thoughts and prayers to the Benoit family's relatives and loved ones in this time of tragedy," the federation said in a statement on its Web site.
Benoit was scheduled to perform at the "Vengeance" pay-per-view event Sunday night in Houston, but was replaced at the last minute because of what announcer Jim Ross called "personal reasons."
The native of Canada maintained a home in metro Atlanta from the time he wrestled for the defunct World Championship Wrestling.
The WWE canceled its live "Monday Night RAW" card in Corpus Christi, Texas, and USA Network aired a three-hour tribute to Benoit in place of the scheduled wrestling telecast.
"My relationship with Chris has extended many years and I consider him a great friend," Carl DeMarco, the president of WWE Canada, said in a statement. "Chris was always first-class — warm, friendly, caring and professional one of the best in our business."
Memo to Bar-Roid Bonds, read this thread on www.takethepiss.com to see what kind of negative aspects there are to sticking syringes of Vitamin "S" into your ass...Nevermind the clear and the cream...
Franchise when did Barry Bonds die???? so how did they do an autopsy???
They died far too young...
The Sun online
CHRIS BENOIT is the latest in a long list of wrestlers to have died young either from drug problems, suicide or tragic accidents.
His best friend Eddie Guerrero passed away in November 2005 of acute heart failure, brought on by years of alcohol, drug and steroid abuse. He was just 38-years-old.
Chris tearfully inducted Guerrero into the WWE's Hall Of Fame the following April.
Close pal Owen Hart died aged 34 in May 1999 - falling to his death when an elaborate ring entrance went wrong on a WWE PPV.
Chris paid homepage by putting on a tribute match with Owen's brother Bret in then-rival wrestling group WCW.
In a Sun interview, he said: "I broke into the business with Owen. We went to Mexico, Japan and Europe together. His death was a tragedy."
Another friend British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith - the most successful UK wrestler ever in North America - died from a heart attack before his 40th birthday in May 2002.
An autopsy revealed that past steroid use may have played a part in his death, but no certain reason was found.
Since his passing Benoit became a mentor and father figure to Davey's son Harry, who is currently in training with the WWE and due to appear on their TV shows soon.
One of Chris's own mentors 'Bad News' Allen Coage died earlier this year aged 63 and his childhood hero, Britain's Dynamite Kid, has been confined to a wheelchair for the last 10 years.
Brian Pillman - who was part of WCW's Four Horsemen with Chris - was 35 when he died of heart failure in 1997. Again he was a heavy drug and steroid user.
Suicide is not uncommon in wrestling either. Forty-two-year-old Mike Awesome hanged himself earlier this year and three of the famous Von Erich family - Chris, 21, Kerry, 33, and Mike, 23 - also took their own lives between 1987 and 1993.
Other popular wrestlers to have died young include Art Barr (28), Crash Holly (32), Chris Candido (33), Terry Gordy (40), Ravishing Rick Rude (41), Miss Elizabeth (42), Big Boss Man (42), Curt Hennig (44), Bam Bam Bigelow (45), Junkyard Dog (45), Road Warrior Hawk (46) and Sensational Sherri (49).
Not to mention a coward.He is a ****ing murdering bastard and deserves nothing positive to be ever said about him again. Smothering your child???????????