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Originally Posted by Acathla

let's wait for the truth as Russ said...

Unless it was witnessed, the truth will never be known.

Wonder if he sent a letter to a TV company - like the recent US high-school shooting.

[gazzae]

Steroids found in house.

[Shadow Demon UK]

Originally Posted by gazzae

Steroids found in house.

There's a suprise, when will people realise the huge danger of using steroids. This is a very sad story indeed.

[gazzae]

Wife hands and feet bound, blood under her head, wrapped in a towel

No markings on the son

Bibles placed beside each body.

Toxicality reports due in a couple of weeks.

Very Very sad.

Originally Posted by gazzae

Steroids found in house.

I think if you went through any wrestlers house you would find steroids!

Good old Fox News baiting people up again! A bit like Sky News (sister company) going on and on about the floods. Yeah they are bad but do we really need hours of it and the Sky copter out give it to us live??

[gadge]

Smackdown will have straight wrestleing no storylines this week will see what happens now with the vince angle do they carry on or scrap it?

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Originally Posted by lsainsbury

Unless it was witnessed, the truth will never be known.

Wonder if he sent a letter to a TV company - like the recent US high-school shooting.

apparently he sent jumbled text messages saying something like thanks and goodbye thats why they alerted police.

[Russ]

Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK

There's a suprise, when will people realise the huge danger of using steroids. This is a very sad story indeed.

99% of WWE wrestlers have used steroids over the last 20 years, this is the first time they've been implicated in a murder.

[Acathla]

Statement from WWE.com

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.

[Shadow Demon UK]

Originally Posted by Russ B

99% of WWE wrestlers have used steroids over the last 20 years, this is the first time they've been implicated in a murder.

Are you saying that steroids are safe to use and couldnt be the cause of a murder or suicide then? Just because no one in WWE has been involved in a murder doesnt mean it hasnt happned outside wrestling.

[grabbi]

If Steroids weren't something that could affect the way this Tragedy could go, why would they be mentioned?

WWE will have said this to keep the Steroids Laws in WWE intact.

And I wouldn't say 99% of people in wrestling use steriods.

Sure, people like Warrior, Hogan and Scott Steiner have, Macho Man must have ( for his rage) but guys like AJ Styles, Sting and Kurt Angle? Can't see it somehow...

Finally, for now, the case is open, and its a shame that 20 years of Greatness in Wrestling goes down the drain because of a temper that has got out of Control.

Murder your wife and 7 year old son, then not having the balls to stand up and say 'I did it'? Cowardice Murderer.

I'm very Disappointed. However, he placed a Bible next to both, knowing they would go to heaven, and he knew after killing, he was condemned.

I really hope they find someone else to blame, but the way things stand, Benoit has taken the easy way out, and taken 2 people with him for no reason.

[gazzae]

wwe.com have a timeline of events...

Saturday, June 23, 2007

Chris Benoit was scheduled to appear at the WWE SmackDown/ ECW live event in Beaumont, Texas

3:30pm
A co-worker received a voice message from Benoit. The message from Benoit stated he missed his flight and over slept and would be late to the WWE Live Event. The co-worker called Benoit back, Benoit confirmed everything he said in his voice message and sounded tired and groggy. Benoit then stated, “I love you”. The co-worker stated that it was “out of context.”

3:42pm
The same co-worker was concerned with Benoit’s tone and demeanor and called Benoit for a second time. Benoit did not answer the call and the co-worker left a message stating “just call me back.”

3:44pm
Benoit called the co-worker back stating he didn’t answer the call because he was on the phone with Delta changing his flight. Benoit stated he had a real stressful day due to Nancy and Daniel being sick with food poisoning. They discussed travel plans for the WWE Tour of Texas with Benoit still sounding groggy at this point according to the co-worker.

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

[Russ]

Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK

Are you saying that steroids are safe to use and couldnt be the cause of a murder or suicide then?

Yes, that's obviously what I'm saying

Originally Posted by grabbi

And I wouldn't say 99% of people in wrestling use steriods.

I've heard it from a very reliable source.

Originally Posted by grabbi

Finally, for now, the case is open, and its a shame that 20 years of Greatness in Wrestling goes down the drain because of a temper that has got out of Control.

The way the bodies were found were completely inconsistant with steroid use. Benoit was last tested for them in april and was found free of substance abuse.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Russ B

The way the bodies were found were completely inconsistant with steroid use. Benoit was last tested for them in april and was found free of substance abuse.

Apparently they were on prescription

[gazzae]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Apparently they were on prescription

Though it has been stated that Benoit was a customer of MedXLife, a company whose owners pleaded guilty to prescription drug fraud.

[Tijer]

Whilst i havent really watched WWE for the past year or so, this is still quite a shock, almost on the same lines as Eddie Guererros death.

But you have to agree, there always was something strange looking about Benoit, and as they say, "Its the quiet ones you gotta look out for"

RIP the Benoit Family.