Benoit Tragedy-a shocker

I know I am late with this news but I only found out a few hours ago.

One of WWE’s great wrestlers Chris Benoit(30) is dead.

He murdered his wife and his son, and then hanged himself. I can’t find any place that could give me motive, only where and how’s. Chris’s wife Nancy was asphyxiated and found in a home office. Daniel(7) was found in his bedroom smothered by a bag. And Benoit was found in the weight room, hung by a pulley on an exercise machine.


WWE said that there was no illegal drugs or steroids involved.

The physical evidence found stated that this was a deliberate act, not rage. The evidence being the time laps between the murder of Nancy and that of Daniel being Nancy was killed on Friday, Daniel on Saturday, and Benoit killed himself late Saturday or early Sunday.

It is said that co-workers got very worried after speaking to Chris the day before and receiving the following text messages from Chris the day after .

Text Message 1
Sent to: Two Co-Workers (the same who had verbal correspondence with Benoit the day before)From: Benoit’s cell phone
When: 6/24 at 3:53am from
Message: C, S. My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane. Fayetteville Georgia. 30215

Text Message 2
Sent to: Two Co-Workers (the same who had verbal correspondence with Benoit the day before)From: Benoit’s cell phone
When: 6/24 at 3:53am
Message: The dogs are in the enclosed pool area. Garage side door is open

Text Message 3
Sent to: Two Co-Workers (the same who had verbal correspondence with Benoit the day before)From: Nancy Benoit’s cell phone
When: 6/24 at 3:54am
Message: C, S. My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane. Fayetteville Georgia. 30215

Text Message 4
Sent to: Two Co-Workers (the same who had verbal correspondence with Benoit the day before)From: Nancy Benoit’s cell phone
When: 6/24 at 3:55am
Message: C, S. My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane. Fayetteville Georgia. 30215

Text Message 5
Sent to: A Co-Worker who consistently traveled with Benoit
From: Nancy Benoit’s cell phone
When: 6/24 at 3:58am
Message: My address is 130 Green Meadow Lane. Fayetteville Georgia. 30215

WWE was notified of text messages sent to the two co-workers the following day (Monday), Whereby they contacted the Fayetteville County Sheriff’s office and requested them to go to Benoit’s residenceAt about 4:00pm WWE received a call from the Fayetteville County Sheriff’s office, advising that they entered the house of Benoit and found 3 deceased bodies (a male, a female and a child).

It was said that Daniel Benoit had a genetic condition called Fragile X syndrome.
"Fragile X Syndrome is a defect of the X chromosome which causes mild mental retardation. The disorder occurs more frequently and severely among males than females. This condition is the leading known familial cause of mental retardation in the United States. Language delays, behavioral problems, autism or autistic-like behavior (including poor eye contact and hand-flapping), enlarged external genitalia (macroorchidism), large or prominent ears, hyperactivity, delayed motor development and/or poor sensory skills are among the wide range of symptoms associated with this disorder."

This makes me wonder if this could be a motive, perhaps he couldn’t handle the whole incident?

I also found out something very shocking that I never new about Chris, Apparently he was a violent man, TMZ.com has posted the court documents of Nancy Benoit's 2003 request for a restraining order against Chris Benoit as well as custody of Daniel Benoit. Here is the link: http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/0626_benoit_dismiss.pdf Shocking!!!!!

This is all very disturbing for me. First Eddie, now Chris. Perhaps there is something that should be investigated in the WWE. I know they where “actors” but still you come to love them and you think you know them, then bam something like this happens. What could lead a man to kill his wife and child?

This will always be a mystery. Still Benoit was a great wrestler and will not be forgotten.