Bekas juara WWE bunuh anak, isteri

Polis dedah Chris Benoit gantung diri selepas tragedi

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FAYETTEVILLE: Penggusti profesional, Chris Benoit, isteri dan anak lelakinya ditemui mati dan polis mengesyaki kematian disebabkan pembunuhan dan bunuh diri.

Lt Tommy Pope dari Jabatan Sherif Fayette County berkata, ketiga-tiga anggota sekeluarga itu dijumpai di rumah mereka kira-kira jam 2.30 petang kelmarin, tetapi enggan mendedahkan maklumat lebih lanjut.

Pope berkata, keputusan bedah siasat Chris Benoit, isterinya Nancy dan anak lelakinya berusia 7 tahun, Daniel dijangka diketahui tidak lama lagi.

Benoit, 40, adalah bekas juara dalam kategori ‘heavyweight’, ‘intercontinental’ selain memegang beberapa kejuaraan berkumpulan sepanjang kerjayanya. Beliau muncul dalam acara dianjurkan World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).

“WWE mengucapkan takziah dan doa kepada keluarga Benoit, saudara mara dan mereka yang tersayang dalam menghadapi tragedi ini,” kata persekutuan itu dalam kenyataan menerusi laman web.

Benoit dijadualkan beraksi dalam acara tonton dan bayar “Vengeance” malam Ahad lalu di Houston, tetapi digantikan pada saat akhir oleh pengacara Jim Ross yang memberi ‘alasan peribadi.’

Benoit yang berasal dari Kanada, menetap di Atlanta sejak beliau mula bergusti dalam World Wrestling Federation (WWF) yang tidak wujud lagi.

WWE membatalkan siaran langsung ‘Monday Night RAW’ di Corpus Christi, Texas, dan USA Network menyiarkan rancangan penghormatan selama tiga jam kepada Benoit sebagai menggantikan siaran langsung perlawanan gusti itu.

Rumah juara gusti itu terletak di kawasan terpencil, kira-kira 55 meter dari jalan raya selain dikelilingi tembok dan pintu besi.

Pada malam Isnin lalu, rumah itu gelap kecuali beberapa lampu kecil di luar dipasang. Sebuah kereta polis dan dua anggota polis dilihat di situ. – AP

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WWE® Shocked At Latest Developments In Benoit Tragedy, Concerned By Sensationalistic Reporting

Written: June 26, 2007

STAMFORD, Conn., June 26, 2007 – 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.