Sunday, July 08, 2007

Chris Benoit: Investigators Reconstruct the Last Hours Inside the Home


An investigative team has claimed to uncover the real story of what happened during the last hours inside the home on the tragic weekend that superstar wrestler Chris Benoit of the WWE allegedly killed his wife and child. Investigators have told American magazine The National Enquirer that they have reconstructed in detail how they believe the horror unfolded in the Benoit's once-peaceful dream house-resulting in the death of Chris’ wife Nancy, 43, and son Daniel, 7. The report claims that the couple had been arguing all week over Chris’ many wrestling road trips and how it affected the raising of their son. Then, according to the report, on Friday, June 22, Benoit visited his friend, Dr.Phil Astin, who had been prescribing testosterone for the 40-year-old wrestler. "After the visit, Benoit went home and the arguments restarted, police theorize," the insider told the Enquirer that is on newsstands now. Here, as authorities have reconstructed events, is the countdown to the tragic events: Friday, June 22, 8 p.m. - Midnight: The arguments come to a violent end when Benoit physically attacks his wife. The investigators claim he binds her feet and wrists, puts his knee in her back and strangles her with a cable, jerking her head upward. The beefy wrestler leaves her downstairs on the living room floor, wrapped in a towel, with her head in a pool of blood. Benoit places a Bible beside her lifeless body. Saturday, Midnight – 3:30 p.m.: A distraught Benoit, known to friends as a gentle, loving man, downs beer and painkillers and attempts to keep his son occupied and away from his wife’s body. 3:30 p.m.: A co-worker receives a voice message from Benoit saying he had overslept, missed his flight and would be late to a World Wrestling Entertainment live event in Beaumont, Texas, that night. The co-worker calls Benoit back and finds him groggy. Out of the blue, Benoit blurts: "I love you." Still on Saturday 3:44 p.m. – 11 p.m.: Benoit calls back saying he had a stressful day due to Nancy and Daniel being sick with food poisoning, speaks to another co-worker and says family is throwing up from food poisoning. Benoit calls WWE Talent Relations saying he and wife Nancy are in the hospital with their ill son. He continues to drink, keeping his son upstairs. 11 p.m. – 3:58 a.m.: Benoit kills Daniel with a wrestling chokehold in the boy's upstairs bed. He places a Bible by the body. Benoit sends a series of cryptic text messages to WWE officials, including several with his street address. 4:30 a.m.: Benoit kills himself by wrapping a cord around his neck that is attached to a weight machine. He releases the weights which choke the life out of his powerful body. On Monday, after being contacted by the WWE, authorities discover the Benoit family.

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