Benoit Family Tragedy Press Conference
June 26th, 2007 by Brian Cantor
Latest horrifying details on the murders.
Notes from the press conference to address the Benoit double homicide-suicide:
Lt. Tommy Pope:
– The Sheriff’s Department received a call for a welfare check (from WWE) at 2:30PM on Monday. While searching the house, they discovered the three bodies.
– Based on the investigation, they are ruling it as a double homicide-suicide. Evidence leads them to believe that Chris Benoit, likely on Friday, murdered his wife by asphyxiation. Sometime after that (probably Saturday morning), he did the same to his son. Then, sometime late Saturday or Sunday, he committed suicide by hanging.
– There was no suicide note located within the house.
– To his knowledge, Benoit was never arrested for domestic violence.
– There were a lot of prescription medications discovered; they were apparently legal prescriptions. Anabolic steroids were among the substances discovered, but Lt. Pope did not reveal specifics.
– He text messaged a coworker; the coworker received the message several hours after it was sent. The text apparently contained something curious.
– According to preliminary estimates, he killed himself several hours, but no more than a day, after killing his son.
DA Scott Ballard:
– His “bizarre” comment refers to the timing of the various deaths. Based on the investigation, some time elapsed between each death.
– There was a Bible placed beside the bodies of his victims (Nancy and Daniel).
– There were no signs of a struggle; the wife was bound on her feet and on her wrists. There was some blood under her head.
– Authorities have no idea about the motive.
– There was no 911 call.
– Benoit hanged himself with the cord from a cable-loaded weight machine.
– There is no evidence of an intruder.
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