'Bizarre' details emerge in Benoit's death
Updated Tue. Jun. 26 2007 9:33 AM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Details surrounding the suspected murder-suicide of Canadian pro-wrestler Chris Benoit and his family are being described as "a little bizarre" according to a prosecutor involved in the case.
The 40-year-old wrestler, his wife and 7-year-old son were found dead at 2 p.m. on Monday in three separate rooms of his suburban Atlanta home.
Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "The details, when they come out, are going to prove a little bizarre."
Benoit was supposed to participate in a pay-per-view World Wrestling Entertainment event in Houston over the weekend but cancelled because of a family emergency.
Friends of Benoit said they received "curious text messages" from the wrestler on Sunday morning, ABC's Mike Von Fremd told Canada AM from outside Benoit's home in Fayetteville, Ga., Tuesday.
The WWE notified authorities after hearing from friends who received the curious messages, the wrestling organization said on its website.
It was then that police discovered the body of the wrestling star; his wife Nancy, 43; and son, Daniel.
Lt. Tommy Pope, the lead investigator with the Fayette County Sheriff's Department, told ABC News that the "instruments of death were located on scene."
Investigators believe Benoit killed his wife and son over the weekend and than himself some time on Monday.
More details are expected to emerge Tuesday after an autopsy report.
Officers are "not actively searching for any suspects outside of the house," Pope said.
World Wrestling Entertainment aired a three-hour tribute show to Benoit instead of its usual "Monday Night RAW" TV show on the USA Network.
"I am deeply saddened over the loss of Chris Benoit," WWE Canada president Carl DeMarco said on the organization's website.
"My heartfelt thoughts and sympathy go out to his parents and family. My relationship with Chris has extended many years and I consider him a great friend. Chris was always first-class -- warm, friendly, caring and professional ... one of the best in our business."
Benoit, 40, was born in Montreal and grew up in Edmonton, graduating from Archbishop O'Leary High School. He began his career in 1985, starting with the famous Hart family of Calgary, who operated Stampede Wrestling.
He won the world heavyweight championship at Wrestlemania XX. In response, Edmonton declared "Chris Benoit Day" on April 15, 2004.
Benoit was known as "The Canadian Crippler," in part because he broke another wrestler's neck in 1994. Another nickname was the Rabid Wolverine. His signature move was the "Crippler Crossface."
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Benoit's wife, known by her stage name "Woman," managed several wrestlers.
The couple met when her then-husband wrote a script depicting an ongoing love affair between the two on World Championship Wrestling, the newspaper said.
Benoit has two other children from a prior relationship
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