Pro Wrestler, Wife and Son Found Dead

Jun 26, 10:25 AM

Current Headlines: The Associated Press

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga.

WWE wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife and son were found dead Monday, and police said they were investigating the deaths as a murder-suicide.

Detective Bo Turner told television station WAGA that the case was being treated as a murder-suicide, but said that couldn't be confirmed until evidence was examined by a crime lab.

The station said that investigators think the 40-year-old Benoit killed his wife, Nancy, and 7-year-old son, Daniel, over the weekend, then himself Monday. A neighbor called police, and the bodies were found in three rooms.

Lead investigator Lt. Tommy Pope of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department told The Associated Press the deaths were being investigated as homicides, and that the causes of death awaited autopsy results today . Pope said the bodies were found about 2:30 p.m., but refused to release details.

Benoit was scheduled to perform at a pay-per-view event Sunday in Houston, but was replaced at the last minute because of what an announcer called "personal reasons."

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