Wrestler Benoit in Double Murder-Suicide

Jun 26, 08:25 AM

Current Headlines: WWE wrestler Chris Benoit died by suicide after killing his wife and 7-year-old son in their Fayetteville, Ga., home, sheriff's investigators said.

At a news conference Monday night, the Fayette County Sheriff's Department and District Attorney Scott Ballard ruled the deaths a double homicide and suicide, but released few other details.

The bodies of Benoit, 40; his wife Nancy, 43; and their son Daniel were found Monday afternoon after WWE officials asked them to check on the family, the WWE said on its Web site.

Benoit failed to appear at two Texas events over the weekend. The report said Benoit initially said he had a family emergency but then friends contacted the WWE saying they had received unusual text messages from the wrestler, which prompted the call to police, the WWE said.

The three bodies were sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's crime lab, in Decatur, Ga., where autopsies were scheduled.