I am a pro wrestling fan.
There are some antics and story lines and angles and over-the-top sexuality that I do not condone, but generally speaking, I’ve enjoyed pro wrestling since I was a child.
I saw Chris Benoit wrestle many times and enjoyed his tenacity and skills in the ring.
When I first heard the news of his death and the deaths of his wife and son, for a split second I thought someone had broken into the Benoit home and murdered the entire family. Given my history of covering crime, my thoughts immediately shifted to a possible murder-suicide.
MSNBC.com reports:
“Benoit’s 43-year-old wife was killed Friday in an upstairs family room, her feet and wrists were bound and there was blood under her head, indicating a possible struggle, Ballard said. Daniel was probably killed late Saturday or early Sunday, the body found in his bed, the district attorney said.
Benoit, 40, apparently hanged himself several hours and as long as a day later, Ballard said. His body was found in a downstairs weight room, his body found hanging from the pulley of a piece of exercise equipment.
A closed Bible was placed next to the bodies of the wife and son, authorities said.
The prosecutor said he found it “bizarre” that the wrestler spread out the killings over a weekend and appeared to remain in the house for up to a day with the bodies.
Ballard said Benoit had sent two text messages to acquaintances, one saying that his wife and son were sick. The other, to a neighbor, said the door to the house was open and that the pets were outside. The prosecutor said the messages appeared to be an attempt to get someone to the home to find the bodies after his suicide.”I enjoyed watching Chris Benoit wrestle for many years. What he did, for whatever reason, is inexcusable; raging steroids, depression, whatever, there is no excuse.
Chris Benoit is a killer. He murdered a young, retarded boy, his very own son. He killed his wife, who stood by him even after she had an opportunity to leave him. Lacking the courage to accept what he had done and assume full responsibility, after years of battling guys twice his size, he couldn’t generate the courage or decency to do the right thing. So he threw in the towel.
I don’t care how much joy Chris Benoit gave me. I don’t care if he was a quality wrestler.
He left this world as an evil, cruel, out of control murderer. No excuses.
There is no defense for Chris Benoit. He’s a killer, pure and simple, and he deserves absolutely no sympathy. His wife and son….that’s who we should feel sorry for.
Sympathy for Chris Benoit?
Count me out.
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