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Wikipedia Writer Cops to Posting Dead Wife Entry Before Cops Find Benoit Murder-Suicide Bodies; New Weird Twist Now Under Investigation, Too

June 29th, 2007

ATLANTA (AP), June 29–An anonymous user confessed early Friday to altering professional wrestler Chris Benoit’s online biographical Wikipedia entry to mention the death of Benoit’s wife hours before authorities discovered the bodies of the couple and their 7-year-old son.

An anonymous user with the same IP address as the person who made the Wikipedia edits made the admission on an online discussion page attached to the Web site, saying the changes were based on rumors and speculation, not hard evidence.

The authenticity of the posting could not immediately be confirmed.

“I just can’t believe what I wrote was actually the case, I’ve remained stunned and saddened over it,” the user wrote. Read the rest of this entry »

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Wikipedia Clues in Benoit Double Murder-Suicide: Wife Reported Dead on Wrestler’s Own Web Page Before Cops Find Nancy, Son, Daniel, Strangled; Was Online Message Chris Benoit’s Suicide Note?

June 28th, 2007

ATLANTA, JUNE 28 –Did Chris Benoit alter his own Wikipedia entry to mention his wife’s death hours before authorities discovered the bodies of the couple and their 7-year-old son?

Investigators tell the Associated Press that Benoit’s Wikipedia entry was altered early Monday to say that the wrestler had missed a match two days earlier because of his wife’s death.

A Wikipedia official, Cary Bass, said Thursday that the entry was made by someone using an Internet protocol address registered in Stamford, Conn., where World Wrestling Entertainment is based.

An IP address, a unique series of numbers carried by every machine connected to the Internet, does not necessarily have to be broadcast from where it is registered. The bodies were found in Benoit’s home in suburban Atlanta, and it’s not known where the posting was sent from, Bass said. Read the rest of this entry »

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DEA Raids Pro Wrestler Chris Benoit’s Doctor; Why Did “Canadian Crippler” Kill Wife, Son, Self? Did Steroids Make Him Do It?

June 28th, 2007

Chris Benoit, World Wrestling Federation star, aka Canadian Crippler, Killed Wife, Son, Self

ATLANTA (AP) â€” Federal drug agents and sheriff’s officials raided the office of pro wrestler Chris Benoit’s personal physician in search of records and other items, authorities said Thursday.

The raid at Dr. Phil Astin’s office in Carrollton began Wednesday night and concluded early Thursday, said agent Chuvalo Truesdell, a spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration in Atlanta. The search warrant had been obtained in connection with the Benoit investigation, he said.

Hours before the raid, Astin told The Associated Press he had treated Benoit for low testosterone levels, which he said likely originated from previous steroid use.

No arrests were made and Truesdell was unable to say what was seized. He said records were among the items being sought, but he could not be more specific.

Astin did not return repeated calls to his cell phone from The Associated Press on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

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Wikipedia Writer Cops to Posting Dead Wife Entry Before Cops Find Benoit Murder-Suicide Bodies; New Weird Twist Now Under Investigation, Too

Wikipedia Clues in Benoit Double Murder-Suicide: Wife Reported Dead on Wrestler’s Own Web Page Before Cops Find Nancy, Son, Daniel, Strangled; Was Online Message Chris Benoit’s Suicide Note?

DEA Raids Pro Wrestler Chris Benoit’s Doctor; Why Did “Canadian Crippler” Kill Wife, Son, Self? Did Steroids Make Him Do It?

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