Wow crazy happenings in Benoit case

kalmamd · 06-28-2007, 05:23 PM

Nuts

ATLANTA -- Investigators are looking into who altered pro wrestler Chris Benoit's Wikipedia entry to mention his wife's death hours before authorities discovered the bodies of the couple and their 7-year-old son.

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.

Benoit's page on Wikipedia, a reference site that allows users to add and edit information, was updated at 12:01 a.m. Monday, about 14 hours before authorities say the bodies were found. The posting, according to ABCNews.com, contained the following information:

"Chris Benoit was replaced by Johnny Nitro for the ECW Championship match at Vengeance, as Benoit was not there due to personal issues, stemming from the death of his wife Nancy."

Benoit strangled his wife and son during the weekend, placing Bibles next to their bodies, before hanging himself on the cable of a weight-machine in his home, authorities said. No motive was offered for the killings, which were discovered Monday.

Also Thursday, federal drug agents said they had raided the west Georgia office of a doctor who prescribed testosterone to Benoit.

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. No arrests were made.

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.

Among other things, investigators were looking for Benoit's medical records to see whether he had been prescribed steroids and, if so, whether that prescription was appropriate, according to a law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity because records in the case remain sealed.

Astin prescribed testosterone for Benoit, a longtime friend, in the past but would not say what, if any, medications he prescribed when Benoit visited his office Friday.

State medical records show that Astin's privileges were suspended for three months in 2001 at a Georgia hospital for "reasons related to competence or character."

Astin did not return calls to his cell phone from the AP on Thursday.

Steroids were found in Benoit's home, leading officials to wonder whether the drugs played a role in the killings. Some experts believe steroids cause paranoia, depression and violent outbursts known as "roid rage."

Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard said in a statement Thursday that he could not immediately comment on the raid.

Reporters informed the Fayette County district attorney's office of the Wikipedia posting Thursday, and the agency forwarded the information to sheriff's investigators, who are looking into it, a legal assistant said in an e-mail to the AP.

WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt said that to his knowledge, no one at the WWE knew Nancy Benoit was dead before her body was found Monday afternoon. Text messages released by officials show that messages from Chris Benoit's cell phone were being sent to co-workers a few hours after the Wikipedia posting.

WWE employees are given WWE e-mail addresses, McDevitt said, though he did not know whether Chris Benoit had one.

"I have no idea who posted this," McDevitt said. "It's at least possible Chris may have sent some other text message to someone that we're unaware of. We don't know if he did. The phone is in the possession of authorities."

On Thursday afternoon, the Wikipedia page about Benoit carried a note stating that editing by unregistered or newly registered users was disabled until July 8 because of vandalism.

In other developments Thursday, Ballard told the AP that 10 empty beer cans were found in a trash can in the Benoit home. An empty wine bottle was found a few feet from where Benoit hanged himself, Ballard said.

It could take several weeks for toxicology tests to be completed on Benoit to see what substances, if any, were in his system.

Benoit took four months off from work in 2006 for undisclosed personal reasons, McDevitt said.

"He was feeling depressed, that kind of thing," McDevitt said.

In the days before the killings, Benoit and his wife argued over whether he should stay home more to take care of their mentally retarded 7-year-old son, according to an attorney for the WWE wrestling league.

The child had a rare medical condition called Fragile X Syndrome, an inherited form of mental retardation often accompanied by autism.

Chris Benoit's father, Michael Benoit, declined to comment on the slayings when reached Thursday by telephone in Alberta, Canada. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.

kalmamd · 06-28-2007, 05:29 PM

guess no one cares

Exist 2 Inspire · 06-28-2007, 05:31 PM

Just post the text of the article...people don't feel like following the link.

youm0nt · 06-28-2007, 05:32 PM

i didnt know his son was mentally retarded

hhhercules · 06-28-2007, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Exist 2 Inspire

Just post the text of the article...people don't feel like following the link.

seriously, what a moron..

Exist 2 Inspire · 06-28-2007, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by youm0nt

i didnt know his son was mentally retarded

It wasn't actually mental retardation, but something more similar to autism.

kalmamd · 06-28-2007, 05:33 PM

Lazy ass people

britishbulld0g · 06-28-2007, 05:34 PM

in

Ldzp · 06-28-2007, 05:34 PM

ATLANTA -- Investigators are looking into who altered pro wrestler Chris Benoit's Wikipedia entry to mention his wife's death hours before authorities discovered the bodies of the couple and their 7-year-old son.

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.

Benoit's page on Wikipedia, a reference site that allows users to add and edit information, was updated at 12:01 a.m. Monday, about 14 hours before authorities say the bodies were found. The posting, according to ABCNews.com, contained the following information:

"Chris Benoit was replaced by Johnny Nitro for the ECW Championship match at Vengeance, as Benoit was not there due to personal issues, stemming from the death of his wife Nancy."

Benoit strangled his wife and son during the weekend, placing Bibles next to their bodies, before hanging himself on the cable of a weight-machine in his home, authorities said. No motive was offered for the killings, which were discovered Monday.

Also Thursday, federal drug agents said they had raided the west Georgia office of a doctor who prescribed testosterone to Benoit.

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. No arrests were made.

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.

Among other things, investigators were looking for Benoit's medical records to see whether he had been prescribed steroids and, if so, whether that prescription was appropriate, according to a law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity because records in the case remain sealed.

Astin prescribed testosterone for Benoit, a longtime friend, in the past but would not say what, if any, medications he prescribed when Benoit visited his office Friday.

State medical records show that Astin's privileges were suspended for three months in 2001 at a Georgia hospital for "reasons related to competence or character."

Astin did not return calls to his cell phone from the AP on Thursday.

Steroids were found in Benoit's home, leading officials to wonder whether the drugs played a role in the killings. Some experts believe steroids cause paranoia, depression and violent outbursts known as "roid rage."

Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard said in a statement Thursday that he could not immediately comment on the raid.

Reporters informed the Fayette County district attorney's office of the Wikipedia posting Thursday, and the agency forwarded the information to sheriff's investigators, who are looking into it, a legal assistant said in an e-mail to the AP.

WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt said that to his knowledge, no one at the WWE knew Nancy Benoit was dead before her body was found Monday afternoon. Text messages released by officials show that messages from Chris Benoit's cell phone were being sent to co-workers a few hours after the Wikipedia posting.

WWE employees are given WWE e-mail addresses, McDevitt said, though he did not know whether Chris Benoit had one.

"I have no idea who posted this," McDevitt said. "It's at least possible Chris may have sent some other text message to someone that we're unaware of. We don't know if he did. The phone is in the possession of authorities."

On Thursday afternoon, the Wikipedia page about Benoit carried a note stating that editing by unregistered or newly registered users was disabled until July 8 because of vandalism.

In other developments Thursday, Ballard told the AP that 10 empty beer cans were found in a trash can in the Benoit home. An empty wine bottle was found a few feet from where Benoit hanged himself, Ballard said.

It could take several weeks for toxicology tests to be completed on Benoit to see what substances, if any, were in his system.

Benoit took four months off from work in 2006 for undisclosed personal reasons, McDevitt said.

"He was feeling depressed, that kind of thing," McDevitt said.

In the days before the killings, Benoit and his wife argued over whether he should stay home more to take care of their mentally retarded 7-year-old son, according to an attorney for the WWE wrestling league.

The child had a rare medical condition called Fragile X Syndrome, an inherited form of mental retardation often accompanied by autism.

Chris Benoit's father, Michael Benoit, declined to comment on the slayings when reached Thursday by telephone in Alberta, Canada. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.

hhhercules · 06-28-2007, 05:35 PM

WTF?!?!? Is this real?! I dont watch the news much, just heard benoit died. He killed his family and then himself?! WOW...

"Benoit strangled his wife and son during the weekend, placing Bibles next to their bodies, before hanging himself on the cable of a weight-machine in his home, authorities said. No motive was offered for the killings, which were discovered Monday."

Exist 2 Inspire · 06-28-2007, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by hhhercules

WTF?!?!? Is this real?! I dont watch the news much, just heard benoit died. He killed his family and then himself?! WOW...

Are you serious?

MagneticMilkshake · 06-28-2007, 05:39 PM

I edited the wiki page

klax410 · 06-28-2007, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by MSUHockey

I edited the wiki page

Have you heard a knock on your door yet? If not, it should be there in the next 2 minutes.

Hendrick2 · 06-28-2007, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by MSUHockey

I edited the wiki page

No, I did

user178944 · 06-28-2007, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by youm0nt

i didnt know his son was mentally retarded

x2

and great polst

buddhastalin · 06-28-2007, 11:16 PM

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Benoit strangled his wife and son during the weekend, placing Bibles next to their bodies

****ing religious weirdos.

MisterChase · 06-28-2007, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by buddhastalin

****ing religious weirdos.

Says the one with the user name involving "Buddha".

buddhastalin · 06-28-2007, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MisterChase

Says the one with the user name involving "Buddha".

it was taken from strangers with candy. stephen colbert ftw.

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"Who are you going to listen to, the Almighty or one of those foul-mouthed, jew-negro-rican, rock-and-roller, anti-capital-punishment types like that Buddah Stalin character?"

NotRippedYet · 06-29-2007, 12:52 AM

I like how the news is about someone editing the wiki page before the discovery of the bodies, yet they still managed to take 1/4 of the article to blame steroids.

BuildUpNow · 06-29-2007, 12:56 AM

Eh..........

?

ceilos456 · 06-29-2007, 01:43 AM

sad sad case of humanity

really dont understand people

2kool4skool · 06-29-2007, 01:45 AM

I'll post what I did on the other thread.

I heard this earlier tonight...

They have traced the person who made the edit and they had a history of making ridiculous edits to wrestlers pages, he probably heard Benoit was missing the show that night and just posted some lie(they thought so) on there to mess with people, he just happened to be right this time.

icey · 06-29-2007, 01:48 AM

The Wikipedia people need to confirm that there were no additional edits made after the original entry

When was the ECW Vengenance event? Was that before the weekend? Or during it? Because the part about him being replaced for the event could have originally been placed.

And then later the part about his wife dying could have been edited in.

However if that entry was the original and unedited, WOW

damian001 · 06-29-2007, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by icey

The Wikipedia people need to confirm that there were no additional edits made after the original entry

When was the ECW Vengenance event? Was that before the weekend? Or during it? Because the part about him being replaced for the event could have originally been placed.

And then later the part about his wife dying could have been edited in.

However if that entry was the original and unedited, WOW

The Vengenace event was on Sunday. Benoit killed his wife on Friday, and was scheduled for a house show on Saturday. He called in to WWE sometime on Friday/Saturday saying he had a family emergency and couldn't attend the house show AND Vengeance. So WWE didn't announce anything during the PPV, they just replaced him with Johnny Nitro, saying Benoit couldn't make it to the show. They didn't mention anything about his "family emergency" Only other news wrestling websites reported that. Then on Monday, he was found dead with his family.

All_Swoled_Up · 06-29-2007, 02:10 PM

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ATLANTA (AP) A user off the Web site Wikipedia has confessed to making edits to pro wrestler Chris Benoit's profile mentioning the death of Benoit's wife before authorities had found her body.
The anonymous user acknowledges in a lengthy post added to the Web site early Friday being "deeply sorry'' and calls the situation a "terrible coincidence.''

The edits were originally reported by Wikinews, an online news source connected to Wikipedia. Today's post was added to a discussion page for the Wikinews story. Wikinews says the IP address of the individual is identical to that of the user who edited Benoit's profile early Monday to include that Benoit's wife was dead.

The poster did not identify himself or herself.

The individual acknowledged being from Stamford, Connecticut -- the home of World Wrestling Entertainment. In the message, the individual claimed no connection to WWE.

A spokeswoman for Wikimedia Foundation, Sandra Ordonez, says the IP address connected to the individual has a history of editing wrestling-related articles on Wikipedia.

Ordonez referred all additional questions to authorities investigating the deaths.

Authorities say investigators had not yet discovered the bodies of Benoit, his wife and their seven-year-old son when someone altered Benoit's Wikipedia entry to mention his wife's death.