RKMBs Forums .::Robegories::. Sports and Wrestling Chris Benoit and family found dead

*note: I am not accusing Chris Benoit of being a cereal killer. I'm just using an extreme example to make my point.

Allegedly. If Benoit did do it, then he kept this dark side a secret. And all these folks who adopted him into their family, the Malenkos and Guerreros and Harts, were either fooled or didn't care. Or, Benoit just had some kind of madness festering within him. So he was either a sociopath or a ticking time bomb. Nice.

Or, alternatively, the cops came in with a preconceived notion and are failing to investigate all the angles.

Everyone thought O.J. was a hell of a nice guy until he killed his wife.



The reports indicate Benoit hanged himself. That's hard to fake with a man his size.

Its pretty obvious the guy killed his wife and kids. The only real question is why.

From News1130.com:

We may never know the reasons behind Chris Benoit's decision to take the life of his wife, young son and himself. However, a Delta woman, who was in contact with the Canadian wrestler a few years ago, said she might have some insight into the family. Pam Winthrope said Benoit's son had a genetic condition called Fragile X syndrome. Winthrope said she has experienced the condition first hand and knows how it can tear a family apart.

Fragile X syndrome is an inherited mental impairment. Pam's 12-year-old son has the condition and she said in an effort to shed light on the syndrome, her husband called Chris Benoit about five years ago.

She said, "We talked to him because I was trying to set up a support group in BC and in Canada, we only have a couple of them. My husband was struggling when we got diagnosed with our son, and Chris was struggling with his. They talked for a few minutes and then he said he didn't want to be a public face for Fragile X, he just wanted to keep it really, really quiet."

Winthrope said she couldn't believe the news that Benoit had taken his life along with his wife and 7-year-old son. She added that families can be torn apart by the disease because it's very difficult to find help and support. She said, "You as a parent have to go out there and find what's available and it's not easy --they don't tell you."

Authorities offered no motive for the killings, which were spread out over a weekend, and would not discuss Benoit’s state of mind.
According to WebMD.com, "Fragile X Syndrome is a defect of the X chromosome which causes mild mental retardation. The disorder occurs more frequently and severely among males than females. This condition is the leading known familial cause of mental retardation in the United States. Language delays, behavioral problems, autism or autistic-like behavior (including poor eye contact and hand-flapping), enlarged external genitalia (macroorchidism), large or prominent ears, hyperactivity, delayed motor development and/or poor sensory skills are among the wide range of symptoms associated with this disorder."

While the above information has not been verified by authorities, this may explain why the Daniel was being given Human Growth Hormone as reported by Fayetteville District Attorney Scott Ballard in an interview with ESPN.com. Ballard said that Daniel was apparently found with needle marks in his arm and was being given HGH because the family thought he was undersized.

It may also shed light onto why Chris didn't want someone else raising his son and made the fateful decision to kill him. As irrational and twisted as it may sound, he may have felt he was saving his son from the double-blow of losing his parents through a murder-suicide and being subject to being raised by people who didn't understand or care for his condition.

So he had a retarded kid. THAT justifies a double homocide.

I at least hope that, when he hanged himself, he suffered before he finally died. At least that would be a little justice.

I'm guessing he wasn't much of a Christian if he believed in murder and suicide both of which are mortal sins, are they not?

source is Bob Ryder, take it for what it's worth.

He was rich. If he couldn't handle having the kid, it isn't like he didn't have alternatives to murdering him and the child's mother. For example, he could have divorced the wife and just paid child support. Cold, but better than killing people.

There's the understatement of the year. My gut feeling tells me that what we've found out already will seem tame compared to what's still to be learned. This case is getting more eerie by the minute...hell, by the second.

Child and spousal abusers always have an excuse.

So do people who claim they are defending their country.

No, I'm pissed because I think people that kill their kids are scumbags. I also think its sad that the same people who (rightly so) thought Paris Hilton should go to jail for a misdemeanor, and mocked her idiot fans, now engage in a similar form of celebrity worship over a killer.

True, but (at least in my beliefs) that doesn't make it right.