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Dead Wrestler's Final Text Messages

Dead Wrestler's Final Text MessagesWWE has released text messages sent to employees by wrestler Chris Benoit, who last weekend killed his wife and son, and then himself. The text messages themselves are rather benign, but what's chilling is that they appear to have been sent after Benoit murdered his family.

Police believe Benoit killed his family on Friday night (June 22) or early Saturday morning, but waited around until Monday morning to hang himself on his weight machine. According to WWE's own timeline, Benoit contacted WWE employees on Saturday the 23rd to inform them that his wife and child were ill and that he'd have to miss a scheduled appearance. According to the police timeline, Benoit's wife and son were, in fact, already dead at this time.

While attempting to rebook Benoit for a Sunday appearance, WWE employees received the following text messages from the wrestler between 3:51 and 3:58 a.m. Sunday morning:

3:53 a.m. "My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane, Fayetteville Georgia. 30215'"

3:53 a.m. "The dogs are in the enclosed pool area. Garage side door is open"

3:54 a.m.
"My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane. Fayetteville Georgia. 30215''

3:54 a.m. "My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane. Fayetteville Georgia. 30215'"

3:54 a.m. "My address is 130 Green Meadow Lane. Fayetteville Georgia. 30215'"

At 12:30 p.m. the next day WWE had been unable to make contact with Benoit , which prompted the wrestling organization to contacted local authorities. At 4:00 p.m., WWE was notified that the Benoit home was a crime scene.

From MiamiHerald.com

Tags: benoit, breaking+news, murder, suicide, text, top, wrestle, wwe

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