Although the exact sequence of these atrocious acts will never be known, forensic investigators and autopsies have established a broad timeline of the weekend’s events. On Friday, June 22nd, Chris Benoit savagely attacked and overpowered his wife Nancy in their home in Fayetteville, Georgia. Nancy tried to fight him off but to no avail.
He shackled her limbs, brutally pressed his knee into her back, and strangled her to death by wrapping a rope and a co-axial cord multiple times around her neck, according to Nancy’s autopsy report (via Autopsy Files). He then wrapped her in a towel and placed a Bible next to her body, where it remained for another three days (per ABC News). On Saturday 23rd, Benoit called a buddy, Chavo Guerrero, and told him he wouldn’t be able to participate in a show later that day because his wife and son were violently ill with food poisoning.
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It’s estimated that 7-year-old Daniel Benoit was killed around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday due to Daniel’s body being less deteriorated than his mother’s when it was discovered. Chris Benoit used Xanax to sedate his young son before suffocating him using a wrestling move, which was determined by the bruising on the child’s body, according to the Sun-Sentinel. He placed another Bible near his son’s body (via CNN). The next day, Benoit went into his basement home gym where he died by suicide from hanging according to the LA Times.
If you or someone you know is dealing with domestic abuse, you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1−800−799−7233. You can also find more information, resources, and support at their website.
