Benoit

Kennie Woolwine

Allison Smith

English 1101

9 October 2013

Yet to be titled Benoit project

What drives a man to murder? Even worse what drives a man to murder his wife, his seven-year-old son, and then take his own life? Those questions were raised on June 25, 2007 when the bodies of Nancy, Daniel, and Chris Benoit were found in their Peachtree City, Georgia home, the victims of an apparent triple murder. However, as the police tightened their investigation they discovered the perpetrator was amongst the dead. Chris Benoit, a well-respected and accomplished professional wrestler for the World Wrestling Entertainment was the main suspect. Many argue that Benoit’s steroid abuse led to his actions, while others claim that it was years of head trauma and concussions that led to brain damage. One other argument is that he was distraught over issues at home. While all three are viable arguments, which one holds the most weight?

Chris Benoit was a man amongst giants. In an industry where the norm is 6’3” 270 pounds, Benoit himself stood only 5’11” and weighed 235 pounds. When police investigated the home after the murders they did find steroids. This led many media organizations to hypothesize that Benoit’s action were out of “roid-rage”. Roid-rage is the term given to a supposed uncontrollable anger that doctors believe comes from steroid use. While investigations show that Benoit did indeed receive three packages from Signature Pharmacy, an online seller of human growth hormones (HGH) and steroids, three times between December 2005 and July 2006. On July 17, 2007 investigators released the results of toxicology reports done on Chris Benoit. The report indicated that Xanax and hydrocodone were in his system at therapeutic levels, and elevated levels of testosterone cypionate. Investigators believed that he had just recently taken this prior to his suicide. The report concluded that no artificial steroids were found in his urine. So how could a man who was allegedly...