Now we move on to the text messages. The first text message was sent at 3:53AM. The first thing you have to ask is why is 'Chris Benoit' sending text messages at almost 4 oclock in the morning? The text message contained the address to Chris Benoit's Georgia home. Apparently the family had just moved in the house not too long ago. Here is the text message regarding the address to the Benoit home:
'C, S. My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane. Fayetteville Georgia. 30215'
Here are all the text messages sent via both Chris Benoit and Nancy Benoit's phones:
Text Message 1
Sent to: Two Co-Workers (the same who had verbal correspondence with Benoit the day before)
From: Benoit’s cell phone
When: 6/24 at 3:53am from
Message: C, S. My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane. Fayetteville Georgia. 30215
Text Message 2
Sent to: Two Co-Workers (the same who had verbal correspondence with Benoit the day before)
From: Benoit’s cell phone
When: 6/24 at 3:53am
Message: The dogs are in the enclosed pool area. Garage side door is open
Text Message 3
Sent to: Two Co-Workers (the same who had verbal correspondence with Benoit the day before)
From: Nancy Benoit’s cell phone
When: 6/24 at 3:54am
Message: C, S. My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane. Fayetteville Georgia. 30215
Text Message 4
Sent to: Two Co-Workers (the same who had verbal correspondence with Benoit the day before)
From: Nancy Benoit’s cell phone
When: 6/24 at 3:55am
Message: C, S. My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane. Fayetteville Georgia. 30215
Text Message 5
Sent to: A Co-Worker who consistently traveled with Benoit
From: Nancy Benoit’s cell phone
When: 6/24 at 3:58am
Message: My address is 130 Green Meadow Lane. Fayetteville Georgia. 30215
The first thing that you notice (especially if you are a Fayetteville resident) is that the zip code in this address is wrong. All the text messages had the same address and zip code to them (obviously sending to multi people). The zip code to Chris Benoit's Fayetteville house is in fact 30214 and not 30215. Chris Benoit has been known by his colleagues as being very precise when it comes to anything, many claim he wouldn't of ever made such a mistake. So why do we have a mistake right here when it comes to his own address?
It is confirmed that Chris Benoit sent Chavo Guerrero one of these address text messages. Why though? Chavo Guerrero already knew the address to the Benoit house as he had spent the previous weekend staying at the Benoit house. Also keep in mind the coroner claimed Chris Benoit died on Saturday at sometime. So, with that being said, how could of Chris Benoit sent these text messages on Sunday when he was already dead?
While we are on the case of text messages and phone calls and such. The police weren't able to find the phone of Chris Benoit that these alleged text messages and phone calls came from. The police have turned his cell phone off. Doesn't this also sound suspicious? I mean its not like Chris Benoit took the phone to his grave to cover up 'his' story, that's farfetched and his clothing would of no doubtly of been checked for evidence anyway. Chris Benoit never left the house on Saturday or Sunday and the phone can't be found in his house. So where is it?
The 'Hanging' Of Chris Benoit
The police has claimed that Chris Benoit killed his wife and then 'hung' himself on his weight machine. First thing i have to question is how would he be able to hang himself on his weight machine? There are two possible ways he could of done it, either tying a rope to the machine, jumping off of the seat and hanging himself that way or by using the weight of the machine as a pulley to lift his body into the air. These are the two possibilities that are being thrown around, but, there is no way Chris Benoit could of hung himself on the machine, he couldn't of performed the first method as the machine wouldn't of been tall enough to have enough space to jump off of the seat and still hang in mid air. The machine isn't large and Chris Benoit wasn't exactly a reasonablly small man. Also, the second method, i doubt very much that the weight on the actual machine was heavy enough to lift up the body of Chris Benoit and keep him suspended in mid-air, yeah those weights are heavier, but towards the end of Chris Benoit's life he was rather large and had a lot of muscle, i just don't see it being possible. Also as you are about to read certain things would of shown by these two possible methods that were not evident when Chris Benoit was found in his Atlanta home on that fateful day.
Also, Chris Benoit was not hanging from the weight machine, he was laying on the floor underneath the machine. Another officer said that Chris Benoit was 'slumped' against the weight machine. If Chris Benoit had indeed hung himself he would still be suspended in mid-air when the police found him, unless Chris Benoit did a dodgy job with tying the noose, in that case Chris Benoit would of just fallen to the ground, he wouldn't be dead. There was also a white cloth found around the neck of Chris Benoit, if Chris Benoit really did plan on committing suicide why would he care about marks and bruises on his neck?
Let's also look at the physical injuries to Chris Benoit, he was found with marks around his neck and a cut on his lip. Read this article below about the medical symptons of hanging and then tell me if Chris Benoit could of indeed hung himself:
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The cause of death in hanging depends on the conditions related to the event. When the body is released from a relatively high position, death is usually caused by severing the spinal cord between C1 and C2, which may be functional decapitation. High cervical fracture frequently occurs in judicial hangings, and in fact the C1-C2 fracture has been called the "hangman's fracture" in medicine, even when it occurs in other circumstances. Usually, accidental C1-C2 fracture victims do not immediately become unconscious; instead death occurs after some minutes. Another process that has been suggested is carotid sinus reflex death. By this theory, the mechanical stimulation of the carotid sinus in the neck brings on terminal cardiac arrest.
In the absence of fracture and dislocation, occlusion of blood vessels becomes the major cause of death, rather than asphyxiation. Obstruction of venous drainage of the brain via occlusion of the internal jugular veins leads to cerebral edema and then cerebral ischemia. The face will typically become engorged and cyanotic (turned blue through lack of oxygen). There will be the classic sign of strangulation—petechiae—little blood marks on the face and in the eyes from burst blood capillaries. The tongue may protrude.
Compromise of the cerebral blood flow may occur by obstruction of the carotid arteries, even though their obstruction requires far more force than the obstruction of jugular veins, since they are seated deeper and they contain blood in much higher pressure compared to the jugular veins. Only 31 newtons (7 lbf or 3.2 kgf) of force may be enough to constrict the carotid arteries to the point of rapid unconsciousness. Where death has occurred through carotid artery obstruction or cervical fracture, the face will typically be pale in color and not show petechiae. Many reports and pictures exist of actual short-drop hangings that seem to show that the person died quickly, while others indicate a slow and agonizing death by strangulation.
When cerebral circulation is severely compromised by any mechanism, arterial or venous, death occurs over four or more minutes from cerebral hypoxia, although the heart may continue to beat for some period after the brain can no longer be resuscitated. The time of death in such cases is a matter of convention. In judicial hangings, death is pronounced at cardiac arrest, which may occur at times from several minutes up to 15 minutes or longer after hanging. During suspension, once the prisoner has lapsed into unconsciousness, rippling movements of the body and limbs may occur for some time which are usually attributed to nervous and muscular reflexes. In Britain, it was normal to leave the body suspended for an hour to ensure death.
After death, the body typically shows marks of suspension: bruising and rope marks on the neck. Moreover, sphincters will relax spontaneously and urine and faeces will be evacuated. Forensic experts may often be able to tell if hanging is suicide or homicide, as each leaves a distinctive ligature mark. One of the hints they use is the hyoid bone. If broken, it often means the person has been murdered by manual choking.
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According to this article Chris Benoit's face would of became engorged and cynaotic (it would of turned blue), there would of been little blood marks on the face of Chris Benoit and also in the eyes of Chris Benoit due to burst blood capillaries and his tongue would of protruded from his skull. Also the sphincter would of relaxed spontaneously and urine and faeces would of been evacuated by Chris Benoit. So, looking at the reports and looking at this none of this matches up, marks would of been found around the neck of Chris Benoit if he was hung; which marks were found. But those marks could of occurred in any oher matter, choking, strangulation, any other method.
Chris Benoit would of been found hanging from the machine with his eyes and tongue poking out of his head, blood marks would of been found on his face, severe injuries would of occurred to the spinal cord and the neck, his head would be a blue colour and he would of excreted urine and faeces, which would of been found underneath the hanging body. None of this was found, Chris Benoit was found lying against the machine with marks on his neck and a cut on his lip, this is not the site of a hanging, this is the site of Chris Benoit being choked to death and then the scene was staged to look like a hanging, but a hanging cannot be staged, the murderers failed to actual do their research when it came to hangings and in turn have given as vital clues.
Chris Benoit was not hung, so, what did happen? He was choked in some way. Its possible that Chris Benoit may of wrapped the cord of the weight machine around his neck to choke himself out, but that kind of method would take a fair while to perform, and it would be severly painful and torturous, if Chris Benoit wanted to commit suicide he would of done it quick and swiftly, not slow and painfully, just like any other suicidal person. Plus such strangulation would of no doubt caused some of the symptons of a hanging to occur, including the rupturing of blood capillaries in both the face and the eyes of Chris Benoit. Evidence shows no such thing.
The Possibility Of Roid Rage
The possibility of 'roid rage' in this case has been very high, especially during the weeks leading up to the toxicology reports being released. People have claimed that Chris Benoit snapped, attacked his family and then committed suicide. Since the toxicology reports have come in we can now rule this out as being a false accusation. Three drugs were found in Chris Benoit's body, a boost of testosterone (considered to be a steroid), Xanax and Hydrocodone. Both Xanax and Hydrocodone combined can be used as a sedative and when overdosed on can be rather dangerous. Now according to the toxicology report these two drugs found in both Chris and Nancy were at a normal level, but this does not rule out sedation since both of these drugs combined causes the user to become tired and drousy. How is Chris Benoit possibly meant to kill both his wife and son while sedated? Even with roid rage (which i will prove that he couldn't of killed them under roid rage in the later part of this discussion).
People claimed that the amount of testosterone found in Chris Benoit's body was ten times the normal levels a normal man is meant to have of testosterone in their bodies. This however is untrue, according to Dr. David Black, a doctor who oversees WWE's drug testing, he claims that there was in fact only five times the normal levels of testosterone found is Chris Benoit's body.
If you take a look over this interview that took place in July of 2007 with Dr. David Black you will see exactly what he says:
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Greta Van Susteren, host: And tonight, the WWE is under fire following the release of the Benoit family's toxicology tests. Just a short time ago, WWE released a statement saying in part, "WWE understands that the toxicology reports for Chris Benoit indicate that he tested positive for testosterone and negative for anabolic steroids. At Mr. Benoit's last drug test in April 2007, administered by Aegis labs, he tested negative for anabolic steroids and for testosterone. Given the toxicology report of GBI released today, it would appear that Mr. Benoit took testosterone sometime after his April 2007 test and before the time he died."
Dr. David Black oversees drug testing for the WWE, and Jerry McDevitt is a lawyer for the World Wrestling Entertainment. They both join us live from Pittsburgh. Welcome, gentlemen, both of you. First to you, Jerry. What do you think today about the toxicology report?
Jerry McDevitt, WWE Attorney: Well, I think Dr. Sperry very carefully and almost surgically went through the toxicology to explain the significance on the investigation. And quite frankly, I think he very clearly eliminated all this speculation about steroids having any causative role. He was very clear that no anabolic steroids of the performance-enhancing type were found in Chris's body and that what was found was testosterone, which is consistent with testosterone replacement.
The significant finding that he was very clear about that I think adds a new fact to the mix is that the young boy, Daniel, was apparently given a dosage of Xanax at some point in this, prior to his death. But I think he did a lot to dispel some of the lore and hysteria, if you will, that surrounded this and to redirect this thing where it really belongs, to the crime scene evidence and the rest of the forensic evidence.
Greta Van Susteren: Dr. Black, was the amount of testosterone, according to the report, in Chris Benoit's body — is there a therapeutic level?
Dr. David Black, Aegis Sciences Corporation: Well, you can't interpret urine of any drug, let alone testosterone, as to whether or not it's therapeutic. That has to be assessed in the blood compartment. It would be an amount of testosterone greater than what would be present in a normal random urine. It was not 10 times greater, as some are saying. It may be as much as five times or six times greater. But you can't really assess therapeutic out of a urine sample. All can you say is that there was use.
Greta Van Susteren: Dr. Black, there's no question — I'm not a doctor. I haven't studied this. But in your medical experience or your background, is five times the testosterone level, which is the level that you gave me, not the 10 but the 5 — could that ever cause a rage in someone?
Dr. David Black: No. I have held the opinion, I do hold the opinion, this case has nothing to do with 'roid rage. The murder-suicide, as tragic as it is, does not have any evidence of the rage that would be associated, what's called 'roid rage. And there is no evidence that Chris Benoit engaged in a pattern of anabolic steroid use which would fit 'roid rage, which is well beyond what we are talking about here.
'Roid rage is associated with the use of multiple anabolic steroids, injectables and orals, doses 10 to 100 times greater than therapeutic, taken through cycles. The cases that I've been involved with with 'roid rage involve enormous amounts of anabolic steroids being used. This case does not fit that.
Greta Van Susteren: All right. Dr. Black, beginning I think it was in the early part of 2006, WWE instituted its drug testing program as a result of a rather tragic death. Your company is the one that tested in April of 2007 Chris Benoit. What quality control do you have to give confidence that the urine that was tested was indeed his and not, you know, switched out?
Dr. David Black: Oh, gosh. The collection process is an observed collection. Standard forensic protocols are followed. We are a federally certified laboratory. We follow the standard types of chain-of-custody documentation protocols. We are certified, inspected. We use all appropriate standards and quality controls. We've been doing this for well over 20 years. It's all of the standard practices and procedures that would be found in a forensic facility, and Aegis is only a forensic laboratory.
Greta Van Susteren: And I guess the key is the observed sample. You see the sample being given to you. That's sort of the key?
Dr. David Black: Well, it's not the only key. There are a lot of quality control steps in the process. But certainly, it helps ensure that the sample tested belongs to the donor, or in this case, the talent.
Greta Van Susteren: Thank you, Dr. Black. And Jerry, thank you, as well.
Jerry McDevitt: Thank you, Greta.
Dr. David Black: Thank you.
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Road Warrior Animal (Joe Lauranitis) claims that he knows about roid rage and that he has never known of roid rage lasting for such an extensive period of time as the one Chris Benoit was accused of performing. He claimed that roid rage would only last a good five minutes or so before the victim would snap back into reality and apologies for their actions. Its much the same as Epilepsy in the sense that both are unaware of what they are doing at the times of the attack. With Epliepsy a serious patient of the disease would get a seizure once or twice a day at the most, this has to be the same case with roid rage.
So, i don't believe there is any possibility that Chris Benoit snapped into roid rage, killed Nancy Benoit, snapped out of roid rage, panicked, snapped back into roid rage again and killed his son, Daniel before snapping back out of it again, especially since the coroner claims both Nancy and Daniel died sometime on Friday and we all know that Chris Benoit was talking to Chavo Guerrero sometime on Friday night, Chavo Guerrero didn't notice any abnormality in Chris Benoit's voice, and they ended up talking for fourty five minutes at least before Chris Benoit recieved the knock at the door, left the phone, the scuffling was heard and then the phone went dead.
Many sources, into WWE and many doctors including Dr. David Black, have completely ruled out roid rage being involved in this case because the levels of testosterone found in Chris Benoit's body weren't at a high enough level to switch on any form of roid rage in the slightest. So we can easily rule out roid rage in this case.
On a side note no needles were found in the Benoit house to even point to Chris Benoit injecting himself with steroids. The only thing found in the house were just the steroids and as stated above their wasn't enough steroids in the body of Chris Benoit to snap into such a roid rage in which he would kill his family. He was also sedated with the Xanax and Hydrocodone present in his body.
Also WWE Attorney, Jerry McDevitt appeared on MSNBC Live with Dan Abrams on July 17, 2007 and said that Chris Benoit was prescribed testosterone as part of a treatment for testosterone replacement therapy, which Jerry McDevitt said was a common medical practice for people who had used steroids in the past, and had suffered testicular damage as a result. Come on now, what more evidence do you want to rule roid rage out?