Benoit: Take Care of the Dogs
WWE Star Benoit Sent Text Messages to Colleagues After Murders
By Steve Donohue -- Multichannel News, 6/26/2007 8:03:00 PM
While police said Chris Benoit murdered his wife and son, the World Wrestling Entertainment star was concerned about the well-being of his dogs, according to text messages from Benoit released Tuesday night.
“The dogs are in the enclosed pool area. Garage side door is open,” Benoit, who apparently hung himself after killing his family, wrote to two co-workers via text message from his cell phone at 3:53 a.m. Sunday, WWE disclosed Tuesday.
News that Benoit, his wife Nancy and seven-year-old son Daniel were killed broke Monday night. Police said Tuesday that Benoit killed his wife and son over the weekend, before hanging himself in his basement gym.
WWE, which ran a tribute to Benoit in place of its regular WWE Raw program Monday night on USA Network, returned to wrestling Tuesday night during its Extreme Championship Wrestling program on Sci Fi Channel.
“Last night on Monday Night Raw, the WWE presented a special tribute show, recognizing the career of Chris Benoit. However, now, some 26 hours later, the facts of this horrific tragedy are now apparent,” WWE chairman Vince McMahon said at the opening of Tuesday’s program. “Therefore, other than my comments, there will be no mention of Mr. Benoit tonight.”
In addition to the note about his dogs, Benoit sent four other text messages to colleagues between 3:51 and 3:58 Sunday morning, WWE said.
“My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane, Fayetteville, Georgia, 30215,” Benoit wrote in the first text message he sent to two coworkers, which WWE did not name.
Officials at WWE weren’t notified about the text messages until 12:30 p.m. Monday, the company said late Tuesday.
WWE said it notified the Fayetteville County Sheriff’s Office by 12:45 p.m. Monday, and police informed WWE at about 4 p.m. Monday that the family had been found dead in the home.
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Rod Stewart is right, if you read any of the articles it says nothing about taking care of the dogs. He says this is where the dogs are, and the garage door is open, telling people that would come, hey you can get into the hous threw the garage because the dogs are in this location. The article was correct oterwise, so you should have not named it what you did.
Blaine Greenwell - 6/27/2007 12:55:00 PM EDT -
This kind of "journalism" is pathetic. Warning people not to get eaten by the dogs was the Chris Benoit that I know. For you to assume he meant that he cared more for the dogs than anything else is just pure garbage. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
Jeff Anderson - 6/27/2007 12:28:00 PM EDT -
The fact that Benoit was sick enough to kill his family ... but spared the german shepards .. I think is the point.
Bill Johnson - 6/27/2007 12:25:00 PM EDT -
Was this article written by an idiot or just someone too lazy to research an article?
Benoit owned attack dogs. The text message had nothing to do with the well being of his dogs, it was to let people know it was safe to enter the home.
Rod Stewart - 6/27/2007 12:08:00 PM EDT
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