ATLANTA (AP) -- Investigators are looking into who altered pro wrestler Chris Benoit's Wikipedia entry to mention his wife's death hours before authorities discovered the bodies of the couple and their 7-year-old son. Benoit's Wikipedia entry was altered early Monday to say that the wrestler had missed a match two days earlier because of his wife's death. A Wikipedia official, Cary Bass, said Thursday that the entry was made by someone using an Internet protocol address registered in Stamford, Conn., where World Wrestling Entertainment is based. An IP address, a unique series of numbers carried by every machine connected to the Internet, does not necessarily have to be broadcast from where it is registered. The bodies were found in Benoit's home in suburban Atlanta, and it's not known where the posting was sent from, Bass said. Benoit strangled his wife and son during the weekend, placing Bibles next to their bodies, before hanging himself on the cable of a weight-machine in his home, authorities said. No motive was offered for the killings, which were discovered Monday. Also Thursday, federal drug agents said they had raided the west Georgia office of a doctor who prescribed testosterone to Benoit. The raid at Dr. Phil Astin's office in Carrollton began Wednesday night and concluded early Thursday, said agent Chuvalo Truesdell, a spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration. No arrests were made. Hours before the raid, Astin told The Associated Press he had treated Benoit for low testosterone levels, which he said likely originated from previous steroid use. Among other things, investigators were looking for Benoit's medical records to see whether he had been prescribed steroids and, if so, whether that prescription was appropriate, according to a law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity because records in the case remain sealed. Astin prescribed testosterone for Benoit, a longtime friend, in the past but would not say what, if any, medications he prescribed when Benoit visited his office Friday. State medical records show that Astin's privileges were suspended for three months in 2001 at a Georgia hospital for "reasons related to competence or character." Astin did not return calls to his cell phone from the AP on Thursday. Anabolic steroids were found in Benoit's home, leading officials to wonder whether the drugs played a role in the killings. Some experts believe steroids cause paranoia, depression and violent outbursts known as "roid rage." Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard said in a statement Thursday that he could not immediately comment on the raid. Benoit's page on Wikipedia, a reference site that allows users to add and edit information, was updated at 12:01 a.m. Monday, about 14 hours before authorities say the bodies were found. The reason he missed a match Saturday night was "stemming from the death of his wife Nancy," it said. Reporters informed the Fayette County district attorney's office of the posting Thursday, and the agency forwarded the information to sheriff's investigators, who are looking into it, a legal assistant said in an e-mail to the AP. WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt said that to his knowledge, no one at the WWE knew Nancy Benoit was dead before her body was found Monday afternoon. Text messages released by officials show that messages from Chris Benoit's cell phone were being sent to co-workers a few hours after the Wikipedia posting. WWE employees are given WWE e-mail addresses, McDevitt said, though he did not know whether Chris Benoit had one. "I have no idea who posted this," McDevitt said. "It's at least possible Chris may have sent some other text message to someone that we're unaware of. We don't know if he did. The phone is in the possession of authorities." On Thursday afternoon, the Wikipedia page about Benoit carried a note stating that editing by unregistered or newly registered users was disabled until July 8 because of vandalism. In other developments Thursday, Ballard told the AP that 10 empty beer cans were found in a trash can in the Benoit home. An empty wine bottle was found a few feet from where Benoit hanged himself, Ballard said. It could take several weeks for toxicology tests to be completed on Benoit to see what substances, if any, were in his system. Benoit took four months off from work in 2006 for undisclosed personal reasons, McDevitt said. "He was feeling depressed, that kind of thing," McDevitt said. In the days before the killings, Benoit and his wife argued over whether he should stay home more to take care of their mentally retarded 7-year-old son, according to an attorney for the WWE wrestling league. The child had a rare medical condition called Fragile X Syndrome, an inherited form of mental retardation often accompanied by autism. Chris Benoit's father, Michael Benoit, declined to comment on the slayings when reached Thursday by telephone in Alberta, Canada. Funeral arrangements were incomplete. --- This article is being posted for educational purposes only
Very interesting. I wonder if he told someone from the WWE before the cops found their bodies. I was shocked when I tuned in to see McMahon's fake death storyline and saw a tribute to Benoit.
Didnt know it was fake!However I do know that every move that is done by the player in the ring is practiced before the match.That certainly prove that the the whole WWE is preplaned.
Of course it does no such thing. Although common sense tells everyone that steroids are rampant in wrestling and other sports. p.s. Is your avitar of the beautiful Heather Graham? She's cute!
Well most pro wrestling matches are scripted. Only the really talented wrestlers like Shawn Michaels, Hulk Hogan, The Rock, Triple H etc can improvise and call matches on the fly. Didn't you ever notice how much more unrealistic a wrestling match looks when there is a new wrestler fighting? It is so much more obvious because their fake hits and moves look fake because they don't do them correctly. Why? Because there simply is no substitute for experience Now I'm not saying these guys and women have no skills etc but they are not taking sledgehammers to the head and living to talk about it lol. As far as Vince's death, did you see the limo explosion? It was so obvious it was faked. If you visit some of the wrestling forums you will read about how they spliced the explosion in because they filmed that part a week earlier at a different location and they even had to get a permit to explode the limo and that is on record. Talk about Karma. Only thing is the karma came back and hit an innocent family instead of the person who was faking his own death!
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Death_of_Nancy_Benoit_rumour_posted_on_Wikipedia_hours_prior_to_body_being_found wikinews has learned through an investigation that anonymous edits on the Wikipedia article Chris Benoit were added about the death of his wife Nancy Benoit 14 hours before police entered the Benoit home to find the former professional World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Canadian wrestler and his family dead. An anonymous edit from IP address 69.120.111.23 using the Internet service provider Optimum Online was made at 04:01 UTC on Chris Benoit's Wikipedia article. On a paragraph about an earlier fight: "However, Chris Benoit was replaced ... due to personal issues,...", the anonymous editor added " stemming from the death of his wife Nancy." The edit was reversed just under one hour later with the comment: "Need a reliable source. Saying that his wife died is a pretty big statement, you need to back it up with something." Then just one hour later after the first edit reversion, another anonymous edit by 125.63.148.173 using unwiredAustralia.com.au, a wireless Internet service provider, was made adding about the aforementioned personal issues: "which according to several pro wrestling websites is attributed to the passing of Benoit's wife, Nancy." That edit was reverted just under 20 minutes later, with the comment: "Saying 'several pro wrestling websites' is still not reliable information." Further investigation shows that the IP address used to make the first edit is located in Connecticut, but the IP address is not linked to any computers or servers used by the WWE, but according to Cary Bass, Volunteer Coordinator for the Wikimedia Foundation, the IP address matches a location in Stamford, Connecticut where the WWE headquarters is located. Bass also informed the local authorities in Atlanta about the unusual edits, but it is not known if the edits were investigated by the police. The second edit was made by a computer in Australia from a wireless network. "It didn't become apparent until someone put the pieces together and realized that the comment was made by someone who apparently knew about the murders," added Bass. Fayette County Sheriff deputy Lt. Tommy Pope stated that police found the family at about 2:30 p.m. ET, which is 18:30 UTC, on Monday when the WWE called police and asked them to do a "welfare check" after employees of WWE received calls and text messages from Chris Benoit. Early Sunday, Benoit sent repeated text messages that read "My physical address is 130 Green Meadow Lane, Fayetteville Georgia. 30215." Another text message reportedly said "The dogs are in the enclosed pool area. Garage side door is open." The messages were sent around 4:00 a.m. ET. Earlier, on Saturday afternoon, Chris Benoit placed a series of calls that explained why he missed his flight to Houston. The stories he told were mostly about his wife and son being sick with food poisoning and vomiting. Although, in one call he said that he and Nancy were at the hospital to be with Daniel who was hospitalized. Throughout he insisted that he would attend that live event in Houston. When he missed the live event on Sunday, and the WWE couldn't get a hold of him, they contacted authorities. Police say that Benoit strangled his wife on Friday, smothered his son on late Friday or early Saturday, and then hanged himself inside his weight room on Sunday or Monday. The Wikinews investigation is unable to conclude whether the anonymous editors had inside information about the death of Nancy Benoit. This is not the first time Benoit's article has been edited to show false or unsourced information, as the article's edit history indicates a long history of promotional spam and vandalism. Around the time of the edits, the article contained a hidden warning to editors of the section mentioned, warning against adding rumours and speculations . For the time being, Benoit's article has been protected in an attempt to stop the addition of fraudulent information.
Well, take it is a compliment. I think she is cute, and add me to the list of people who think you look like her, at least your avatar does.
What I'm guessing happened is that one of the WWE employees that received a text message from Benoit altered the Wikipedia listing for the wrestler. We still haven't learned what was in the text messages that he sent out but it was enough to alarm the WWE, wasn't it?
So far they have released the information in the post above regarding the text messages saying things about where his dogs were, his address over and over again. The say that's all it was but maybe there was more. I would really like to know if the times are correct and that someone posted that he was missing the show because "his wife was dead" before and not after the authorities found their bodies. I can't wait for the timeline of events to become more clear, however with everything happening so closely together it may be hard to tell. We may never know what went on since as far as we know he didn't even leave a note. To kill an innocent child is the worst part of all of this and I imagine in his mind he was doing the kid a favor because the kid had "health problems".
I don't know where you heard that but the news reports that I have seen said that his son was mentally handicapped and not in poor health. Friends of the family said that Benoit's wife wanted her husband to spend more time helping to take care of their son.
That is a crazy turn of events for the WWE. Everyone pretty much knew Vince faked his death but I dont think he planned on letting people know that soon. Chris Benoit, what was up with that guy? How can you do that to your wife and kids.
Looks like they found the guy who did it: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Chris_Benoit_mystery_editor_confesses:_Claims_"terrible_coincidence" IT