WWE.com Updates Benoit Story

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WWE.com has posted an update to the tragic Benoit story. Here is an excerpt that includes information we have not yet reported:

Benoit failed to appear both at Saturday’s live event in Beaumont, Tx., and WWE’s Vengeance: Night of Champions in Houston Sunday night, after informing WWE of a family emergency. Several curious text messages sent by Benoit early Sunday morning prompted concerned friends to alert Richard Hering, VP of Government Relations for WWE, Inc. Hering, in turn, spoke with Fayette County sheriffs Monday, and requested that they respond to the Benoit residence to check on him and his family.

Authorities representing the Sheriff’s Department initially had a difficult time entering Benoit’s new Fayetteville home Monday afternoon, which had been guarded by two large German Shepherds roaming freely around the property. Once authorities entered the residence, they quickly located the bodies of Benoit, Nancy and Daniel. WWE was notified of the discovery at approximately 4 p.m.

The three bodies have been received by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab, in Decatur, Ga., where autopsies will be performed Tuesday morning. Toxicology reports will not become available for at least two weeks.

WWE.com has further information relating to both the investigation and the cause of death, but the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department has requested that WWE.com not release any additional details at this time.

Dave Meltzer at WrestlingObserver.com has reported that those text messages in question were sent by Chris Benoit to his good friend Chavo Guerrero. The full story can be found here, the latest AP story on the main page of Yahoo! News can be found here, and the below comments are continued from those posted below the original story on this tragedy.

Matthew Michaels is editor emeritus of Pulse Wrestling, and has been since the site launched.