Overview
- Benjamin Satterley, known as Pac, was found unresponsive in an Enterprise rental car in a CAVA parking lot in Des Plaines and was pronounced dead at the scene on Sept. 27.
- Published 911 audio shows a caller saying she had banged on the car window for about five minutes, that his eyes were open and that he was not breathing when emergency services were called.
- Officers recorded that Satterley had no obvious injuries beyond what appeared to be saliva on his shirt and that two suitcases, a backpack with redacted medication and a phone with Google Maps routing to O’Hare Airport were in the vehicle.
- The Cook County Medical Examiner performed an autopsy on Sept. 28 but has deferred an official cause and manner of death until toxicology and other lab results are complete, which officials say could take several weeks, and police say there are no signs of foul play.
- AEW and wrestlers have held public tributes and the family issued statements, leaving colleagues and fans awaiting lab results for closure while AEW Shop has offered memorial items to support Satterley’s family.