Overview
- Articles outline official findings that Nancy Benoit was strangled, seven-year-old Daniel was smothered, and Chris Benoit died by hanging at their Georgia home.
- Investigators reported Bibles placed beside both victims, a detail highlighted in the scene descriptions that prompted renewed attention.
- Police were dispatched after friends received unusual text messages from Benoit, leading to the discovery of the three bodies.
- Autopsy reports state Daniel had been sedated with Xanax and showed internal throat injuries without external bruising, while Nancy’s injuries indicated a cord tightened with knee pressure and her body was found wrapped in a blanket.
- Toxicology noted alcohol in Nancy’s system and decomposition stages differed between the victims, while media allegations that Daniel had fragile X syndrome were later refuted by Chris Jericho; separate reports also alleged HGH injections.