Overview
- Authorities previously disclosed a voicemail in which Benoit said his dogs were outside and the back door was open, a message now resurfacing in new reports.
- Benoit sent increasingly disturbing messages to close friends in the days before the bodies were found, including texts to fellow wrestler Chavo Guerrero.
- Concern escalated after Benoit failed to appear at a scheduled WWE pay-per-view, prompting a welfare check on June 25, 2007.
- Investigators concluded the killings unfolded over three days, with Nancy Benoit strangled, Daniel sedated and suffocated, and Chris Benoit later dying by hanging.
- An autopsy found severe brain damage consistent with advanced CTE, and WWE ultimately removed Benoit from its programming and honors following an initial tribute.