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Wiki Twist in Benoit Horror

Posted Jun 29, 07 5:07 AM CDT in Sports,  US 

(Newser) – In a disturbing twist, police report that Wikipedia contributors in the U.S. and Australia made note of the death of wrestler Chris Benoit's wife 14 hours before her body, Benoit's, and their son's had been discovered. The first edit stated Benoit missed an event "due to personal issues, stemming from the death of his wife Nancy."

The IP address for the editor was located in Stamford, Connecticut, home of the WWE. A second similar edit came an hour later from Sydney. Benoit seems to have murdered both his wife and mentally retarded son and then, substantially later, hanged himself. Investigators pursuing the possibility that Benoit acted in a steroid-induced rage raided the offices of a doctor said to have prescribed testosterone for Benoit.

Source Sydney Morning Herald

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