Wikipedia Provides Evidence In Wrestler Chris Benoit Murder-Suicide
Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2007
by Stephany Springer
As if the news surrounding wrestler Chris Benoit wasn't bizarre enough, it just became crazier. This time, however, it implies that the World Wrestling Entertainment Organization could have known about the murder of his wife Nancy before the police even found out. Where did this new evidence come from you might ask?
None other than the popular online encyclopedia, http://wikipedia.org
According to the site, an anonymous edit from IP address 69.120.111.23 using the Internet sevice provider Optimum Online was made 14 hours before the police found the bodies. The anonymous editor had said that Benoit had missed a fight "due to personal issues stemming from the death of his wife Nancy."
Further investigation by Wikipedia shows that the IP address used to make the edit matches a location in Stamford, Connecticut, the town where the WWE headquarters is located.
It brings up the question about whether someone at the WWE or its area knew beforehand about the death of Nancy and did not inform anyone in time to save his son or stop him from committing suicide. Edits or information uploads to the Wikipedia site can be made by the public.
It has been reported that several wrestlers and members of the WWE organization received text messages before finally calling the police for a "welfare check."
The events of this sad situation continue to get more and more bizarre. Fox News is now reporting that another female wrestler "Sensational Sherri" was also found dead a week before with the cause of her death being unknown.
Will we ever find out the answers to why anyone would do such a heinous thing to family members? Most likely not. But in the meantime, who would have thought that the internet could play such a vital role in providing information and clues?
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