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June 28th, 2007, 5:16:03 PM
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Wikipedia posting is eerie twist in Benoit case.
Web site posting referred to wife's death 14 hours before cops found her.
Updated: 8:39 p.m. ET June 27, 2007
ATLANTA - Federal drug agents and sheriff's officials raided the office of pro wrestler Chris Benoit's personal physician in search of records and other items listed in a warrant, an official said Thursday.
Also Thursday, there was another bizarre twist to the case involving a posting to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.
At 12:01 a.m. Monday, about 14 hours before authorities say the bodies were found, someone updated Benoit's page on the Wikipedia site stating that the reason he missed a match Saturday night was "stemming from the death of his wife Nancy."
The posting was made by someone using an IP address registered in Stamford, Conn., where World Wrestling Entertainment is based, said Cary Bass, a representative of Wikimedia Foundation of St. Petersburg, Fla., the parent company of Wikipedia.
It was not known where the posting was actually sent from, however, Bass said.
Over the weekend, authorities said, Benoit killed his wife and son and then killed himself at their home in Fayetteville.
The Fayette County District Attorney's Office was made aware of the posting by reporters on Thursday and forwarded the information to sheriff's investigators who are looking into it, a legal assistant said in an e-mail to AP.
WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt said to his knowledge, no one at the WWE knew Nancy Benoit was dead before her body was found Monday afternoon. Text messages released by officials show that messages from Chris Benoit's cell phone were being sent to co-workers a few hours after the Wikipedia posting.
McDevitt said WWE employees are given WWE e-mail addresses, though he did not know if Chris Benoit had one assigned to him.
"I have no idea who posted this," McDevitt said. "It's at least possible Chris may have sent some other text message to someone that we're unaware of. We don't know if he did. The phone is in the possession of authorities."
Wikipedia posting is eerie twist in Benoit case.
Web site posting referred to wife's death 14 hours before cops found her.
Updated: 8:39 p.m. ET June 27, 2007
ATLANTA - Federal drug agents and sheriff's officials raided the office of pro wrestler Chris Benoit's personal physician in search of records and other items listed in a warrant, an official said Thursday.
Also Thursday, there was another bizarre twist to the case involving a posting to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.
At 12:01 a.m. Monday, about 14 hours before authorities say the bodies were found, someone updated Benoit's page on the Wikipedia site stating that the reason he missed a match Saturday night was "stemming from the death of his wife Nancy."
The posting was made by someone using an IP address registered in Stamford, Conn., where World Wrestling Entertainment is based, said Cary Bass, a representative of Wikimedia Foundation of St. Petersburg, Fla., the parent company of Wikipedia.
It was not known where the posting was actually sent from, however, Bass said.
Over the weekend, authorities said, Benoit killed his wife and son and then killed himself at their home in Fayetteville.
The Fayette County District Attorney's Office was made aware of the posting by reporters on Thursday and forwarded the information to sheriff's investigators who are looking into it, a legal assistant said in an e-mail to AP.
WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt said to his knowledge, no one at the WWE knew Nancy Benoit was dead before her body was found Monday afternoon. Text messages released by officials show that messages from Chris Benoit's cell phone were being sent to co-workers a few hours after the Wikipedia posting.
McDevitt said WWE employees are given WWE e-mail addresses, though he did not know if Chris Benoit had one assigned to him.
"I have no idea who posted this," McDevitt said. "It's at least possible Chris may have sent some other text message to someone that we're unaware of. We don't know if he did. The phone is in the possession of authorities."