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Doctor: Concussions factor in Benoit killings
Associated Press ^ | 9-5-2007 | AP

Posted on 09/05/2007 12:04:00 PM PDT by Westlander

Pro wrestler Chris Benoit suffered brain damage from his years in the ring that could help explain why he killed his wife, son and himself, a doctor who studied Benoit’s brain said Wednesday.

Prosecutors have said Benoit, 40, strangled his wife with a cord, used a choke hold to strangle his 7-year-old son, placed Bibles next to the bodies and hanged himself on a piece of exercise equipment the weekend of June 22.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: benoit; concussions; steroids; wrestling

1 posted on 09/05/2007 12:04:02 PM PDT by Westlander
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To: Westlander

I couldn’t stand to watch him do those flying headbutts. I just knew that had to be bruising brain tissue.


2 posted on 09/05/2007 1:20:35 PM PDT by VirginiaConstitutionalist (Socialized medicine kills.)
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