Was Roid Rage to Blame?
Pro Wrestler’s Alleged Murder-Suicide Spurs Questions About Roid Rage and Anabolic Steroids By Miranda Hitti WebMD Feature Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD Pro wrestler Chris Benoit apparently was taking testosterone before his death, toxicology tests show. Benoit, his wife, Nancy, and their son, Daniel, were found dead in their home in Fayetteville, Ga., near Atlanta in late June. The deaths are suspected to be a murder-suicide that began when Benoit allegedly killed his wife and son and ended when Benoit hanged himself. Toxicology tests performed by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) show that Chris Benoit had the anti-anxiety drug Xanax and the painkiller hydrocodone in his blood, and elevated levels of testosterone in his urine. Benoit’s Xanax and hydrocodone levels were in line with typical therapeutic doses of those drugs, but the testosterone levels indicated that Benoit had been taking testosterone for some unknown time before his death, according to GBI officials. No other
