Marso1 it gets sadder....here is the latest
Benoit, wife argued over son’s care
Lawyer gives details about wrestler’s life prior to killings
Metro News Toronto - June 28 2007
In the days before pro wrestler Chris Benoit killed his wife and child and hanged himself, the couple argued over whether he should stay home more to take care of their mentally handicapped seven-year-old son, a lawyer for the wrestling league said yesterday.
“I think it’s fair to say that the subject of caring for that child was part of what made their relationship complicated and difficult, and it’s something they were both constantly struggling with,” said Jerry McDevitt, a lawyer for W o r l d Wrestling Entertainment. “We do know it was a source of stress and consternation.” McDevitt said the wrestling organization learned from the couple’s friends and relatives that the Benoits were struggling with where to send the boy to school since he had recently finished kindergarten. He also said Benoit’s wife didn’t want him to quit wrestling, but she “wanted him to be at home more to care for the kid. She’d say she
can’t take care of him by herself when he was on the road.” The child suffered from a rare medical condition called Fragile X Syndrome, an inherited form of mental retardation often accompanied by autism, McDevitt said.