Wrestler's death a closed case

The Fayette County Sheriff's Office says it has closed its investigation of the killings at pro wrestler Chris Benoit's suburban Atlanta home. The department says investigators stand by their initial conclusion that Benoit killed his wife and 7-year-old son and then himself last June. A medical examiner was unable to say if steroids played a role in the killings, though suspicions linking Benoir's steroid use have lingered.

Doctor linked to two dead wrestlers

The personal doctor of Chris Benoit, the pro wrestler who killed his wife and son and then himself in June, doctored another wrestler who died last year. According to Micheal Durham’s pharmacy records, Dr. Phil Astin wrote four prescriptions for painkillers within a 25-day period in March 2005 for Durham. Durham wrestled under the stage name "Johnny Grunge. Astin faces federal charges of overprescribing medication to two patients other than Benoit. Benoit killed himself and his family in June at his suburban Atlanta home.

Government says wreslter had illegal steroid prescriptions

Pro wrestler Chris Benoit got illegal steroids prescriptions before he killed his wife, son and himself, according to federal prosecutors. Benoit killed his family in June at their suburban Atlanta home. Now the government is formulating a case against Benoit’s personal doctor, Phil Astin. Prosecutors say Aston prescribed Benoit amounts of testosterone that well-exceeded normal dosages.

Brain damage may have led to killings

Doctors say brain damage may have led former pro wrestler Chris Benoit to kill his wife, son and himself at their suburban Atlanta home in June. Specialists with the Sports Legacy Institute examined Benoit’s brain matter and say they found damage from multiple concussions. Another brain expert says while the brain injury Benoit suffered can cause depression and irrational behavior, there’s no way to know if that’s why he did it. Other tests show Benoit had roughly 10 times the normal level of testosterone in his system when he died.

Wrestler was on steroids

Georgia's top medical examiner says the pro wrestler who killed his wife, son and then himself last month had steroids in his system. But Dr. Kris Sperry said the results do not show whether steroids led Chris Benoit to the killings at the family’s suburban Atlanta home. Sperry says 7-year-old Daniel Benoit was sedated when he was killed.

Pro wrestler murder-suicide probe continues

Authorities in Fayetteville are looking into whether Chris Benoit was on steroids before killing his wife and son, then later committing suicide. Officials say the pro wrestler strangled his wife Nancy last Friday, suffocated his 7-year-old son on Saturday, then later killed himself by hanging. Investigators found prescription anabolic steroids in the house. The drugs have been known to cause paranoia, depression and outbursts known as "roid rage". Benoit was a wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment.

Details emerge in pro wrestler's death

Police have released more information on the deaths of pro wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife and son.

Investigators say Benoit strangled his wife Nancy and smothered his 7-year-old son Daniel over the weekend at their Fayetteville home. They say Benoit hanged himself Monday in his weight room.

Benoit’s friends and family reported receiving strange text messages from Benoit early Sunday morning. Authorities say they are investigating whether steroids may have been a factor.

The 40-year-old Benoit was a native of Canada, and had maintained a home in Atlanta since the time he was with now-defunct World Championship Wrestling.