TOXICOLOGY REPORTS ON BENOIT FAMILY RELEASED
- Toxicology reports on Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy and son Daniel were
released today at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation headquarters. Fayette
County District Attorney Scott Ballard opened the press conference saying
that all the findings so far still leads that Chris murdered his wife and
son and then committed suicide. He thanked the crime lab for giving a lot of
attention to this case considering there are other urgent cases that need to
be taken care of. He said that they will be unable to reply to most of the
questions regarding the crime scene or the investigation as the
investigation is still ongoing. Dr Kris Sperry, Chief Medical Examiner at
the Georgia Bureau of Investigation crime lab took over to explain the
results. Three drugs were discovered in Nancy's body. These were
Hydromorphone, a drug to relieve severe pain. Hydrocodone, otherwise known
as Vicodin, which also releaves pain as well as Xanax, which is used to
treat anxiety. Her blood alcohol level was 0.184 although Dr Sperry said
that it's wrong to speculate about this because it could have been elevated
due to the body decomposing. Going over Daniel Benoit, he said that Xanax
was found in his system as well although this is not a drug that is usually
given to a seven year old. Dr Sperry said that they believe that he was
sedated by Xanax before being murdered but he wasn't overdosed with it. They
couldn't get any more results on him due to the very low level of urine
found in his body. Chris Benoit had Xanax and Hydrocodone in his system
which were not at a toxic or elevated levels however he had an elevated
level of testosterone found in his urine. "The presence of the testosterone
alone even could be an indicator that he was being treated for testicular
insufficiency," he said. Dr Sperry added that no other illegal steroids were
found in his body. A reporter asked if Soma - a muscle relaxer - was found
in his system but he said no. He also said that the injection of
testosterone was irrelevant to the murders and they still can't explain why
he did what he did.
