Web posting on Benoit a 'terrible coincidence'

[Mr.Sam]

A user of the Web site Wikipedia confessed to making edits to pro wrestler Chris Benoit's profile mentioning the death of Benoit's wife before authorities had found her body. In a lengthy post added to the Web site early Friday, the anonymous user acknowledged being "deeply sorry" and called the situation a "terrible coincidence."
The edits were originally reported by Wikinews, an online news source connected to Wikipedia. Friday's post was added to a discussion page for the Wikinews story. According to Wikinews, the IP address of the individual is identical to that of the user who edited Benoit's profile early Monday morning.

"I was reading rumors and speculation about this matter online, and one of them included that his wife may have passed away, and I did the wrong thing by posting it on wikipedia to spite (sic) there being no evidence," the user wrote. The poster did not identify himself or herself.
The individual acknowledged being from Stamford, Conn., the home of World Wrestling Enterainment. In the message, the individual claimed no connection to WWE.
The IP address connected to the individual has a history of editing wrestling-related articles on Wikipedia, according to Sandra Ordonez, communications manager for Wikimedia Foundation, the parent organization for Wikipedia.
"The IP address had a very consistent history," Ordonez said.
Ordonez also said the organization had verified the authenticity of the time stamps on the posts.
Ordonez referred all additional questions to authorities investigating the deaths.

A voicemail left for Fayette County, Ga., District Attorney Scott Ballard was not immediately returned.
"I feel incredibly bad for all the attention this got because of the fact that what I said turned out to be the truth," the user wrote. "I just can't believe what I wrote was actually the case, I've remained stunned and saddened over it."
Investigators had not yet discovered the bodies of Benoit, his wife and their 7-year-old son when someone altered Benoit's Wikipedia entry to mention his wife's death, authorities said.
Authorities said Thursday they were trying to determine who altered the entry on the collaborative reference site 14 hours before authorities discovered the bodies of the couple and their son.
Benoit's Wikipedia entry was altered early Monday to say the wrestler had missed a match two days earlier because of his wife's death.
A Wikipedia official, Cary Bass, said the entry was made by someone using an Internet protocol address registered in Stamford, Conn., where World Wrestling Entertainment is based.
An IP address, a unique series of numbers carried by every machine connected to the Internet, does not necessarily have to be broadcast from where it is registered. The bodies were found in Benoit's home in suburban Atlanta, and it's not known where the posting was sent from, Bass said.
Benoit strangled his wife and son during the weekend, placing Bibles next to their bodies, before hanging himself on the cable of a weight-machine in his home, authorities said. No motive was offered for the killings, which were discovered Monday.
Also Thursday, federal drug agents said they had raided the west Georgia office of a doctor who prescribed testosterone to Benoit.
The raid at Dr. Phil Astin's office in Carrollton began Wednesday night and concluded early Thursday, said agent Chuvalo Truesdell, a spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration. No arrests were made.
Hours before the raid, Astin told The Associated Press he had treated Benoit for low testosterone levels, which he said likely originated from previous steroid use.
Among other things, investigators were looking for Benoit's medical records to see whether he had been prescribed steroids and, if so, whether that prescription was appropriate, according to a law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity because records in the case remain sealed.
Astin prescribed testosterone for Benoit, a longtime friend, in the past but would not say what, if any, medications he prescribed when Benoit visited his office on June 22.



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[mrwoooooooo]

This didn't deserve it's own thread.

[shokz]

This didn't deserve it's own thread.

fgs shut up you're so annoying


Edited by Yoshimitsui (Forum Moderator): Please try not to be rude to other members and stay on topic.

[mat64]

Big thread for such small news.

[mrwoooooooo]

fgs shut up you're so annoying

Ty. I'm honoured, but this post doesn't deserve to have it's own thread when there is one on the the exact same topic a couple of lines below, so you 'shut up'.


Edited by Yoshimitsui (Forum Moderator): Please stay on topic.

[Mr.Sam]

Actually that was about the death being posted - this is about them finding out who posted it - and the fact it was a coincidence.

Ty. I'm honoured, but this post doesn't deserve to have it's own thread when there is one on the the exact same topic a couple of lines below, so you 'shut up'.

[mrwoooooooo]

Actually that was about the death being posted - this is about them finding out who posted it - and the fact it was a coincidence.

Yes, so it should go in the same thread, because it is resolving what happened.

[LeftForDead]

Yes, so it should go in the same thread, because it is resolving what happened.

now now mods cant be wrong
it has a slight diffrence so its a new thread

[mrwoooooooo]

now now mods cant be wrong
it has a slight diffrence so its a new thread

Ye, you're right, I admit defeat, well I would if the forum was a Chris Benoit forum.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Oh dear, the chances of that happening!

Very sad what happened

Also this does deserve a thread considering people make other theads like 'what shud i buyz wit £10??'