Steroids found in Benoit home; Bibles beside victims

FAYETTEVILLE - Prescription steroids were found in the home of pro wrestler Chris Benoit and his slain wife and son were found with Bibles placed beside their bodies, but no motive had yet emerged for the murder and Benoit's suicide, authorities said Tuesday.

Benoit strangled his wife in the family's office and asphyxiated his son in his bed before hanging himself in his basement, Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard said.

``Autopsy results reveal the wife was killed Friday and the son was likely killed the next day, said Lt. Tommy Pope of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department.

Authorities also believe Benoit killed himself hours after the son was killed Saturday or Sunday morning, Pope said.

He said a Bible was placed by the body of each victim. The wife was bound by her feet and wrists and blood was found near her head. Her body was wrapped in a towel, Ballard said.

The son was found killed in his bed. Autopsy results shows mother and son died of asphyxiation.

The bodies of Benoit, his wife, 43-year-old Nancy, and 7-year-old son Daniel were found Monday afternoon in three separate rooms of the house, off a gravel road about two miles from the Whitewater Country Club.

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