Channel 2 Obtains Picture Of Benoit At Doctor's Office
Posted: 3:55 pm EDT June 28, 2007Updated: 3:59 pm EDT June 28, 2007
ATLANTA -- WSB-TV Channel 2 has obtained a photograph of a a smiling Chris Benoit at his doctor's office Friday afternoon just hours before he went home and killed his wife and son and then committed suicide.The picture was snapped by a wrestling fan at Dr. Phil Astin's office in Carrollton.Federal drug agents and sheriff's officials raided that office Wednesday night in search of records and other items in a warrant.The fan who took the picture described Benoit as soft-spoken and "nice." He signed an autograph for the woman. Agent Chuvalo Truesdell, a spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration in Atlanta, said Thursday that the raid at Astin's office in Carrollton began Wednesday night and concluded early Thursday morning. Truesdell said a search warrant obtained by the Fayette County Sheriff's Department in connection with the Benoit investigation was executed there. He said records and other items were being sought, but he said he could not immediately be more specific. Truesdell also was unable to say what was seized. No arrests were made.Benoit had been under the care of Astin, a longtime friend, for treatment of low testosterone levels. Astin said yesterday the condition likely originated from previous steroid use. Astin prescribed testosterone for Benoit in the past but would not say what, if any, medications he prescribed when Benoit visited his office on Friday. Over the weekend, Benoit killed his wife and son and then killed himself at their home in Fayetteville. Anabolic steroids were found in Benoit's home, leading officials to wonder whether the drugs played a role in the slayings. Some experts believe steroids cause paranoia, depression and violent outbursts known as "roid rage."
Copyright 2007 by WSBTV.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.













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