David Benoit On His Father's Double Murder-Suicide

Between June 22nd 2007 and June 24th 2007, Chris Benoit murdered his wife, Nancy Benoit, and his son, Daniel Benoit. He then hanged himself in a double murder-suicide.

David explained that he believes his father suffered from CTE, which helped him have some sort of closure after what happened.

He said: "It wasn't him man, it definitely wasn’t him. He would never do that bro. I know he wouldn’t. I think something terribly went wrong. The doctor said he had CTE so that’s what at the beginning gave me somewhat closure because it just made my life a little easier than having to think about it. He had CTE."

David also explained that he punched a police officer when he was first told about his father's death, and that coming to terms with what happened affected his time at school.

David added: "I punched a cop… I thought it was a joke. I just didn’t believe it for days. I think the day it really hit me was his funeral. That was a hard day."

On the days after the double murder-suicide, he said: "The news was f*****g non-stop. It was either about steroids, steroids, steroids, or that Nancy Grace joke. It was terrible man. I couldn't even walk around. I didn't finish school. I was 14 or 15. I didn’t finish my finals. I finished high school, but just not that year."

David did find closure after reading the 300-page police report and mentioned he was eventually able to come to terms with what his father had done and moved on. He explained: "I moved on bro, it happened, it happened. The way it went down was the way it went down."