- The following details are from the website TMZ.COM, which has not been confirmed by any law enforcement officers in public. TMZ.COM is reporting that Chris Benoit strangled his wife on Saturday then went ahead and smothered his seven year old son in his bed the next day. "Investigators refuse to officially comment, pending final confirmation by the coroner on the cause and time of the deaths," TMZ.COM says. TMZ.COM are also adding that sources are saying that officers found Benoit hanged in a weight room inside their home.