A ranar 25 ga Yuni, 2007, 'yan sanda sun shiga gidan Benoit a Fayetteville, Georgia lokacin da WWE, ma'aikatan Benoit, suka buƙaci "binciken jin dadin jama'a" bayan da Benoit ya rasa abubuwan da suka faru a karshen mako ba tare da sanarwa ba, wanda ya haifar da damuwa. Jami'an sun gano gawawwakin Benoit, matarsa Nancy, da dan su Daniel mai shekaru 7 a kusa da 2:30 na yammacin EDT. Bayan binciken, babu wasu wadanda ake zargi da ake nema daga hukumomi. An ƙaddara cewa Benoit ya aikata kisan kai. A cikin kwanaki uku, Benoit ya kashe matarsa da dansa kafin ya kashe kansa.
da matarsa Nancy, da ɗansu mai shekara 7 mai suna Daniel