CBS 46 News talked with the Benoit’s personal driver Tuesday. Jimmy Baswell said he couldn’t believe Benoit would kill his family, especially his son. “He put his son on a pedestal. I don’t know how he could have done this,“ Baswell, who was Benoit’s driver for more than five years said “I saw him with his family all the time,” Accompanied by his wife and son, Baswell laid a white wreath Tuesday at the Benoits’ gate. “They always seemed like they were the happiest people.”
Baswell said Benoit had promised to teach his 13-year-old son Gavin how to wrestle. In a letter placed on the wreath, Gavin promised to grow up and become a wrestler like Benoit. “Hey Chris, hope you like it up there in heaven. Don’t worry about me. I’m still going to wrestle. Tell Daniel and Nancy I said hi”.
Neighbors said the Benoits led a low-key lifestyle. “They were nice,” said Lorre Jones, who lives across the street. Her daughter Alaina said, “We would see Chris walking in his yard from time to time. He wasn’t rude, but he wasn’t really outwardly warm. You never dream anything like this would happen in your neighborhood — let alone across the street,” Lorre Jones said.
Meanwhile, investigators said they believe the toxicology report will play a vital role in the investigation. Police didn’t say when they expect those results back.
