HOLLYWOOD - Drug authorities have raided the office of Chris Benoit's doctor over claims the physician provided the late wrestler with the steroids found at the scene of his death.
Detectives believe 40-year-old former World Heavyweight Champion asphyxiated his wife Nancy and son Daniel last Friday and Saturday, respectively, before hanging himself on Sunday.
Anabolic steroids were found at the wrestler's home--the scene of the murders--suggesting the drugs played a role in the family's deaths.
Agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) searched the office of Dr. Phil Astin in Carrollton, Georgia, on Wednesday, after the medic's name was found printed on prescription bottles at Benoit's Fayetteville, Georgia, home.
Special Agent Chuvalo Truesdell says a team of agents working with the Fayette County Sheriff's Office and the Carroll County Sheriff's Office spent four hours at Astin's office, reviewing records and taking documents for evidence.
He tells People.com, "There's definitely a nexus between the death investigation and the steroids that were given to Mr. Benoit.
"(At this stage in the investigation) we just don't know what the medical situation was and to what extent steroids played a part (in Benoit's actions)."
Capt. Mike Pruitt, commander of the Fayette County Sheriff's Office drug task force, adds, "The doctor is a person of interest to us at this stage."
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