Billy Jack Haynes is now reportedly charged with the murder of his wife, Janette Becraft. The killing happened on Thursday in the Lent area of Portland. Portland Police responded around 9:52 a.m. PST to the 6000 block of SE 100th Avenue. Neighbors believed Becraft was suffering from dementia. According to Willamette Week, Haynes surrendered to authorities and was taken into police custody at a local hospital. Haynes previously sued WWE, claiming that it failed to protect its wrestlers from brain injuries. According to an article from 2014, Haynes suffered at least 15 concussions and was depressed during that time. According to the paper, he was suffering from dementia-like symptoms. However, in 2021, the Supreme Court refused to consider the case.
Where is Billy Jack Haynes now?
Billy Jack Haynes is now facing prosecution for his wife’s death. Portland police arrested Haynes, 70, after his 85-year-old wife was found shot in their home earlier this week. Haynes was born on July 10, 1953, in Portland, and had a difficult upbringing. In an interview with The Hannibal TV, Billy discussed everything he had to go through as a child. Haynes said she was sexually and physically assaulted from the age of four to eight or nine. She said the perpetrator was her mother’s lover, a Portland politician. When he was 15, his mother and uncle were murdered, allegedly by two politicians. Many wrestlers start their careers earlier, but Haynes started at the age of 28. He was originally a janitor who quit his job to start training with Stu Hart.
He trained at Dungeon Pro Wrestling School and briefly competed for Hart’s Stampede Wrestling. Haynes and Bruce Hart formed a tag team in Stampede Wrestling and began wrestling as “Billy Jack” in the Pacific Northwest region. Haynes entered the WWF in 1986 and began his war with Randy Savage for the Intercontinental Championship. He then feuded with Hercules Hernandez, and their feud culminated at Wrestlemania III, dubbed the “Full Nelson Battle.”
He quit the WWF two years later, in 1988, and retired from the sport ten years later. Haynes sued WWE in 2014, saying the corporation neglected to protect and educate its wrestlers about significant head trauma while widely marketing and profiting from the brutality that resulted in such injuries.
Haynes Once Admitted to His Role in the 1987 Murder
Billy Jack Haynes, a former WWE wrestler, pleaded guilty to the unsolved 1987 murders of two youths on a railroad track. The victims were two teenagers, Kevin Ives (17) and Don Henry (16). In an interview in 2018, he claimed to have witnessed the murder of the two boys. Haynes went on to say, “Now, August 23, 1987, thirty years ago, I was on the railroad tracks in Alexander, Arkansas, and witnessed everything that happened to two boys on the tracks.”
He also claimed the death was linked to a cocaine-trafficking organization, and in his second video, he claimed to have smuggled and trafficked large amounts of cocaine across the United States. Haynes’ claim was rejected because wrestling fans thought he was used to making strange statements. He previously said that WWE founder Vince McMahon had a son with a dead wrestler. He also claimed that Steve Austin was ultimately responsible for the murder of wrestling star ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper.
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