Updated: Apr 10 2021, 13:33 ET
A BRAIN disease caused by blows to the head has been blamed for a string of massacres in which athletes snap and go on murderous rampages.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is caused by repeated traumatic head injuries and has been found in former NFL stars and wrestlers who have committed murder.
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Phillip Adams killed five people, including his own doctor, in a massacre which has been linked to CTECredit: Getty
WWE wrestler Chris Benoit, who slaughtered his wife and son, and footballer Aaron Hernandez, who executed his friend, both suffered from the disease.
In the case of Hernandez, he displayed increasingly paranoid and aggressive behaviour and was also accused of two other murders despite being a millionaire athlete.
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