These People Were Hopped Up On Steroids - And Brutally Murdered People

Of all the steroid-fuelled murder cases, this one is probably the most well-known. South African Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius was convicted of killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on February 14, 2013. The runner claimed to have shot his girlfriend through the bathroom door by accident after mistaking her for a burglar, but some details of his story seemed suspicious.

Multiple shots were fired from the murder weapon. Pistorius didn't try to identify the person in the bathroom before firing his gun. Above all, why would a burglar be hiding in the bathroom with the door closed? During the police investigation banned anabolic steroids were found in Pistorius's home, some of which he claimed to be storing for a friend. Another likely story.

In 2007, Canadian wrestler Chris Benoit strangled his wife and son. No one knows exactly why he was driven to commit this unspeakable double murder, but just before the incident, his wife had taken out a restraining order against him and filed for divorce (though both requests were curiously withdrawn). 

A variety of anabolic steroids were found at Benoit's house along with other prescription drugs, so the scene was troubling on all fronts. After Benoit killed his wife and son, he hung himself with a cable in his gym.

Nothing good can come from a man with the stage name "War Machine." That was what Jonathan Paul Koppenhaver was known as during his MMA career, until this horrific assault landed him in prison for the rest of his life.

In 2014, Koppenhaver kidnapped, beat, and sexually assaulted his ex-girlfriend Christy Mack and her friend Corey Thomas. Both suffered numerous broken bones and lacerations, narrowly skirting death. Before the attack, War Machine had been using steroids and non-prescription drugs that are thought to have contributed to his violent mood swings.

After he narrowly escaped the death penalty for drug trafficking in Indonesia in 2005, Khanh Thanh Ly made an unceremonious return to news headlines. This time, his crime was much worse.

Ly murdered his ex-girlfriend, pastry chef Miming Listiyani, in Australia. The details are particularly brutal; according to the Sydney Morning Herald, he is accused of "slamming her head into the concrete after an argument" and then disposing of her body in the Parramatta River. During the trial, he admitted to taking steroids and speed in the weeks leading up to the murder.

In 2011, Deputy Sheriff Jonathan Agee shot his ex-wife Jennifer in front of their two daughters. After the deed was done, Agee fled the scene, leaving his children behind in a convenience store parking lot. 

According to his attorney, Agee had been taking illegal anabolic steroids for a couple of years prior to the incident. Although they helped him bulk up, they also contributed to his severe mood swings. The "roid-rage" defense was rejected, and Agee received the harsh sentence of three life terms plus 11 years in prison. 

When she told him it was over, Gordon Kimbrough wasn't having it. Instead of calmly discussing the matter, he wrapped an electrical cord around her neck and then stabbed her with a kitchen knife. Now, this guy is a bodybuilder who weighs 240 pounds, so the force her exerted on her neck was hellishly strong.

During the trial, he alleged that the murder happened in a fit of rage. The bodybuilding community knew that he was a heavy steroid user, so the murder was a hot topic of discussion in the aftermath of the trial. In 1995, Kimbrough was sentenced to 27 years for first-degree murder.