A Georgia man was fatally stabbed over the weekend, but a medical examiner investigator twice ruled he died from natural causes because of his existing medical conditions, according to a report.

The body of Ray Neal, who lived in Gwinnett County, was discovered drenched in blood Saturday morning by his sister, Michelle Smalls, according to WSB-TV.

“There was blood on the bed, and then he was laying in a pool of blood,” Smalls told the news station.

Despite the bloodbath, an investigator from the county’s medical examiner office inspected the scene for 10 minutes and failed to find Neal’s stab wounds.

“She was in. She went in all of 10 minutes and said it was natural causes. The funeral home director came to pick him up. When he walked in, he said, “This is something totally different than what they said,'” Smalls said.

The investigator made the rushed judgement even as the responding police officer found Neal’s death suspicious, the report said.

“I observed a large amount of blood on the bed and underneath Ray Neal. I also observed blood on the walls in the bathroom and on the shower curtain,” the officer wrote in a report.

The investigator, who has since been disciplined, attributed Neal’s blood loss of his existing illnesses, including hepatitis C, according to the report.

Investigators later located the stab wounds and on Monday Neal’s death was ruled a homicide.