Smalls also said she was skeptical of Bynes’ ruling from the beginning, “That’s a lot. “There were no signs of forced entry, no broken windows, everything was intact,” Smalls said. According to the Washington Post, officials said that because the investigator was informed that Neal had medical conditions, she had chosen to “minimize exposure to pathogens that were potentially present at the scene.” As a result, she hadn’t noticed his injuries.īynes, who was known for the paranormal investigative work she did in her spare time, resigned.Īn investigation has now been launched into Neal’s death and Smalls believed her brother knew his killer. On Monday, the medical examiner’s office did a formal autopsy and found that Neal did not die of natural causes and his death was ruled a homicide. “The gentleman noticed he had a hole,” Smalls said, “and I’m like, are you kidding me? You had one job to do and you failed at that.” Neal’s body was soon released to the funeral home when a worker noticed stab wounds on Neal’s neck and contacted his family.
According to Smalls, she was told that her brother’s “arteries burst and come through,” but despite Neal’s preexisting conditions, which included being a former abuser of crack cocaine turned alcoholic that suffered from high blood pressure, liver problems and hepatitis c, this ruling did not explain the large amounts of blood. After Neal’s body was taken to the Gwinnett County Medical Examiner’s Office, investigator Shannon Byers took only 10 minutes to look over the body and determined Neal died of natural causes. Police sealed the scene until the medical examiner could arrive.