Autopsy results show an elderly Decatur man found dead in home was violently assaulted.

84-year-old Charles Hood died from multiple stab wounds and blunt force trauma. Macon County Coroner Michael Day says a relative found Hood's body Saturday. The coroner says it appears Hood was involved in a struggle. Hood's death is the ninth homicide this year in Decatur.

Autopsy results show Hood was stabbed and cut on his head, neck, chest, abdomen and upper extremities.