Update: Autopsy reveals no foul play in man's death
By Steve Smith •
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No foul play.
Joplin Police say that's the result of an autopsy of the body of Paul N. Barton.
His body was found in a freezer in a house at 2602 S. Vermont in Joplin.
His wife, 67-year old Barbara Watters, is charged with abandonment of a corpse.
Witnesses have told police body may have been there for nearly a year.3
The investigation is ongoing.
