Update: Autopsy reveals no foul play in man’s death

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.