PATROL FINDS NO FOUL PLAY IN DEATH

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said foul play wasn't responsible for the death of a Bertrand man discovered Tuesday.

Manuel Moit, 42, burned to death in his car after it ran out of oil, the patrol said. The incident occurred six miles south of Sikeston on Route FF.

The patrol said Moit's 1990 Plymouth overheated and caught fire because it ran out of oil. Moit evidently couldn't escape the burning vehicle.

The patrol said Moit's badly burned body was discovered at 1:05 a.m. Tuesday.

Findings of the investigation were made public Thursday by the New Madrid County Sheriff's Department, the coroner and the highway patrol.