A former Joplin teacher and Missouri Southern State University graduate is dead from what Butler County authorities believe to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Butler County deputies discovered the body of Joel McDuffey, 37, head softball coach and assistant baseball coach at Poplar Bluff High School Wednesday in his home when they were attempting to serve a protection order on him, according to the Poplar Bluff Daily American Republic.
Poplar Bluff school officials had placed McDuffey on paid administrative leave five days earlier due to allegations concerning "a breach of board policy" concerning his professional conduct and involving a student.
The Poplar Bluff Police Department had been investigating the situation, according to the Daily American Republic.
McDuffey, a McDonald County High School graduate, taught in the Joplin R-8 School District during the 2012-2013 school year and later taught and coached at Northeast Vernon County High School and in the McDonald County R-1 School District before taking the job at Poplar Bluff.
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