Man Denies Knowledge of Marion Woman's Death

The fired nursing home employee who took a wheelchair-bound resident to the river where she drowned says she was fine when he left. The man told the Marion Chronicle Tribune that he has no idea what happened to Tonia Johnson. He says Johnson had asked him for a ride to meet relatives. The Grant County coroner says an autopsy confirms that Johnson drowned but he says it’s too early to rule on whether her death was an accident.