February 24, 2021
Police are trying to figure out how a missing Fort Wayne man wound up dead in the Marion Walmart parking lot.
On February 22, 2021, at approximately 6:35 p.m., Marion Police responded to 3240 S. Western Ave. for a welfare check.
According to Deputy Chief Stephen Dorsey, officers spoke with Douglas Reed, who reported that while he was driving in the Walmart parking lot, he recognized a red, 2001 Chevrolet, S10 truck. Reed reported that he is a co-worker of Glenn Henry at the Fort Wayne General Motors Plant and stated he believed the truck belonged to Henry. Reed knew Henry had been reported missing out of Fort Wayne since January 29.
December 31, 2020
A General Motors (GM) employee has died after an accident at the facility.
According to a press release from Deputy Chief Stephen Dorsey with the Marion Police Department, officers were dispatched to GM at approximately 7:06 a.m. yesterday, Dec. 30. When they arrived, they were informed 57-year-old Mark McKnight, of Gas City, had died.
The press release states that officers spoke with Sight Director Robert Odgen, who informed them some employees were moving a -floor-to-ceiling wall unit of 4×4 metal tubing that had been welded together.
Dorsey states the wall unit had not been secured to the floor or a connecting wall beam.