October 26, 2001, Chante Mallard, a certified nursing assistant at a nursing home, was driving home in Fort Worth when she hit Gregory Biggs, a homeless man. Biggs crashed through her windshield, suffering from, what the medical examiner said, were survivable injuries. But instead of getting help, Mallard parked her car in her garage.
Over the course of the next day or two, Biggs slowly slipped away. His body was dumped in a park.
“This has to be, probably one of the most calloused cases, one of the most calloused series of acts by one individual that I’ve seen in my career,” said Christy Jack, one of the prosecutors in Mallard’s murder trial.
Had Mallard used her training or called for help, Jack is convinced Biggs would have survived. “It was, probably the perfect storm in a lot of ways,” Jack said.
During the 2003 murder trial, witnesses recalled how Mallard led them to the garage to witness the spectacle of the man whose body was still stuck in her car, his leg hanging out the broken windshield.
A jury convicted Mallard of murder. She testified at her sentencing hearing that she had not realized she had him a man right away. There was glass flying throughout the car. Then she looked over.
“Mr. Biggs came all the way inside my car. I never seen his face,” she said.
The jury settled on a 50-year prison term. Given the structure of prison terms, and with credit for time served, Jack says Mallard could become eligible for parole in several years.
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