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The force of the crash lodged Biggs into the windshield. Mallard then drove home, and left the man in her windshield where he later died. Mallard was convicted and sentenced to 50 years" imprisonment for her role in his death.
Chante Jawan Mallard (born June 22, 1976) is a woman from Fort Worth, Texas.
On October 26, 2001 Mallard"s car struck the homeless pedestrian Gregory Glen Biggs. At the time Mallard was believed to have been driving while intoxicated by a combination of marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol.
The force of the impact sent Biggs flying through the windshield, lodging him there. Mallard then drove home, leaving the injured Biggs stuck in her windshield, and parked her car in her garage.
After the accident Mallard did not notify the police nor did she get Biggs any medical attention, even though she was a former nurse"s aide.
The three were each convicted on charges of tampering with evidence for this action. Mallard became a suspect after she was reported talking and laughing about the incident at a party some four months after the events. During the trial, Tarrant County medical examiner Nizam Peerwani testified that, had Mallard taken Biggs to a hospital, he would have recovered from his injuries.
Other experts testified that they agreed that Biggs would have survived.
Mallard was convicted of murder in June 2003, with the 50-year murder sentence and 10-year tampering sentence to run concurrently. She will be eligible for parole in 2027.
Mallard"s case would later be adapted as an episode of the Computer Society of India: Crime Scene Investigation ("Anatomy of a Lye", aired May 2, 2002) and also as an episode of Law & Order ("Darwinian", aired January 7, 2004 – though the driver is allowed to plead guilty to obstruction of justice after an autopsy reveals that the accident was not the cause of the fatal head injury). Films inspired by the events include Stuck (2007, with Mena Suvari and Stephen Rea), Hit and Run (2009, with Laura Breckenridge), and Accident on Hill Road (2009, with Celina Jaitley and Farooque Shaikh).
