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Woman in Windshield Murder Trial Says She Left Man to Die
Aired June 23, 2003 - 14:33 ET
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THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: A woman accused in a bizarre hit and run on trial in Fort Worth, Texas. Chante Mallard told police she left Gregory Biggs to die a slow death, in her garage, trapped in the jagged windshield of her car. But mallard's lawyer says she is not guilty of murder. Karen Kelly of CNN affiliate WFAA is covering the trial.
Hello, Karen.
KAREN KELLY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Miles. Well, prosecutor Christi Jack told the court that Chante Mallard nearly got away with murder but a friend of hers told police the story.
Well, Gregory Biggs died inside Mallard's garage, stuck inside the windshield. Today the jury heard a statement from the 27-year-old nurse's aid. Well, Biggs was a 37-year-old homeless man, who remained in the windshield, in her garage, until he died apparently from blood loss. He had many injuries, a leg almost severed, but the medical examiners expected to testify that he could have survived if he'd gotten help.
Well, Mallard sat quietly in the courtroom. Her appearance has changed since she was arrested more than a year ago. Her defense attorney says Mallard was hysterical and under the influence of drugs and alcohol, even other friends. And he added that she didn't mean to do it.
Of course, this is the opening day of the trial. Several witnesses have testified, including the mother of the friend who told police and that was nearly four months after Biggs' body was found by police. It had been discarded, actually taken from, allegedly taken from, Mallard's garage over to a nearby park and then dropped there and then police found it within about 48 hours.
And then after that, four months after that, a friend goes to police and tells them, hey, I think I know the details of this story. So it is a bizarre story and it's happening. The evidence is continuing at this hour and we'll keep you posted on the latest.
I'm Karen Kelly reporting live from CNN in Fort Worth. Back to you Miles.
O'BRIEN: Karen, one point to bring out here, it's really not disputed that, one important point here, that if Mr. Biggs had received timely medical care he very likely would have survived? KELLY: Well we haven't heard from the medical examiner yet but we did hear that from the medical examiner when he completed the autopsy and that was about a year and a half ago.
And we have heard a little bit about his injuries today and the prosecutor said that he basically bled to death. That his leg was nearly severed but he had a lot of other cuts and fractures, and he did continue to moan and talk and even, Chante Mallard has talked about how she would go into the garage and she would talk to him and apologize to the victim and explain to him that she didn't know what to do.
He talked, she says that she couldn't really -- in her statement to police -- she couldn't really understand what he was saying but we know that he did survive and he was talking. So if he had gotten help, well we expect to hear that from the medical examiner.
O'BRIEN: Alright, Karen Kelly, details like that really make your stomach turn. Thank you very much for covering that for us.
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Aired June 23, 2003 - 14:33 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: A woman accused in a bizarre hit and run on trial in Fort Worth, Texas. Chante Mallard told police she left Gregory Biggs to die a slow death, in her garage, trapped in the jagged windshield of her car. But mallard's lawyer says she is not guilty of murder. Karen Kelly of CNN affiliate WFAA is covering the trial.
Hello, Karen.
KAREN KELLY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Miles. Well, prosecutor Christi Jack told the court that Chante Mallard nearly got away with murder but a friend of hers told police the story.
Well, Gregory Biggs died inside Mallard's garage, stuck inside the windshield. Today the jury heard a statement from the 27-year-old nurse's aid. Well, Biggs was a 37-year-old homeless man, who remained in the windshield, in her garage, until he died apparently from blood loss. He had many injuries, a leg almost severed, but the medical examiners expected to testify that he could have survived if he'd gotten help.
Well, Mallard sat quietly in the courtroom. Her appearance has changed since she was arrested more than a year ago. Her defense attorney says Mallard was hysterical and under the influence of drugs and alcohol, even other friends. And he added that she didn't mean to do it.
Of course, this is the opening day of the trial. Several witnesses have testified, including the mother of the friend who told police and that was nearly four months after Biggs' body was found by police. It had been discarded, actually taken from, allegedly taken from, Mallard's garage over to a nearby park and then dropped there and then police found it within about 48 hours.
And then after that, four months after that, a friend goes to police and tells them, hey, I think I know the details of this story. So it is a bizarre story and it's happening. The evidence is continuing at this hour and we'll keep you posted on the latest.
I'm Karen Kelly reporting live from CNN in Fort Worth. Back to you Miles.
O'BRIEN: Karen, one point to bring out here, it's really not disputed that, one important point here, that if Mr. Biggs had received timely medical care he very likely would have survived? KELLY: Well we haven't heard from the medical examiner yet but we did hear that from the medical examiner when he completed the autopsy and that was about a year and a half ago.
And we have heard a little bit about his injuries today and the prosecutor said that he basically bled to death. That his leg was nearly severed but he had a lot of other cuts and fractures, and he did continue to moan and talk and even, Chante Mallard has talked about how she would go into the garage and she would talk to him and apologize to the victim and explain to him that she didn't know what to do.
He talked, she says that she couldn't really -- in her statement to police -- she couldn't really understand what he was saying but we know that he did survive and he was talking. So if he had gotten help, well we expect to hear that from the medical examiner.
O'BRIEN: Alright, Karen Kelly, details like that really make your stomach turn. Thank you very much for covering that for us.
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