The Gregory Biggs case is the 2001 Fort Worth killing in which 25-year-old Chante Jawan Mallard struck 37-year-old Gregory Glenn Biggs with her car, drove home with him embedded in her windshield, and left him to bleed to death in her garage over roughly two hours. A tip four months later led police to Mallard, and in June 2003 a Tarrant County jury convicted her of murder and sentenced her to 50 years in prison.
The Night of the Collision
In the early morning of October 26, 2001, Mallard, a certified nursing assistant, was driving home from Joe’s Bamboo Club in Arlington, Texas. She had been drinking alcohol, smoking marijuana, and using ecstasy.1CNN. Windshield Death Her Chevrolet Cavalier struck Biggs in Fort Worth. The impact threw him over the hood and into the windshield, where his body became lodged.
Mallard did not stop or call 911. She drove the rest of the way home with Biggs in the windshield and pulled into her garage. According to trial testimony, she checked on him several times and apologized but never sought medical help.2People. Chante Mallard and the Murder of Gregory Biggs Biggs died from blood loss in the garage roughly two hours after the collision.
Tarrant County medical examiner Dr. Nizam Peerwani testified that Biggs “probably would have survived if the driver had called for help” and that his injuries were treatable with quick medical attention. A Fort Worth Fire Department captain and an emergency room physician agreed. Even the defense’s own expert, Bexar County chief medical examiner Dr. Vincent Di Maio, conceded that Biggs lived for one to two hours after impact.3CBS News. Was Windshield Victim Conscious
After Biggs died, Mallard called on her boyfriend Clete Deneal Jackson and another man, Herbert Tyrone Cleveland, to help. The two men moved the body to Cobb Park in Fort Worth and dumped it there. The group also tried to destroy evidence, including burning the car seat.4CBS News. Windshield Accomplice Testifies5Los Angeles Times. Chante Mallard Arrest An off-duty firefighter found Biggs’s body in the park around 9:30 a.m. on October 27, 2001.6Oxygen. Chante Mallard Hit-and-Run Murder of Greg Biggs Investigators had no suspects, and the case went cold.
Who Gregory Biggs Was
Biggs was a divorced, self-employed bricklayer from Duncanville, a Dallas suburb. He had a 17-year-old son, Brandon. He struggled with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, and according to his son, he fell on hard times after helping a friend financially. By October 2001, he was living in a shelter and had limited contact with his family.
Longtime friend Steven Phipps told reporters that Biggs “would make friends with everybody and anybody, anywhere, anytime” and “would give you the shirt off his back.”6Oxygen. Chante Mallard Hit-and-Run Murder of Greg Biggs
How the Case Was Cracked
The break came on February 25, 2002, four months after Biggs’s death, when a woman named Maranda Daniels called the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department. Mallard had started talking about the incident at a party, and word reached Daniels, who contacted authorities.7Showbiz Cheat Sheet. Prosecuting Evil: Police Receive Tip in Windshield Murder Case
Police obtained a search warrant for Mallard’s home. Her Chevrolet Cavalier was still in the garage, with hair and blood still embedded in the headliner four months on.6Oxygen. Chante Mallard Hit-and-Run Murder of Greg Biggs Mallard confessed when confronted. A Tarrant County grand jury indicted her on April 25, 2002, on charges of felony murder and tampering with evidence. She was released on bond.
The Murder Trial
Mallard’s trial began June 23, 2003, in Tarrant County. She pleaded guilty to failure to stop and render aid but pleaded not guilty to murder. The central question was whether letting a critically injured man die in a windshield in her garage amounted to murder. Fort Worth attorney Greg Westfall put it to CBS News at the time: “Does bringing the guy home in your windshield and not giving him any aid and letting him die, is that murder?”3CBS News. Was Windshield Victim Conscious
Assistant District Attorney Christy Jack argued that driving home and closing the garage door with Biggs alive and bleeding foreclosed any chance of medical treatment. She told the jury that Mallard’s failure to save him “speaks volumes about the atrocity of this crime” and asked for a life sentence.1CNN. Windshield Death Prosecutor Richard Alpert pointed the jury to the medical examiner’s testimony that Biggs’s death was “directly related to leaving Gregory Biggs in her garage.”6Oxygen. Chante Mallard Hit-and-Run Murder of Greg Biggs
Defense attorney Jeff Kearney did not dispute that Mallard hit Biggs or that she was impaired. He argued it was a tragic accident, not murder, cited her lack of prior convictions, and told jurors that while her actions were “horrible,” she was “not a horrible person.”1CNN. Windshield Death
The jury convicted Mallard of murder and sentenced her to 50 years in prison. She also pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence and received a concurrent 10-year sentence.1CNN. Windshield Death At sentencing, she told the court: “I am so truly sorry. I am so sorry for the crime I’ve done to society.”2People. Chante Mallard and the Murder of Gregory Biggs
The Accomplices
Both men who moved Biggs’s body pleaded guilty to tampering with physical evidence in exchange for testifying against Mallard. Clete Jackson received 10 years and Herbert Tyrone Cleveland received 9.4CBS News. Windshield Accomplice Testifies
The Appeal
Mallard appealed, arguing among other points that her conduct was an omission rather than an act “clearly dangerous to human life.” On March 3, 2005, a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals of Texas in Fort Worth affirmed the conviction. The court held that driving Biggs into her garage and closing the door while he was still alive was an affirmative act that cut off any chance of rescue, not a passive failure to act.8FindLaw. Mallard v. State, No. 2-03-279-CR
Brandon Biggs’s Civil Suit and Public Forgiveness
Gregory Biggs’s son Brandon was 19 when he filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Mallard in March 2002, alleging her “grossly negligent actions” caused his father’s death.9The Daily Record. Wrongful Death Suit Filed by Son of Man Who Died in Bizarre Hit-and-Run The suit did not specify a damages amount. Brandon later said on a July 2003 appearance on CNN’s Larry King Live that the case had been settled out of court.10CNN. Larry King Live Transcript
During the trial proceedings, Brandon publicly forgave Mallard. “If love is what makes the world go round, compassion makes it sincere,” he said.2People. Chante Mallard and the Murder of Gregory Biggs
Where Chante Mallard Is Now
Mallard remains incarcerated in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice system. According to TDCJ records, she is held at the Murray Unit, with a projected release date of March 3, 2052. She becomes eligible for parole on March 4, 2027.11Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Inmate Detail: Chante Jawan Mallard
The Case in Popular Culture
The details of the case attracted national attention and worked their way into film and television. Stuart Gordon’s 2007 feature Stuck, starring Mena Suvari and Stephen Rea, was directly based on the Mallard case. Julius Ramsay’s 2018 thriller Midnighters drew on it as well, though screenwriter Alston Ramsay said it was “not a direct adaptation.” Elements of the case have appeared in episodes of CSI, Fargo, and Law & Order.2People. Chante Mallard and the Murder of Gregory Biggs Oxygen’s Prosecuting Evil with Kelly Siegler revisited the investigation in a Season 2 episode that aired February 22, 2025, featuring Det. Mike Carroll and the prosecutors who tried the case.6Oxygen. Chante Mallard Hit-and-Run Murder of Greg Biggs