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'I Hit This White Man' Giggler Charged With Murder
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Friday, April 26, 2002
FORT WORTH, Texas – A motorist who allegedly hit a homeless man and left him impaled in her windshield until he died – and who later laughed about her actions – was indicted for murder Thursday.
Chante J. Mallard, 25, could receive a life prison sentence if she is convicted of killing Gregory Glenn Biggs, 37. She was also charged by a grand jury with tampering with evidence in the bizarre hit-and-run accident last October.

Prosecutors could not comment because of a gag order in the case but said earlier that Mallard would be indicted for murder because she not only failed to render aid, but also prevented anyone else from helping Biggs.

After the accident on a Fort Worth freeway, Mallard drove the car to her home with Biggs' body stuck in the windshield, parked in her garage and pulled the garage door down, police said.

Why No 'Hate Crime' Here?

According to a police report filed against her, Mallard, who is black, giggled several months later as she told friends, "I hit this white man," Fox News Channel, the Dallas Morning News and the Los Angeles Times have reported.

There was no explanation why she was not charged with a "hate crime."

An accomplice allegedly later removed the body and dumped it in a city park.

Police said initially that Mallard had left Biggs in the tangled wreckage for two or three days, apologizing to him from time to time but rejecting his pleas for help. The medical examiner later determined, however, that Biggs died within 24 hours.

Two men found Biggs' body in a park Oct. 27. Police did not learn how he had died until an informant came forward last month. Police said the initial report that Biggs lived two or three days came about because of conflicting statements.

Biggs suffered severe leg injuries but died from shock and loss of blood, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner.

Police are still investigating to determine if friends assisted Mallard in the disposal of the body.

Copyright 2002 by United Press International.