‘Prosecuting Evil’: Police Receive Critical Tip in Infamous Windshield Murder Case [Exclusive Clip]
The next installment of Prosecuting Evil With Kelly Siegler explores one of the most notorious murder cases in Texas history.
The Feb. 22 episode of the Oxygen True Crime series looks at the disturbing 2001 murder of Gregory Glenn Biggs, who was killed after 25-year-old Chante Jawan Mallard struck him with her car. Mallard then drove home and parked in her garage, with a still-alive Biggs embedded in the windshield. She did not seek medical help for Biggs, and he later died.
Police know how Gregory Biggs was killed, but they don’t know who did it
After Biggs died, Mallard and a friend dumped his body in a Fort Worth park. Once his remains were discovered, it didn’t take long for authorities to determine he’d been the victim of a bizarre hit-and-run. But figuring out who was responsible was another question entirely.
“We pretty much know what we’re looking for, based on the injuries to the victim,” explains Det. Mike Carroll of the Fort Worth Police Department in a clip from the upcoming episode. “There’s going to be significant damage to the vehicle.”
“So, now you’re looking at who fixes cars, who’s towed a vehicle, anyone who’s seen a vehicle that has damage. You put that out to the media, offer a reward,” he adds.
Unfortunately, that plea for information went nowhere.
“But three or four months into the investigation, we were just stuck, with no suspects,” Carroll says. “And we had no real direction.”
Police get a crucial tip regarding Gregory Biggs’ murder
The investigation into Biggs’ murder was at a standstill. Then, police received a critical tip that would take the case in a shocking direction.
In late February 2002 – four months after Biggs’ death – a call came into the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department. A woman named Maranda Daniels had heard something troubling about a friend of a friend.
“Not that long ago, there was an article in the paper about the man they had found at Cobb Park, that was a hit and run,” she says in the recorded call. “And my best friend’s homegirl is the one that did it.”
That crucial lead eventually points investigators to Mallard, a nurse’s aide who hit Biggs while driving home from a night out at a club. Although she attempted to cover up what she did, her crime was eventually exposed, with her friends testifying against her in a dramatic trial.
Prosecuting Evil With Kelly Siegler airs Saturdays at 8 p.m. ET on Oxygen True Crime.
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