(Mallards attorney) called on Mallard's parents and one of her older brothers, a Fort Worth Fire Department lieutenant, to testify that she would not be a flight risk.
James E. Mallard Sr. cried on the stand, saying the family was hardworking, close-knit and attended church together. He said his daughter has been staying with him and his wife, Dorothy, since the arrest.
"We want to keep her there with us," he said.
But when questioned by prosecutors, Chante Mallard's relatives acknowledged they did not know her boyfriend or her friends and had not been to her house in months.
Her relatives also said they did not know exactly where Mallard worked and when, and why she had at least three jobs in three years.
"It's evident her family cares about her, but they don't know her," Alpert told the judge.
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The attempts to humanize this slug don't seem to be working very well.
Really? I wonder what they teach at that church. Let's hope it just didn't sink in.