Fire captain: It wasn't too late for man in windshield - victim would have survived with medical aid

The Dallas Morning News ^ | June 25, 2003 | By DAVE LEVINTHAL / The Dallas Morning News

[MeekOneGOP]

Gregory Glenn Biggs
graduated from Evangel
Temple Christian School in
Grand Prairie in 1982.

Portrait taken of Biggs in 1988.

Chante Mallard

Chante Mallard (left) is accused of striking
Gregory Biggs with her car and leaving him
to die in the windshield.

[MeekOneGOP]

Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my Chante Mallard Murder Trial ping list!. . .don't be shy.

[MeekOneGOP]

Thread history:

06-24-2003 Trial Report
Forensic scientist takes stand in windshield death
case - victim 'spit blood...gripped map holder'

06-23-2003 (Trial Begins)
Mallard pleads not guilty to murder - smoked pot,
took ecstasy and drank heavily before hit and run

06-23-2003
Trial begins in death-by-windshield case

Pre-Trial Articles:

06-22-2003
Windshield case: Was it murder?
(Chante Mallard Murder Trial)

06-18-2003
Windshield case attracts spotlight -
Mallard trial focuses natl media, legal eye on FW courts again

03-07-2002:
Man Lives 2 Days Stuck In Broken Windshield
(THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE - The woman should be SHOT!)

03-07-2002:
Police: Hit-Run Victim Lived Two Days Trapped in Windshield of Woman's Car

03-07-2002:
Texas Woman Charged With Allowing Hit-and-Run Victim to Die in Broken Windshield

03-07-2002:
Hit-and-run victim lodged in windshield for days

03-08-2002:
Woman accused of hitting man, leaving him to die on windshield
[Lawyer says case "overblown"]

03-08-2002:
Update on Man in Windshield story-
Woman had sex while man was dying in garage, "A mistake" she says

03-08-2002:
Police: Hit-run victim left to die in car windshield

03-09-2002:
Windshield death suspect back in jail - Bail raised to $250,000 -
Informant Receives Death Threats

03-13-2002:
Man died in hours, doctor says -
Windshield Hit & Run Murder Charge Stands - Suspect Still in Jail

03-15-2002:
Son sues suspect in windshield fatality -
Murder Suspect Still in Jail

[MeekOneGOP]

STAR-TELEGRAM ARCHIVES/RODGER MALLISON

Chante Mallard attends a hearing in March 2002 that increased her bail to $250,000. Two men have pleaded guilty in the case and are expected to testify for the prosecution.

STAR-TELEGRAM ARCHIVES/JOYCE MARSHALL

Gregory Glenn Biggs died within hours of being struck after Chante Mallard parked her car inside the garage of her house at 3840 Wilbarger Street , according to the Tarrant County medical examiner.

[cweese]

....sheesh! i expected the alphabet networks (along with JJ and Rev. Al) to be screaming 24/7 about this obvious hate-crime!!!...i'm deeply saddened, and shocked!...

[EllaMinnow]

Has the exact spot where she hit him ever been revealed?

[aristeides]

Didn't Mallard later laugh to friends while joking about what she had done to the "white man"?

[TomGuy]

FoxNews, especially Shep, has been covering this fairly well. Gretta, so so {seems it interferes with her obsession with the Scott Peterson case). Scarborough covered it some on MSNBC, and the guy subbing on Hardball gave it somewhat lengthy coverage last evening.

[SerpentDove]

This post removed by self-restraint

[TomGuy]

Live streaming video from Dallas Morning News is now working again. FYI

http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=5882

[rattrap]

I'd like to be put on the list please.

[NautiNurse]

Yikes--tuned into Court TV just now to get an update. ME who performed the autopsy is testifying. I thought I was looking at Dick Van Dyke! Of course, the man doesn't sound like DVD.

As a healthcare provider--Mallard makes me feel physically ill (and seething with anger) to think that she turned her back on this dying man while she plotted her cover-up.

[TomGuy]

Medical examiner testifying now.

[Prosecutor questioning medical examiner]


15" above left heal, leg almost completely amputated.

Strands of tissue, muscle and skin, on back portion was all that was holding the leg.

Left leg was "load bearing" leg at time of impact. (Weight on that leg.)

Injury to right leg, less severe, indicating weight on left leg.

Cause of death: Specific cause - excessive loss of blood. Source: torso, extremeties not significant; WAS near total amputation of left leg.

Lividity (sp?): Interior - laid facedown for some time. Some shifting when found on back [at park] but not sigificant.

Rigor mortis: muscle stiffening. 8-10 hours to complete.

Opinion based on injury: How long could [Gibbs] survive without medical attention? Probably a couple of hours; could be more.

Thinks Gibbs could have survived with reasonable medical attention.

Would medically oriented person know how to stop the bleeding? Yes.

[Pros. gave documents to M.E. --probably Mallard's backgound/education]
Does this person have adequate medical knowledge? Yes

[This is not word for word, and not anywhere near exact transcribing--I am just catching bits and pieces as I type/listen.]

Talking more in depth about Mallard's training.

Would not expect her [medically oriented person] to fix the wound(s), but would expect her to seek additional medical help--as quickly as possible.

Continuing to drive the car [with victim still impaled] aggravated condition due to body shifting; could have made condition worse. Key point is "not getting attention" for injuries--whether extracted at scene or driven to garage and left there (paraphrased).

[TomGuy]

Hmmm...the jury was NOT present during the above Medical Examiner questioning.

[dead]

"There's not a member of the Fort Worth Fire Department that could not have saved [Gregory] Biggs' life with basic life support,"

I hope this woman rots in jail for the rest of her life, but this statement is absurd.

He can make an educated guess, but he doesn’t know for a fact that medical attention would definitely have saved his life.

[NautiNurse]

the jury was NOT present during the above Medical Examiner questioning

Not yet...Same thing happened yesterday with the blood spatter expert.

[NautiNurse]

Interesting about the ME--this man has a wealth of experience in crimes against humanity around the globe.

[aristeides]

Found it here:

When Biggs' body was found in the park, authorities had no leads until four months later, when a tipster said Mallard talked about the incident at a party.

The woman said they were discussing who would be the designated driver, because some in the group had been drinking, and that Mallard said she couldn't use her car, police said. The woman recalled that Mallard giggled when she said "I hit this white man," according to the police report.

The woman said Mallard told her she "was messed up" on ecstasy pills and drunk. Mallard and her boyfriend later went into the garage to see if the man was dead, but he was alive and even asked for help, the woman told police.

[MeekOneGOP]

I've got a lot of stuff to do today, so I'll miss most of today's testimony on Court TV.

I'll check the DMN later tonight and post the new thread for today's trial coverage either tonight or in the morning.

Gonna be a long day I think.

See ya'll later!