10-4. Any crash? You're heading toward it. Car versus vehicle chasing our female neighbor by Jaguar vehicle right into garage 4 months ago. Are they all right? She's pinned against the wall. I don't know if she's high or crazy or what. She thinks she's like a No, she's pinned against the wall. We have somebody pinned against the wall. Officer, back up. Get this lady off this thing. All right. Stay right here. >> [music] >> Get out of the way. Get out of the way. Get out of the car now. No, I'm not going Watch out. Hey. I need you Get out of the car. Get out of the car. Watch out. Don't move, ma'am. Don't move. Watch out. Get out. GET OUT. GET OUT. >> [music] [music] >> JUNE 15TH, [music] 2024, LOVELAND, OHIO. The 1,100 block of Deer Haven Court [music] is the kind of street where you can hear a lawn mower three houses down. But on this afternoon, what the neighbors hear instead is something else entirely. Two women [music] in the midst of a loud, very public argument. It's Joyce Mallette and her 23-year-old daughter, Anna. The tail end is caught on a neighbor's doorbell camera. Joyce won the battle and Anna left the scene. But for Anna, the clash was far from over. Their next encounter would be their last. The following morning, around 8:00 a.m., a neighbor called police to report she had seen something disturbing. A woman on foot ducking behind trees >> [music] >> being pursued by a younger woman in a black Acura. Moments later, there was a loud crash. Within minutes, police were on scene. What they found was devastating. So, any crash in Beaverton Court. Our office vehicle is chasing her female neighbor in a black Acura. Vehicle ran into a garage. One is down. One is being evaluated by the medics. Are they all right? We pinning me against the wall. I don't know if she's high or crazy or what. Ma'am, there's a lady pinning you against the wall. She was forcing me back up. Is this lady over here pinned? All right. Stay right here. Get out of the way. Get out of the way. Get out of the [ __ ] car now. No, I'm not going. Watch out. Hey! GET OUT OF THE CAR. [screaming] GET OUT OF THE [ __ ] CAR. Watch the car. Watch out. Don't move, ma'am. DON'T DON'T ALL RIGHT. WATCH OUT. WATCH OUT. WATCH OUT. GET OUT OF THE MA'AM, SHE'S 16. SHE'S FLEEING. GET OUT of the car [screaming] now. Ma'am, she's 16. Have you a mass respond in now. Ma'am? I can't move. All right. I can't move. Can't move? Okay, stay with me, okay? What's your name? Joyce Mallette was rushed to a local hospital, listed in critical condition. The first two officers to arrive sustained minor injuries in the chaos, and a bolo went out for Anna's black Acura. Meanwhile, back at the house, an officer pulled the only eyewitness aside to take a statement. With as much detail what you saw. Yeah, so I looked I looked That's our house right there. >> Yep. I heard a window break. Right there? I looked out our window. I heard something. And so I looked up like Third drive. and a car going around. it. I thought it was They do like a food pick up, so I thought they were like running the porch and putting food in the car. >> And um I looked out the window and I saw Road 78. The block after I don't know like who the players were. But it was it had like turned around on this kind of like a normal turn around in our driveway, not all the way up at Grandma's, but just like turned around backed up and then I saw the car or the a woman running on the yard. Okay. And the the Acura came up on their lawn >> Yep. and like stopped to not hit the tree, it looked like. Like I think the woman is in the tree. And the woman handed it to the girl garage and the car came over here somewhere and the >> Okay. Clairmont. 16 Castle Church. Okay, just bear with me one moment, okay? >> Okay. Nearly 10 minutes later, Anna was spotted on I-275 and a high-speed pursuit unfolded. Want to know a guardrail. Hang on guardrail. Stop! Stop! Get her hands up. Roll, roll. GET ON YOUR BACK. GET ON YOUR BACK. I GOT IT. SLOW DOWN. SLOW DOWN. Slow down. I got her. We're 275 just across the bridge near Loveland. Loveland. Got her. come on. We're going up and over. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on. I'm going to pull this out. One, two, three. You got another one. Ready? One, [music] two, three. Let's put her in ours cuz we'll take her. What's your name? What's your name? What's your name? Anna, Anna, just calm down. I was trying to calm Anna down. I was trying to calm Anna down. Anna, have a seat. I know. Don't fall down. Anna. >> Girl, speak your heart, girl. She's out of her mind, anyway. Hey, I want to go back. Can I just Anna, STOP GETTING OUT. ANNA, stop getting in the car. Please, I don't WANT TO BE ON THIS PLANET. PLEASE. STAY IN THE CAR. I DON'T WANT TO BE ON THIS PLANET. SLOW DOWN. Can I please go back to Earth? Please. Um we can probably get the pictures of the barb sites inside. We just will have to get the soft restraints cuz they're on this side and one's supposed to be in the back. I can take that one off. That's fine. Please, I just want to go back to Earth. Please, I'm begging you. >> Anna. No, please, I'm begging you. Just take me back to Earth. Please, I already died. >> [crying] >> I already died. Please, I just want to go back to Earth. Please. Anna, I just need you to rotate this way for me. Please, I just want to stay. Please. I want to stay, please. I want to stay. You want to cuff her? I can take this one off. Just if you want to put the other restraints stuff back on while cuz you guys are going to have to swap. Um yeah, we'll go over Is that Cuz I'll put the other restraints inside. Please, I want to go back to Earth. Please. Please, I'm [ __ ] I can't breathe. I can't breathe. Hey. Howdy. So, she's in there. Yeah, kind of. They're doing They're doing the initial stuff. Um she's got one cuff on to the bedrail. So, they can go ahead and do whatever. Um long story short, this has been her baseline. She's been yelling and screaming and trying to get back to Earth. She wants to jump off a bridge and stuff like that, which where we were, I think that may have been her end plan. Um but, you know. I haven't got any statements. She's this. You talked to your boyfriend. Do you understand your rights? Yeah, I already got it. I just want to know what happened to tomorrow. What's going on? Yeah, that's what he said. He said he said he was a special agent. >> [music] >> He's a special agent? Yeah. Did you know getting into an argument or He said his name is D N D T R N and he's a special agent for the FBI and he's talking to an alien. How do you know? I don't know. Yeah, like what like where did you come How How did the FBI contact you? I heard it before and then I got He is cuz he transforms into an owl. Like he's not human in his name. Note how the detective still reads Anna her Miranda rights and starts asking questions even though Anna's clearly not grounded in reality. That's partly to protect the case and partly because officers don't make the final call on legal competency. That's up to the court. But it's also because they're listening for anything that can be corroborated. Places, times, names. Even if her statements get thrown out, that doesn't automatically make everything that follows fruit of the poisonous tree unless those statements are found to [music] be involuntary. After receiving treatment for her injuries, Anna initially faced charges of aggravated murder, two counts of felonious assault on a peace officer, and failure to comply Ohio statute for fleeing from [music] police after being ordered to stop. Hours later, Miami Township police confirmed what everyone feared. Joyce Ann Mallett had succumbed to her injuries. She was 64 years old. Loved ones described Joyce as a nurturing mother and a loving wife. She leaves behind five children, a husband, and a circle of friends and family who knew her best for the small things. Her passion for growing daylilies in her garden and her quiet, steady devotion to the cause of saving the monarch butterfly. She was, by all accounts, a woman who built her life around taking care of things. Her kids, her marriage, her plants, even the butterflies that most people walk right past, which is what makes the story of how she died so hard to reconcile with [music] the reports of who she was. And it's what makes the story of her youngest daughter even harder to understand. On paper, Anna Mallette's upbringing was fairly unremarkable. Born in Ohio in March 2001, raised by her parents Joyce and Richard, she ran cross country at Davidson High School and moved through her teenage years without much fanfare. But somewhere between graduation and her early 20s, Anna fell into substance abuse and from there the trouble started piling up fast. On January 30th, 2022, she was arrested for DUI. She pleaded down to a lesser offense and the original charge was dismissed. But things only got worse from there. Four months later, Anna was arrested again for another vehicle related [music] offense. She pleaded guilty, was sentenced, and was granted shock probation, a sentencing tool used in some states where a judge sends the offender to prison briefly, then yanks them back out and places them on probation, hoping the brief taste of incarceration >> [music] >> shocks them into staying clean. Her ex-boyfriend, the victim in that case, later revealed to a local news station that Anna's mother had been actively [music] trying to get her daughter help. I spoke with neighbors who said this isn't the first time they saw Mallette hitting someone with a car. They say a few years ago she hit her boyfriend with a car. Today I spoke with that boyfriend who confirmed she has hit him with a car. However, he says he doesn't blame her. >> She wasn't herself, really. She's her her mental health is just bad. It wasn't really I don't know. I didn't take it to heart too much. Timothy Escobar says two years ago Anna Mallette hit him with a car. I mean, I just I did get some stitches on my face. Uh and that's about it. They just kind of stitched me up. We're good. Mom tried admitting her to the mental hospital a couple bunch times, but they quit taking her. And when there's clearly something wrong, she's seeing stuff in here stuff. >> And did you notice anything was off? No, I just I mean she Yeah, yeah, there's Yeah. Yeah, she definitely something off. She's I mean she's been off for the past 2 months. Despite all efforts, potential warning signs kept piling up and Anna wasn't trying to hide them. If anything, she was broadcasting them. In September 2023, two Facebook messages were posted. "Super depressed" and "I'm so alone." No context, no tagged friends, no flood of "Are you okay?" comments underneath. Just a young woman tossing words into the void and the void [music] answering with silence. By mid-June 2024, the posts weren't just emotional, they were detached from reality. In what would be her final post, she uploaded a blurred image of a person lying beside her with the caption, "When you're tortured by something, that pink blob is me and that's not my mom. #aliens." 3 days later, she killed her own mother. In an August 2024 hearing, a judge announced the results of Anna's court-ordered forensic psychiatric evaluation to determine her mental state. It was also revealed during the court process that Anna was pregnant at the time of the incident, adding another dimension to an already complex case. This is case number 2024 CR 435, State versus Anna Mullett. Ms. Mullett is present with counsel. Ms. Patterson, Mr. Zippro is here on behalf of the state. Court had previously ordered Ms. Mullett undergo an evaluation to determine if she was competent to stand trial. And Dr. Laura Davis with the Southern Ohio Forensic Evaluation Services has completed that evaluation. She submitted a report to the court earlier this week and a copy of that report has been provided to counsel prior to the hearing. And [clears throat] consequently, we're here to deal with that report. Uh and I'll indicate uh that Dr. Davis has determined that currently uh Ms. Mallette is not competent to stand trial. She is not uh currently stable enough to understand the uh charges and the nature of the offenses. She is also uh not competent to meaningfully assist uh her counsel in her defense. Following that evaluation and after months of treatment, Anna pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and felonious assault. A deal that took a trial off the table. At her sentencing hearing, the court opened the floor for statements, giving family, prosecutors, and the defense a chance to weigh in before the judge handed down a sentence. Richard Mallette, Anna's father and Joyce's husband, stepped forward and asked the court to show mercy to his youngest daughter. Go ahead, sir. Honorable Judge Nagel, my name is Richard Mallette and I speak on behalf of my family. Joyce was my high school sweetheart, my wife, and the love of my life. We grew up together, married for 43 years, raised five beautiful children, four daughters and one son. This past year has been profoundly difficult for our family, punctuated by a tragedy that words cannot fully capture. I hope to provide some context and a heartfelt request for your consideration regarding my youngest daughter Anna, who stands before you today. Joyce was an extraordinary woman, devoted, compassionate, and a relentless advocate for her children. For nearly a decade, she fought tirelessly to secure mental health care for Anna, who had long struggled with a serious mental illness. Despite her unwavering dedication, Joyce faced insurmountable barriers, limited access to care, systemic delays, and a patchwork of services that never amounted to the sustained help that Anna needed. These failures contributed significantly to the tragedy that ultimately claimed Joyce's life. Joyce would have done anything for her children, including seeking help for Anna until her last moments. Joyce's death was not an act of malice. It was the result of an acute and devastating psychotic episode in which Anna lost touch with reality. While we may never fully reconcile the profound loss of Joyce, I firmly believe this incident stemmed from Anna's mental illness, not a reflection of who she is or the love she has for our family. We do not view Anna as a criminal, but rather as an individual who desperately needs the help that a failing system has not provided. As you considering her sentencing today, I implore you to recognize this and to provide Anna with the opportunity to receive the qualified mental health care she so desperately needs instead of an extended prison sentence. Our family grieves for both Joyce and Anna in this tragedy, and we respectfully ask for your compassionate consideration in your decision today. Thank you. Thank you. Next came the moment every sentencing hearing builds toward, the defendant's right of allocution. Under American criminal procedure, before a judge imposes a sentence, the convicted defendant has the legal right to address the court directly. To accept responsibility, to express remorse, and ask for mercy. For Anna Mallett, it was a heavy moment. Her father had just asked the court to go easy on her. >> [music] >> Her siblings had submitted similar statements of their own. This was Anna's first real chance to say something heartfelt. Face-to-face with the judge who could choose a sentence between 21 and 47 years in prison. Thank you, Ms. Mallett. Anything you wish to say on your own behalf? Yes. First, I'd like to say I have lots of remorse for what happened and regret regret what happened. Never again will I commit any crime. Losing my mom was the worst thing to ever happen to me, and I cry daily. I love my mom dearly. At the time of the events, I was suicidal and in psychosis. This was a horrible accident. This event has deeply affected me, and I had a major wake-up call that I need to take care of my mental health and make better decisions. Furthermore, I'm sorry for being so reckless and the harm that I brought to my mom and police officers. Additionally, I want to say how horrible I feel for this happening. An innocent life was lost. My mom did not deserve that, and I'd do anything to get her back. Losing my freedom is a small price to pay compared to losing my mom. In the year of being locked up, I've changed drastically. I'm mentally stable, loving, kind, and back to the normal self my family knows me as. I'll take the necessary steps and actions to be the best version of myself. I have a daughter now. I have to do better, and I would like to be um out in the community with my daughter one day. I want to make a positive impact to society instead of a negative one. Furthermore, I want to apologize and say sorry to my family for the hurt they experience every day grieving Joyce Mallett, as I also experience this, too. My family still supports and loves me, which I'm greatly thankful for. The the of June 15th, 2024, the day the crime took place is a tragedy. I ask for forgiveness from my family and police officers. >> [music] >> Ultimately, the judge opted for leniency, handing Anna Mallett a term of 21 to 26 years behind bars. It's a sentence that acknowledges her mental health struggles, her father's plea for mercy, and the plea deal that kept this case out of trial. But the prison Anna Mallett walks into isn't the only one she'll be living in. There's another one. One no judge sentenced her to, no parole board can release her from. The kind of prison built out of memory. Whatever clarity comes back to her over the next two decades, she'll have to live with the knowledge that the person she killed was her own mother. And that's a sentence no one can shorten. >> [music]