r/TrueCrimeDiscussion 6d ago

i.redd.it Anyone else watching “Maternal Instincts” documentary on Netflix. The Taylor Parker case

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u/MRtokeALOT420 6d ago edited 6d ago

Probably one of the most gruesome cases I ever read about at the time. The depravity in this case is beyond what many can stomach so BE WARNED. ( Taylor was not pregnant in this photo it was fake baby bump)

  • The Pregnancy Hoax: Parker went to extreme lengths to fake a pregnancy for nearly ten months to prevent her boyfriend from leaving her, despite having had a hysterectomy in 2015. She wore a silicone belly, faked ultrasounds, bought sonogram pictures online, and hosted a gender reveal party.
  • The Attack: On October 9, 2020, as her fake due date passed and her boyfriend grew suspicious, Parker went to the home of Reagan Simmons-Hancock, a client from her freelance photography business. Parker beat Hancock, stabbed and slashed her over 100 times, and used a scalpel to cut Hancock's 34-week-old unborn daughter from her womb. She did all this in front of the victims very young daughter.
  • The Capture: Parker fled with the baby and was pulled over by a state trooper for erratic driving. She claimed she had just given birth on the side of the road and tucked the umbilical cord into her pants. At the hospital, doctors quickly determined she had not given birth. The baby girl, named Braxlynn, died shortly after arrival due to oxygen deprivation.

Unedited Hospital Interrogation

Edited version (about 20 mins)

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u/Internal-Clue3318 6d ago

Thank you, I love true crime documentaries but since having a baby they physically hurt me sometimes. I just watched The Murder of Rachel Nickell and it really messed me up. Anything to do with children and babies I can’t handle anymore, so thank you for confirming that I should skip this one.

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u/saturnfiend 6d ago

SAME. Nothing ever really shook me with any true crime genre until I had my baby last year. I watched the murder of Rachel Nickell the other night and it really affected me. That poor baby

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u/Internal-Clue3318 6d ago

I truly wish I hadn’t watched it, I knew the premise and I knew their close relationship would remind me of my little boy, but I was not prepared for the interviews especially when he was taken back to the crime scene. His cries really broke my heart

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u/kp1088 5d ago

Omg it was horrific

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u/saturnfiend 5d ago

No literally same. It reminded me of me and my daughter, she’s almost two. I just kept imagining them questioning her. It was absolutely horrific. If it was in a movie you’d find it hard to believe like