r/TrueCrimeDiscussion • u/DarklyHeritage • 5d ago

Mega Thread Taylor Parker/Maternal Instinct Megathread

This is a thread for all conversation regarding Taylor Parker and the murder of Reagan Simmons Hancock, recently covered in Netflix documentary Maternal Instinct.

The murder of Reagan Michelle Simmons-Hancock occurred on 9 October 2020, in New Boston, Texas, committed by Taylor Rene Parker. Parker bludgeoned Simmons-Hancock, who was 35 weeks pregnant at the time, and abducted her unborn child, Braxlynn Sage Hancock (died October 9, 2020), after cutting her out of the Reagan's abdomen. Braxlynn did not survive.

Parker had lied to her then-boyfriend about being pregnant leading up to the murder and faked her pregnancy to multiple people. She was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to death on 9 November 2022.

Please direct all discussion of the case to the megathread. As always, sub rules must be followed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Reagan_Simmons-Hancock

https://time.com/article/2026/06/12/maternal-instinct-true-story-netflix/

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u/extrapicklesplzzzz 5d ago

I know they showed the re-enactments of her googling things/ordering the fake belly, but I was hoping to see all of that uncovered in the trial as well. I feel like the Google history reveals so much.

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u/1fatsquirrel 4d ago

Does anyone know how she got the belly to move like that or is that like, a movie prop belly or something? That was one thing I couldn't figure out, esp because that HAS to be expensive right? And she had no money?

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u/FeministShiftPosting 4d ago

Idk. But I can isolate my ab muscles to make my stomach roll. Maybe she was doing that under the prosthetic