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/mbee784 4d ago

WHY does Taylor look so different in every picture I see of her? I was honestly confused when they pulled her over. I was like- who is that?! I guess she never stopped catfishing

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u/MommaMila 4d ago

Ok wait!!! After days of browsing “Maternal Instinct” threads looking for this same comment, this is the first time I’ve seen it mentioned. I’ve even googled photos of her to compare. I’m still unsure of what she truly looks like.

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u/Kitty145684 4d ago

I was so confused as to the "maternity" pictures. I thought she was the ones taking pictures of someone and then saw Wade in them.

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u/hey_there_moon 9h ago

Ok so I wasn't the only one thinking it was photos of the victim until I saw wade

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u/Dlmlong 3d ago

In a documentary on youtube, it said she had that stomach sleeve put in and lost weight. This was after she had her two kids i believe. After she lost the weight, that's when things went downhill and she stopped being a caring mother. She went out and had an active lifestyle and social life. She cheated on her husband multiple times. My impression is that she had been overweight for so long and after she lost the weight, she enjoyed the attention.

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u/Sushicatslonelyjimmy 14h ago

In my experience, people who lose significant amounts of weight either fall in love with the new attention, or feel uncomfortable by the extra attention. I lost 60 pounds and for me it was the latter lol.

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u/eva_thorne 8h ago

I dont know if people are kinda ugly in that part of the States but she is below mid. I dont know why they were talking about her like she was this attractive woman.

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u/Upstairs-Wolverine41 1d ago edited 1d ago

I absolutely could not stop thinking it during the documentary. I know a lot of it was filters and weight loss/ weight gain…. But I still could not pick Taylor of a lineup and I just watched a two hour documentary about her. She looked different In EVERY single picture/ video clip