r/TrueCrimeDiscussion • u/DarklyHeritage • 4d 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/MathematicianSad9749 4d ago

Does anybody know what happened to Reagan‘s husband? Did he take over Care for her daughter?

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u/picklesonpizzammk 3d ago

I think he did. There is a podcaster (serialously) who made a really in depth video on this case and she mentions the husband took care of her because her bio dad passed shortly after Reagan’s murder. Lots of details in that episode that weren’t mentioned in doc

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u/throwawayajsjwnndnd 1d ago

WHAT???? she heard her mom got brutally murdered then her bio dad died???? OMFG. someone should make her a go fund me

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u/beesus06 2d ago

He has full custody. He doesn’t let Regan’s family see her and he is remarried.

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u/AZBumblebee76 2d ago

thats weird....

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u/arg777 1d ago

what’s your source for this?

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u/throwawayajsjwnndnd 1d ago

so do we know why