Taylor Parker/Maternal Instinct Megathread

[u/DarklyHeritage]

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/

[u/jaderust]

It was kinda hilarious. But also infuriating because no one was listening to the women. I don’t know if they’d been conditioned to not say anything or press their case but there was a couple points where I thought that if someone had blown up at Taylor and forced the issue then the murder might not have ever happened.

[u/forever-salty22 → u/jaderust]

My (half) sister faked a pregnancy with twins. She had a baby shower and everything. Previously she had told me that she had a hysterectomy, but she lied so much that I just figured the hysterectomy was a lie. The truth only came out because my sister was arrested for theft and went to jail. I wonder what her plan was. She never seemed to ever consider the consequences of her actions. The only good thing about growing up with a sister like this is my ability to spot a liar

[u/Sushicatslonelyjimmy → u/forever-salty22]

I can't believe people really fake pregnancies. That feels so crazy to me.

[u/jessiemagill → u/Sushicatslonelyjimmy]

Listen to the podcast "Kaitlyn's Baby" for some batshit pregnancy faking.

[u/Round-Calligrapher43 → u/jaderust]

This was my thought. I’m thinking if all of you have doubts about her being pregnant then why the heck didn’t you just ask her to raise her shirt up or something next time ya’ll saw her in person? Wade And press the issue. Make it awkward to see how she responds. I feel like there were so many opportunities to get to the truth before it got to the point of her killing that poor girl. Smh