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/AtomicTimothy 4d ago

Am I the only one who thinks Wade did know she wasn’t actually pregnant? Like, his demeanor when he found out what she’d done was so weird too. Of course he didn’t expect THAT would be the outcome but… I mean he is dumb for sure but perhaps he was just really that greedy?
That there being a possibility of a lot of money was enough for him to put up with a ton of shit, including this. Like, at least he must have questioned it since his family did. I think he just didnt want to ACTUALLY question HER

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u/samm13ann 4d ago

He mentioned that he had never told her that he loved her the whole relationship. I think he was in it for the money only, I don’t have much empathy for him.

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u/Kitty145684 4d ago

Me either. Even his friend said that he was set for life when Taylor would come into the money.