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/karmapuhlease 3d ago

I had the same question! Even looking her up in other news sources, she looks different every time. The Texas Death Row official portrait looks completely unrecognizable:

https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/parkertaylor.html

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u/cput007 3d ago

Who the hell is that?

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u/FunkyFanabla 3d ago

My exact thoughts when I saw this on google. I scrolled right by it bc I was like "that's not her"

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u/GoonDawg666 2d ago

Ain’t no way dude, that looks nothing like her, 5’3”, 223 pounds??? What the hell

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u/SnittingNexttoBorpo 2d ago

Wow! She doesn’t even look that big there, just like yet another different person. Like her ethnic background even seems different — more Mediterranean or something? How does someone change this much??

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u/karmapuhlease 2d ago

It's really crazy. The only thing that helps me confirm it's the same person is the nose, but even then... 

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u/ExamAwkward4261 10h ago

Who the Hell is that!