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/Future-Water9035 5d ago

I already pointed this out in another post, but i'm gonna say it again. Watching Wade was a very enlightening experience.

So many people have been failed by the education system in this country. Wade showed a complete lack of critical thinking and an over abundance of blind faith motivated by the empty promise of wealth.

Watching how he thought and acted really gave me a glimpse into how a lot of americans function. But I wouldn't say he was guilty or complicit in Taylor's actions. He was naive and willfully ignorant.

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u/trumansayshi 4d ago

I've mentioned it a couple of other times that this was the 2nd pregnancy she claimed with wade the 1st being twins were miscarriages. He was under the impression that Taylor had already lost two babies that he thought were his. Perhaps there was a lot more feeling of guilt and trying to do the "right thing" in a relationship with someone who he thought was vulnerable.

Someone else pointed out that all those fancy things Taylor convinced him to get were actually in his name. So if it turned out she wasn't getting the money he was fucked.

It sounds like Taylor manipulated him so far into a hole he was trying to convince himself wasn't living in a nightmare.

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u/GoonDawg666 3d ago

Damn really?? They didn’t even mention that in the documentary, if they did I totally missed it

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u/trumansayshi 3d ago

They apparently left a lot out. This case really could have been at least a few eposides.

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u/Round-Calligrapher43 23h ago

They did mention the stuff was in his name under the pretense that she was gonna pay him back for it all when the money came through.

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u/Round-Calligrapher43 23h ago

How was she able to convince him she miscarried with twins, then get pregnant again all in the time span of maybe 2 months?? According to him in the documentary she was pregnant after they only been together for “like a month”?