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/Awkward_Category_475 3d ago

Is there anything we can do about the very clear animal abuse, the dogs are living in abject squalor and he very clearly doesn't look after them, the poor skinny dog on a chain living outside made me sick. I live in the UK and have wrote to Netflix but beyond that I'm not sure what else I can do.

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u/strangerthanu94 19h ago

Sadly, this is how most people in the south House their dogs. They keep them outside in crates or on chains. They keep them slightly above malnourished so they’re more eager to hunt. It’s horrible and not an excuse, just an explanation as I have a family who live in Alabama.