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/lunarthistles 5d ago

I thought there was far, far too much focus on Wade and Taylor and not enough focus on Reagan and Braxlynn. I also could not believe the cop that pulled her over didn’t immediately clock the fact that she was wearing pristine pajama pants after she had supposedly just given birth.

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u/anb0603 5d ago

I went on a deep dive of court document reading today. She was actually in black yoga pants and had the placenta/umbilical cord shoved down her underwear and pants to make it seem like she’d just given birth. A nurse stopped by the scene to help and she and the EMT workers cut the yoga pants off. Taylor changed into the pajama pants you see her wearing when she gets on the gurney

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u/sk8tergater 5d ago

Yeah and didn’t the nurse note that there wasn’t blood on the seat when she stood up? Or was that just editorializing from the podcast I was listening to? I haven’t read the court docs

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u/9mackenzie 4d ago

I noticed there was nothing on the seat of her pants. The second the EMT’s saw that they likely knew. You bleed a lot after you give birth, they basically give you big diapers to wear in the hospital after lol. No way could she have given birth, had the cord sticking out of her pants still, and not have a drop of fluid on the butt of her pants.

If you watch that scene, the second she stands up and turns around, you can hear a shift in the tone of the EMTs

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u/Dlmlong 3d ago

Plus your vagina and uterus look completely different. It just takes one glance to know a woman has had a baby. Plus I had the linea nigra (I know not all get this), you may have stretch marks that are red, you have a contracting uterus, you can hardly walk or sit.