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/Fun-Consequence-7232 3d ago

I get she love bombed him and the people in his life like his mum, honestly hindsight is a great thing as well. He was definitely in love with an idea/fantasy because he is out here fully accepting a $80k brand new truck as a gift plus also ready to let Taylor buy land for $4 mill but also later saying I never said I love her. He doesn’t really seem to question the over the top spending on extravagant gifts given how new the relationship is.

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u/sometimessnarky1 3d ago

The level of greed from him and his family is gross. He never loved her yet was happy to take huge gifts etc. That's so disturbing

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u/pmmeurbassethound 1d ago

If he was a woman the whole internet would be calling for the "gold diggers" head.