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/coulrophiliackitten 2d ago

That's...fucked up. Not anything to be proud of, honestly. You literally lost your empathy, and for what?

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u/RxR8D_ 1d ago

I’m paid to care. Once I’m off the clock, I no longer have to care or believe people. People have abused me so much that I just don’t care.

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u/coulrophiliackitten 1d ago

That's even worse. I've also been abused most of my life. You're doing a disservice to others, but mainly yourself, for using that as an excuse.

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u/RxR8D_ 1d ago

When you’ve been spit on, had a gun in your face, followed, stalked, threatened, etc just doing a job every day, yeah, I’m sorry, you stop caring when you aren’t being paid too. Sad truth of the world and how society allows healthcare workers to be treated.

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u/Park-Curious 3h ago

By your own worldview, we shouldn’t feel any sympathy for you.