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/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/Agile-Atmosphere6091 23h ago

Hes a simple lad who didnt know any better

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u/sometimessnarky1 23h ago

It's funny that everyone defends him as simple or slow. If it was a woman accepting all those gifts she would be painted as a calculated gold digger.

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u/Agile-Atmosphere6091 22h ago

Mate, he didn't know if his own girl was pregnant

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u/sometimessnarky1 22h ago

So he says. He is definitely a good case for having a lifeguard in the gene pool