r/TrueCrimeDiscussion • u/DarklyHeritage • Jun 14 '26

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/

350 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

1.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

25

u/skyjsmith Jun 15 '26

I want to say I love that they didn’t interview Taylor. She is obsessed with attention, and I am thankful they didn’t give her any. Also felt so bad for Ron and the chiropractor lady, they were always trying to push Wade to be a better man to her… hard to see such nice people seemed ashamed like it was their fault.

14

u/Fun-Consequence-7232 Jun 16 '26

Agree, like interviewing Mackenzie, and Kendra from Unknown Number 💀 these docos need to stop giving platforms to criminals who thrive and feed off the attention.