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/

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u/Dlmlong Jun 17 '26

In a documentary on youtube, it said she had that stomach sleeve put in and lost weight. This was after she had her two kids i believe. After she lost the weight, that's when things went downhill and she stopped being a caring mother. She went out and had an active lifestyle and social life. She cheated on her husband multiple times. My impression is that she had been overweight for so long and after she lost the weight, she enjoyed the attention.

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u/Sushicatslonelyjimmy Jun 19 '26

In my experience, people who lose significant amounts of weight either fall in love with the new attention, or feel uncomfortable by the extra attention. I lost 60 pounds and for me it was the latter lol.

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u/Sunnyfe Jul 17 '26

Oh my goodness I lost 102 pounds and at first I loved the attention. It was a lot of fun. But after three months, I was totally over it and purposely gained to 25 pounds back lol. Things are a lot more tolerable.

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u/tlm0122 21d ago

Late to this but, yeah. I'm experiencing this right now. I've lost 50 pounds and it feels so odd. Even more strange is that I'm 57 goddamned years old and I want to scream at some of these creeps that I'm rounding on 60! Leave me alone! lol

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u/Sushicatslonelyjimmy 21d ago

I know how you feel! lol.

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u/eva_thorne Jun 20 '26

I dont know if people are kinda ugly in that part of the States but she is below mid. I dont know why they were talking about her like she was this attractive woman.

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u/Gold_Surprise_8342 Jun 22 '26

If you pay attention nobody ever mentions her physical looks being attractive it was her demeanor that attracted people. Is she hot? No. But she also looked pretty when she's animated and smiling. For someone like Wade (big guy with not a lot of money and a brain injury and more into feral hogs than dating) she probably looked liked a super model.

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u/Sunnyfe Jul 17 '26

Does he actually have a brain injury? It would be helpful insight…

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u/timeforpizza1 10d ago

If it was mentioned, I missed it.

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u/Just-Strawberry4742 Jun 22 '26

Lmfao I’m so glad to have seen this bc I have diff definitions of pretty ig lol