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Taylor Parker Sentenced to Death for Killing Pregnant Woman
6/12/2026
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Story summary
- A Texas jury sentenced Taylor Parker to death on Oct. 3, 2022 after she killed Reagan Simmons-Hancock and removed her unborn baby.
- Police stopped Parker at 9:37 a.m. in De Kalb, Texas, after she claimed to have given birth.
- Doctors at the hospital in Oklahoma disproved the claim, resulting in her arrest on murder and kidnapping.
- Netflix released “Maternal Instinct” on June 12, 2026.
- Emily Shirey said case fuels law reforms.
