Texas Woman Sentenced To Death For Murder, Cutting Baby From Womb

Taylor Parker, 29, received a death sentence for the murder of Reagan Simmons-Hancock in an attempt to steal her unborn baby. KTAL's Donald Britton reports.

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[Txbunny]

And they couldn’t even give Nikolas Cruz the death penalty. I’m glad this family got justice.

[kylord]

Killing another woman by cutting her baby from her womb seems like it goes against all nurturing motherly instinct. Just think what sort of mother, this monster would make had she somehow gotten away with this horrible crime.

[breal]

My sister tired to hurt my baby - she was mental after several miscarriages. Once she dropped him in the pool (she said he slipped through her hands); another time she dropped in on a mound of hard, cold ice (again, she didn't know how he slipped); then, she let him fall off the kitchen table. After the third "accident", I moved away and never spoke to her again.

[BrendanJourney]

I talked with my girlfriend about this case. Why would another woman ever come to the point that she lies about being pregnant AND kills another woman to steal that woman’s unborn child from them? As a man that’s never had a child of their own I can’t attest to the love of a parent for their kids, but I know that there is no greater bond in this world than that of a mother and her children. Why would a woman ever take that away from another woman? It blows my mind.

[CandyCoated]

Carrying a baby is already scary. Because as a women your senses are heightened and anxieties. My heart breaks knowing that the mother had to lose her life this way, , alone. Im sad to know she came in contact with such a horrifying individual and circumstance. May her and her baby, rest in heaven.

[ladycsmith]

Sorry for what happened to the victim and her unborn baby, thank goodness justice was served for such a horrific thing to do to another woman

[wilfredo]

So she killed 1 and a unborn baby and gets sentence to death but someone that killed 17 kids gets life?

[someonebeautiful]

I really wish that we had more judges like the judge that sentenced this demon.

[catapillargirl]

This crime is unthinkable and yet I’ve heard of this happening a few times. I still cannot fathom it and the outcome always appears to be the same. The baby never makes it. Why do insane people keep doing this?! Its beyond horrific. Im so sorry to the family of the victims.

[Deeone]

A similar story happened in Chicago about 3 years ago. The victim was only 19 years of age and was 8 months pregnant. The murderers were a mother and daughter that had befriended the victim a few months prior through facebook.

[river]

We need free mental health care for all and a butt load of therapists. America has become a very violent place.

[babybruce]

This is the most fu’ed story I’ve ever heard in my entire life.

[danaleestephens]

I love how they dress her up and make her look pitiful! She needs to be put through what she put that poor woman through!!

[FilCanJay]

I can’t believe someone in the world like this exists. This woman was neither a friend, a mother or even a human. What an absolute horrific crime. The verdict was just.

[cheyennemillovitsch]

I’m glad this family got justice. Prayers out to them. ❤️🙏🏼

[CA-tkyn]

It's shocking any maniac would think they could get away with such crime and raise the baby as their own. The act is horrific and just thinking it, should be a clue in the mirror that you aint capable of being a parent. You killed the childs mother; there's a natural connection that can't be replaced!!! How can you look that kid in the face and say, I love you at all, if you could have got away with it? Sickness in our society is hard to believe!

[yesseniaayala]

Sad part was that she already had her own kids, so her taking the baby from another woman was the worse thing she could do. She killed a new mom and a baby. She also left her kids without a mother.

[anak]

I wish justice like this be served all the time

[estellacamacho]

Justice was finally served for Reagan's family. My heart goes out to this family who went through a horrible experience of losing their loved ones by the hands of a monster.

[haileyosaurus]

I honestly don’t give a crap about any defense this woman could have. If she committed such a heinous act immediate death penalty in my mind. It is so outrageously horrendous and you have to be lacking in serious compassion to even comprehend committing such an act

Edit: to clear up any confusion when I say immediate death penalty I mean as her sentence. Not that she shouldn’t have a fair trial. She had already been found guilty. This video was about her sentencing.