Murder of Reagan Simmons-Hancock

2020 murder and fetal abduction case in Texas

The murder of Reagan Michelle Simmons-Hancock was a case of murder and fetal abduction that occurred on October 9, 2020, in New Boston, Texas. The perpetrator, Taylor Rene Parker, bludgeoned and killed Simmons-Hancock, who was 35 weeks pregnant at the time, before she abducted the unborn fetus, Braxlynn Sage Hancock, by cutting her out of the victim's abdomen, but the baby did not survive. Parker had previously lied to her then-boyfriend about being pregnant nine months leading up to the murder of Simmons-Hancock, and even faked her pregnancy to multiple persons. Parker was charged, tried and found guilty of capital murder, and sentenced to death on November 9, 2022.