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A girl stands trial this week for one of the vital horrific crimes we’ve ever examine. She’s accused of murdering an expectant mom and stealing the unborn child from her womb — killing it within the course of.
Primarily based on what’s come out in simply the primary day of her trial on Monday, Taylor Rene Parker of Simms, Texas could have executed these horrible issues simply to maintain from telling her boyfriend the reality.
In early October of 2020, per opening statements by way of the Texarkana Gazette, Parker was feeling some strain from her earlier lies. She had informed her boyfriend she was anticipating a child to maintain him from breaking apart together with her some months earlier than. However as her fabricated due date acquired nearer, she didn’t know the place to go together with her lies subsequent. In line with Assistant District Lawyer Kelley Crisp, the 27-year-old had gone to some severe lengths to make individuals imagine her story:
“[Parker is] an actress of the best order.”
Crisp argued Taylor had lied for practically 10 months. She placed on a pretend abdomen to look like pregnant, faked ultrasounds, posted updates on her social media accounts, named the kid, and even deliberate a complete gender reveal occasion — all for a child which didn’t even exist! It seems like one thing straight from a darkish comedy film, however sadly this led to a really actual tragedy…
On October 9 of 2020, Reagan Michelle Simmons-Hancock was in her house together with her 3-year-old daughter as she ready for the arrival of her second baby, Braxlynn Sage, the subsequent month. The expectant mom was seven-and-a-half months into her being pregnant when the defendant entered her life.
In line with an affidavit, Parker had informed her boyfriend she was going to pre-register for induced labor. She admitted she had deliberate to name in a “bomb risk” to the hospital sooner or later to “additional delay” the arrival of her pretend child.
As an alternative she selected to do the unthinkable. She allegedly entered Reagan’s house and had a “bodily altercation” together with her. The struggle ended with the pregnant girl being “stabbed and minimize” greater than 100 occasions and having her cranium “crushed” with a hammer. Reagan died from the horrific accidents. She was solely 21 years previous.
Simply sickening… However sadly the horrors don’t cease there…
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Taylor allegedly “forcibly eliminated” the unborn baby from Reagan’s womb with a scalpel; this was all about getting the infant. Crisp says the 27-year-old fled the scene with the new child and left Reagan’s 3-year-old daughter to cover within the bed room as her mom lay useless on the ground. When the sufferer’s husband couldn’t attain her by cellphone, he started to fret and despatched his mother-in-law to verify on her. Jessie Brooks discovered her daughter — in a state nobody ought to ever seen anybody, a lot much less their baby. Per Crisp:
“[Reagan’s husband] mentioned he had a nasty feeling and requested her to verify on Reagan. [Jessie] walks within the storage, walks within the aspect door, and finds her daughter like that … When Reagan was rolled over, she was minimize from hip to hip, and the infant had been pulled out.”
Simply gut-wrenching. That poor girl…
Regulation enforcement arrived to the house round 10:20 a.m. however sadly it was too late to save lots of Reagan. Police recall the house “trying like a slaughter home” after the crime. In the meantime, the suspect was nonetheless on the run. In line with the A.D.A., the lies solely continued.
After the alleged assault, Parker was pulled over by a Texas State Trooper in De Kalb as a result of she was dashing. She was discovered “performing CPR” on the toddler, saying she had simply given beginning on the aspect of the highway and the infant “wasn’t respiratory”. Shockingly, Taylor had apparently “stuffed Reagan’s placenta down her pants to make it appear to be she had given beginning.”
WTF.
The officer rushed her to McCurtain Memorial Hospital in Idabel, Oklahoma. There, she refused to let medical practitioners study her — which, naturally, made them instantly suspicious. Parker was ultimately related to the crime once they realized she didn’t give beginning to the kid. Heartbreakingly, the infant died on the hospital…
Crisp laid all of it out in her opening assertion, saying the 27-year-old’s lies had been so piled up she “handed the purpose of no return”:
“The lies and fraud go on and on; the layers of fraud are staggering. You will have to know the fraud to know what occurred on Oct. 9. This began months and months forward of time till it handed the purpose of no return, and it ended up in murder.”
Lies had been the main focus of the primary day of the trial.
Pals and former coworkers claimed this wasn’t her first time mendacity about surprising issues — in line with their testimonies she’s lied about being pregnant, being eaten “up with most cancers”, and — apparently — not having undergone a hysterectomy. That means she couldn’t have gotten pregnant for actual??
That’s in line with Taylor’s ex-husband Hunter Parker. He even mentioned sooner or later she lied about hiring a surrogate for the couple, a lie which led to their divorce. He testified he thought it was unusual his ex-wife was saying she was pregnant together with her new boyfriend, as he knew she was unable to have any extra kids — however he by no means believed she would do something this drastic.
However as Crisp identified, this wasn’t about kids for Taylor. She didn’t need extra kids, the ADA argued:
“Taylor Parker didn’t need any extra kids. She killed Reagan and ripped her child out to maintain her boyfriend.”
Taylor is at the moment being held at Bowie County Jail, and her bond is a staggering $5 million. She has pleaded not responsible to 1 depend of capital homicide and one depend of non-capital homicide.
What’s her protection for this heinous crime? One among her legal professionals, Jeff Harrelson, urged jurors to think about all the angles and details of the case throughout Monday’s opening statements, saying:
“It’s a sophisticated case, factually and emotionally. The legislation is the lens and filter you will need to view these details via. Generally it’s not black and white however a shade of grey.”
The trial is predicted to final a month. If convicted of the crimes, Taylor faces the dying penalty.
Such a revolting state of affairs. Our hearts exit to Reagan’s household and family members. Could she and Braxlynn relaxation in peace.
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