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REAGAN SIMMONS HANCOCK: Texas vs Taylor Parker for murder of pregnant woman to remove baby from womb *GUILTY*
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Opening statements began Monday for the capital murder and kidnapping trial of a Texas woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and cutting her unborn child from her womb and stealing it.
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In opening statements, attorneys with the prosecution said Parker committed the crimes not because she wanted a baby, but because she did not want to lose her boyfriend.
Witnesses said Parker was unable to carry a child after having a hysterectomy. According to witnesses, Parker offered them $100,000 to be a surrogate mother.
The prosecution said Parker ordered from the internet a suit which made her look pregnant, faking pregnancy for nearly 10 months, all the while hunting for a victim.
Defense attorneys said this is a complicated case, both factually and emotionally, and asked the jury to be fair.
Also Monday, attorneys said Hancock was stabbed and cut around 100 times, with a scalpel being used to remove the unborn child.
Officials say it could take a couple of weeks to try this case in the 202nd District Court with Judge John Tidwell presiding.
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Woman accused of killing pregnant woman and cutting her unborn child faces trial
NEW BOSTON, Texas - Opening statements began Monday for the capital murder and kidnapping trial of a Texas woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and cutting
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Trial gets underway for woman accused of murdering expectant mother, cutting baby out of her
It’s a gruesome case that leaders say has never occurred in the area.
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Witnesses said Parker was unable to carry a child after having a hysterectomy. According to witnesses, Parker offered them $100,000 to be a surrogate mother.
The prosecution said Parker ordered from the internet a suit which made her look pregnant, faking pregnancy for nearly 10 months, all the while hunting for a victim.
Defense attorneys said this is a complicated case, both factually and emotionally, and asked the jury to be fair.
Also Monday, attorneys said Hancock was stabbed and cut around 100 times, with a scalpel being used to remove the unborn child.
Officials say it could take a couple of weeks to try this case in the 202nd District Court with Judge John Tidwell presiding.
Woman accused of killing woman and cutting baby from her womb researched how to fake pregnancy, agent testifies
The prosecutor told the jury that Taylor Rene Parker acted not because she wanted a baby but to keep from losing her boyfriend.
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Woman accused of killing woman and cutting baby from her womb researched how to fake pregnancy, agent testifies
A state police investigator testified Tuesday that a woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and removing her unborn child conducted intensive research on how to fake a pregnancy convincingly. The testimony came in the capital murder trial of Taylor Rene Parker for the October 2020 killing of Reagan Simmons-Hancock and her unborn child.Special Agent Dustin Estes of the Texas Department of Public Safety testified that Parker viewed numerous YouTube videos on delivering and caring for babies.
On the day of the killing, she watched a video on the physical exam of an infant delivered pre-term at 35 weeks, he said. Simmons-Hancock had a 35-week pregnancy when she was killed.
Parker also ran numerous Google searches about pregnancy, Estes said.
"She watched all these videos, clicked on all these links, and they were all at 35 weeks," prosecutor Kelley Crisp said.
"My opinion is Taylor Parker faked her pregnancy. ... She planned and carried out the murder of Reagan," Estes said.
Parker's attorney, Jeff Harrelson, challenged that opinion, telling Estes, "You can see somebody looked them up, but you don't know why. You can have a theory."
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These cases just drag out. Making it more painful. Because...She didn't want to lose her boyfriend. Unbelievable.Woman accused of killing woman and cutting baby from her womb researched how to fake pregnancy, agent testifies
The prosecutor told the jury that Taylor Rene Parker acted not because she wanted a baby but to keep from losing her boyfriend.Woman accused of killing woman and cutting baby from her womb researched how to fake pregnancy, agent testifies
A state police investigator testified Tuesday that a woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and removing her unborn child conducted intensive research on how to fake a pregnancy convincingly. The testimony came in the capital murder trial of Taylor Rene Parker for the October 2020 killing of Reagan Simmons-Hancock and her unborn child.
Special Agent Dustin Estes of the Texas Department of Public Safety testified that Parker viewed numerous YouTube videos on delivering and caring for babies.
On the day of the killing, she watched a video on the physical exam of an infant delivered pre-term at 35 weeks, he said. Simmons-Hancock had a 35-week pregnancy when she was killed.
Parker also ran numerous Google searches about pregnancy, Estes said.
"She watched all these videos, clicked on all these links, and they were all at 35 weeks," prosecutor Kelley Crisp said.
"My opinion is Taylor Parker faked her pregnancy. ... She planned and carried out the murder of Reagan," Estes said.
Parker's attorney, Jeff Harrelson, challenged that opinion, telling Estes, "You can see somebody looked them up, but you don't know why. You can have a theory."
TAYLOR PARKER TRIAL, DAY 7 | Jurors hear frantic 911 call, testimony from victim’s husband | Texarkana Gazette
NEW BOSTON, Texas -- Jurors in the Taylor Parker murder trial on Wednesday heard a frantic 911 call made from Reagan Simmons Hancock's shocked and grief-stricken mother just moments after she found her daughter's body.
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TAYLOR PARKER TRIAL, DAY 7 | Jurors hear frantic 911 call, testimony from victim’s husband
Jurors in the Taylor Parker murder trial on Wednesday heard a frantic 911 call made from Reagan Simmons Hancock's shocked and grief-stricken mother just moments after she found her daughter's body.Later in the day, jurors heard testimony from Reagan's husband, Homer Hancock, who said he knew something was wrong when he could not reach his wife on the phone.
Jessica Brookes called 911 from Hancock's home after finding her daughter's body in the living room shortly after 10 a.m. the morning of Oct. 9, 2020.
Brookes is screaming and sobbing when New Boston Police dispatcher Katie Jimenez answers the phone.
"Someone murdered my daughter. She's dead, she's dead ... help me, she's dead," Brookes screams on the call.
"Can you tell me what happened?" Jimenez said.
"There is blood everywhere," Brookes said. "Hurry, hurry, Oh my God, please ... oh my baby."
Prior to playing the 911 calls, Judge John Tidwell sent the jury out briefly and explained to those in the crowded courtroom that evidence was going to be played that family members might find disturbing.
"It is going to be very graphic, and I need everyone in the courtroom to remain composed. If you need to leave, this is the time," Tidwell said.
Several people, including Hancock's relatives, left the courtroom. Some people cried softly when the 911 call was played.
Hancock testified that on Oct. 8, 2020, he arrived home from work between 7:15 and 7:30 p.m. and Reagan was cooking dinner.
"We sat down and had dinner together," he said.
He testified that Parker -- with whom his wife was "somewhat friends" -- was supposed to come over that night, and that Parker had given Reagan a gift for the baby.
Hancock testified he was in the living room when Parker arrived and chatted with Reagan Hancock at the kitchen table. At one point, the women went to the bedroom to talk until Homer Hancock decided he was going to bed.
He received a text from Reagan's phone shortly after 7 a.m the morning of Oct. 9 and responded about 7:42 a.m.
"Did it seem like Reagan?" Richards asked.
"It did not," Hancock testified. "It was not the way she talked."
He never got a response to his last message: "I love you."
Absolute horror!TAYLOR PARKER TRIAL, DAY 7 | Jurors hear frantic 911 call, testimony from victim’s husband | Texarkana Gazette
NEW BOSTON, Texas -- Jurors in the Taylor Parker murder trial on Wednesday heard a frantic 911 call made from Reagan Simmons Hancock's shocked and grief-stricken mother just moments after she found her daughter's body.TAYLOR PARKER TRIAL, DAY 7 | Jurors hear frantic 911 call, testimony from victim’s husband
Jurors in the Taylor Parker murder trial on Wednesday heard a frantic 911 call made from Reagan Simmons Hancock's shocked and grief-stricken mother just moments after she found her daughter's body.
Later in the day, jurors heard testimony from Reagan's husband, Homer Hancock, who said he knew something was wrong when he could not reach his wife on the phone.
Jessica Brookes called 911 from Hancock's home after finding her daughter's body in the living room shortly after 10 a.m. the morning of Oct. 9, 2020.
Brookes is screaming and sobbing when New Boston Police dispatcher Katie Jimenez answers the phone.
"Someone murdered my daughter. She's dead, she's dead ... help me, she's dead," Brookes screams on the call.
"Can you tell me what happened?" Jimenez said.
"There is blood everywhere," Brookes said. "Hurry, hurry, Oh my God, please ... oh my baby."
Prior to playing the 911 calls, Judge John Tidwell sent the jury out briefly and explained to those in the crowded courtroom that evidence was going to be played that family members might find disturbing.
"It is going to be very graphic, and I need everyone in the courtroom to remain composed. If you need to leave, this is the time," Tidwell said.
Several people, including Hancock's relatives, left the courtroom. Some people cried softly when the 911 call was played.
Hancock testified that on Oct. 8, 2020, he arrived home from work between 7:15 and 7:30 p.m. and Reagan was cooking dinner.
"We sat down and had dinner together," he said.
He testified that Parker -- with whom his wife was "somewhat friends" -- was supposed to come over that night, and that Parker had given Reagan a gift for the baby.
Hancock testified he was in the living room when Parker arrived and chatted with Reagan Hancock at the kitchen table. At one point, the women went to the bedroom to talk until Homer Hancock decided he was going to bed.
He received a text from Reagan's phone shortly after 7 a.m the morning of Oct. 9 and responded about 7:42 a.m.
"Did it seem like Reagan?" Richards asked.
"It did not," Hancock testified. "It was not the way she talked."
He never got a response to his last message: "I love you."
TAYLOR PARKER TRIAL, DAY 8 | Relatives describe horrors of crime scene; medical workers put pieces together
Jessica Brooks found herself in the middle of a nightmare when she walked into daughter Reagan Hancock's house on the morning of Oct. 9, 2020, and saw blood on the floor.
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TAYLOR PARKER TRIAL, DAY 8 | Relatives describe horrors of crime scene; medical workers put pieces together
Jessica Brooks found herself in the middle of a nightmare when she walked into daughter Reagan Hancock's house on the morning of Oct. 9, 2020, and saw blood on the floor.Brooks knew something was wrong when no one could reach Reagan on the phone that morning and that 3-year-old granddaughter Kynlee Grace was not at day care. Her fear intensified when she found blood on the back door of the house.
"As I approached the door, I looked down and see a bloody fingerprint on my baby's door knob.
TAYLOR PARKER TRIAL, DAY 9 | Investigator: Phone data links defendant to crime scene
NEW BOSTON, Texas -- An Irving, Texas, Police Department investigator testified Monday that his analysis of Taylor Parker's phone data put her in the immediate area of Reagan Hancock's home on the morning of the Hancock's murder.
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TAYLOR PARKER TRIAL, DAY 9 | Investigator: Phone data links defendant to crime scene
An Irving, Texas, Police Department investigator testified Monday that his analysis of Taylor Parker's phone data put her in the immediate area of Reagan Hancock's home on the morning of the Hancock's murder.Kevin Burkleo, who testified for nearly four hours Monday in Parker's capital murder trial, said he has studied Parker's phone data, including tracking locations and search sites in the weeks leading up to Hancock's death.
Burkleo testified under questioning from Assistant Bowie County District Attorney Lauren Richards, who labeled the investigator as an expert witness.
"Given the control samples discovered during the investigation, Parker being in possession of Reagan's baby, the phone records being corroborated by the control samples, Parker's phones in her possession at the traffic stop, Parker's statements about her involvement and the drive test scans -- all come together to confirm Parker was in the immediate area of the crime scene at the time of the murder," Burkleo said.
TAYLOR PARKER TRIAL, DAY 10 | Worst crime scene they ever saw, investigators testify
NEW BOSTON, Texas -- Jurors in the Taylor Parker capital murder trial spent Tuesday morning viewing hundreds of crime scene photos -- many of them graphic -- from alleged victim Reagan Hancock's home.
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TAYLOR PARKER TRIAL, DAY 10 | Worst crime scene they ever saw, investigators testify
Jurors in the Taylor Parker capital murder trial spent Tuesday morning viewing hundreds of crime scene photos -- many of them graphic -- from alleged victim Reagan Hancock's home.Judge John Tidwell warned the crowded courtroom about the nature of the photos before the jury was seated.
Texarkana Texas Police Department Crime Scene Investigator Marc Sillivan took the photos the morning of the murder and described them to jurors while questioned by Bowie County Assistant District Attorney Kelley Crisp.
"This was not a quick death, was it?" Crisp asked.
"No."
Woman convicted of killing a woman to take her unborn baby
A Bowie County jury in northeast Texas deliberated about an hour before finding Taylor Rene Parker, 29, gui...
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Woman convicted of killing pregnant woman to take her unborn baby
A Texas woman was convicted of capital murder on Monday for killing a pregnant woman to take her unborn baby.A Bowie County jury in northeast Texas deliberated about an hour before finding Taylor Rene Parker, 29, guilty of the October 2020 murder of Reagan Michelle Simmons-Hancock, 21, and the abduction of the daughter cut from her womb who later died.
The verdict of a jury of six men and six women came after three weeks of sometimes grisly testimony.
The punishment phase has been scheduled to begin on October 12. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty, although jurors may opt for a sentence of life imprisonment without parole.
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Good. Some of these cases, I imagine this one, have overwhelming evidence yet the darned defendant as they have no hope take it all the way to trial costing time and money. I doubt she was offered any great deal and shouldn't be but she should have taken whatever was offered if anything.Woman convicted of killing a woman to take her unborn baby
A Bowie County jury in northeast Texas deliberated about an hour before finding Taylor Rene Parker, 29, gui...Woman convicted of killing pregnant woman to take her unborn baby
A Texas woman was convicted of capital murder on Monday for killing a pregnant woman to take her unborn baby.
A Bowie County jury in northeast Texas deliberated about an hour before finding Taylor Rene Parker, 29, guilty of the October 2020 murder of Reagan Michelle Simmons-Hancock, 21, and the abduction of the daughter cut from her womb who later died.
The verdict of a jury of six men and six women came after three weeks of sometimes grisly testimony.
The punishment phase has been scheduled to begin on October 12. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty, although jurors may opt for a sentence of life imprisonment without parole.
Mel70
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And I think the Stinnett case will make a big impact on all if them. The reason really doesn't matter. I know you didn't say that. I'm saying it. It is a long planning gruesome crime so they can have a child for whatever reason. This one because she didn't want to lose her boyfriend is a weak reason. I wanted children too. But I am not out casing hospitals or parks.. Much less considering doing something like this.
Death penalty sought for killer of pregnant Texas woman
Prosecutors asked a Texas jury Wednesday to sentence a woman to death for killing a pregnant woman and stealing her unborn daughter from her womb.
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Death penalty sought for killer of pregnant Texas woman
Prosecutors asked a Texas jury Wednesday to sentence a woman to death for killing a pregnant woman and stealing her unborn daughter from her womb.The appeal came as the penalty phase of Taylor Parker’s capital murder trial began for the October 2020 murder of Reagan Simmons-Hancock and theft of her unborn baby. The Bowie County jury previously found Parker guilty of capital murder.
Parker’s attorneys hope to persuade the jury to spare Parker’s life and let her serve life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Defense attorney Jeff Harrelson said they would show that Parker was mentally ill.
East Texas woman sentenced to death for murdering woman, cutting baby from womb
BOWIE COUNTY — An East Texas woman has been sentenced to death by a Bowie County jury.
East Texas woman sentenced to death for murdering woman, cutting baby from womb
An East Texas woman has been sentenced to death by a Bowie County jury.According to KTBS, after just 90 minutes of deliberation, a jury handed down the punishment for Taylor Parker.
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Deservedly.East Texas woman sentenced to death for murdering woman, cutting baby from womb
BOWIE COUNTY — An East Texas woman has been sentenced to death by a Bowie County jury.tylerpaper.com
East Texas woman sentenced to death for murdering woman, cutting baby from womb
An East Texas woman has been sentenced to death by a Bowie County jury.
According to KTBS, after just 90 minutes of deliberation, a jury handed down the punishment for Taylor Parker.
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A very similar case happening now on MO/AR border
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'A terrible thing': Bodies of missing Arkansas mother, unborn baby found in Missouri
A missing Arkansas woman who was pregnant has been found dead in southwest Missouri. The baby was found dead too. Two people have been arrested.