AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nParker, now 34, is serving time on death row for the October 2020 killing of Reagan Simmons-Hancock, a 21-year-old mother who was 35 weeks pregnant with her second child.<\/p>\n
Hancock and her husband, Homer, were preparing for the arrival of their daughter, Braxlynn Sage Hancock.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors allege Parker spent months constructing an elaborate lie about being pregnant after a series of medical procedures left her unable to have more children.<\/p>\nParker, now 34, is serving time on death row for the October 2020 killing of Reagan Simmons-Hancock, a 21-year-old mother who was 35 weeks pregnant with her second child. Instagram\/@reagan_hancock__<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAlready a mother of two, Parker had previously undergone a sterilization procedure before suffering from severe medical complications that resulted in an emergency hysterectomy.<\/p>\n
Despite being unable to conceive, Parker allegedly continued telling her boyfriend, friends, and family that she was pregnant.<\/p>\nAlready a mother of two, Parker had previously undergone a sterilization procedure before suffering from severe medical complications that resulted in an emergency hysterectomy. Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nJurors later heard she documented the fake pregnancy online, shared baby updates and even planned for the arrival of a child that didn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\nAs her so-called due date approached in the fall of 2020, investigators said Parker became increasingly desperate to have a baby. Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAs her so-called due date approached in the fall of 2020, investigators said Parker became increasingly desperate to have a baby.<\/p>\n
On Oct. 9, 2020, she went to Hancock\u2019s home under the pretense of picking up baby clothes.<\/p>\n
Trial testimony revealed Hancock was stabbed more than 100 times before Parker cut the unborn baby from her womb in an apparent attempt to pass the child off as her own.<\/p>\nTrial testimony revealed Hancock was stabbed more than 100 times before Parker cut the unborn baby from her womb in an apparent attempt to pass the child off as her own.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nA scalpel was later found lodged in Hancock\u2019s neck, according to testimony presented in court.<\/p>\n
The scheme unraveled hours later when a Texas state trooper stopped Parker after spotting her driving erratically.<\/p>\nA Bowie County jury convicted Parker of capital murder in 2022 before sentencing her to death. Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAuthorities said Parker was covered in blood and holding the newborn child when she claimed she had given birth on the side of the road.<\/p>\n
Doctors immediately determined that it was impossible after finding no evidence that she had recently delivered a baby.<\/p>\nShe is currently housed at the Patrick L. O\u2019Daniel Unit in Gatesville \u2014 one of the few facilities that houses female death row inmates in Texas. Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nInvestigators soon connected Parker to Hancock\u2019s murder, while the newborn was declared deceased.<\/p>\n
During Parker\u2019s trial, jurors heard evidence that she had spent months researching pregnant women and carefully planning how to obtain an infant as her lies began catching up to her.<\/p>\n
A Bowie County jury convicted Parker of capital murder in 2022 before sentencing her to death.<\/p>\n
She is currently housed at the Patrick L. O\u2019Daniel Unit in Gatesville \u2014 one of the few facilities that houses female death row inmates in Texas.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear one of Parker\u2019s appeals, leaving her death sentence in place as she remains on death row awaiting execution.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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