17th July 2023 · Episode 213
Morbidology the Podcast - 213: Reagan & Braxlynn Simmons Hancock
56 Min · By Emily G. Thompson
On the morning of October 9, 2020, Jessica Brookes received an alarming phone call from her pregnant daughter's husband in New Boston, Texas. Concern filled his voice as he explained that he couldn't reach her and that their daughter had failed to appear at day-care. Jessica's heart raced as she hastily arrived at her daughter's home, only to be overcome with terror at the sight of blood staining the back door handle.
On the morning of October 9, 2020, Jessica Brookes received an alarming phone call from her pregnant daughter’s husband in New Boston, Texas. Concern filled his voice as he explained that he couldn’t reach her and that their daughter had failed to appear at day-care. Jessica’s heart raced as she hastily arrived at her daughter’s home, only to be overcome with terror at the sight of blood staining the back door handle.
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Sources:
Associated Press, 12 October, 2020 – “Woman Found Dead, Baby Removed from Womb”
NBC – 4 KFOR, 12 October, 2020 – “East Texas Woman Faces Charges in Death of Baby Removed from Womb”
Associated Press, 13 October, 2020 – “Texas Woman Waives Extradition”
The Daily Beast, 14 October, 2020 – “She Photographed her Pal’s Wedding”
Longview News-Journal, 14 October, 2020 – “Suspect in Pregnant Woman’s Slaying Removed to Texas Jail”
CBS – 12 WJTV, 16 October, 2020 – “Texas Woman Confesses to Cutting Baby from Mother’s Body”
Texarkana Gazette, 16 October, 2020 – “Alleged Abductor Was Doing CPR on Unborn Baby”
Texarkana Gazette, 27 October, 2020 – “Woman Accused of Stealing Unborn Child Didn’t Pay Child Support She Owed”
TXK Today, 22 Janaury, 2021 – “State Will Seek Death Penalty”
Texarkana Gazette, 11 September, 2022 – “Capital Murder Case Will Begin Monday”
Associated Press, 13 September, 2022 – “Woman Intensively Researched how to Fake Pregnancy “
Texarkana Gazette, 13 September, 2022 – “Defendant Called Actress Of Highest Order”
Texarkana Gazette, 14 September, 2022 – “Testimony Focuses on Online Searches”
CBS – 19 WHNT, 15 September, 2022 – “Bowie Capital Murder Trial”
Texarkana Gazette, 15 September, 2022 – “Witnesses Describe Dome of Craziness”
CBS – 19 WHNT, 16 September, 2022 – “Audacious Tales, Schemes Dominate Taylor Parker Trial”
Texarkana Gazette, 23 September, 2022 – “Relatives Describe Horrors of Crime Scene”
Texarkana Gazette, 22 September, 2022 – “Jurors Hear Frantic 911 Call, Testimony from Victim’s Husband”
CBS – 12 WJTV, 26 September, 2022 – “Jury Views Photos Of Parker’s Bloody Fingernails”
Texarkana Gazette, 29 September, 2022 – “Defendant Gives Her Side”
CBS – 12 WJTV, 11 October, 2022 – “Widower Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Taylor Parker, Ex-Boyfriend”
Associated Press, 9 November, 2022 – “Texas Woman Gets Death for Killing Woman to Take Unborn Baby”
Texarkana Gazette, 9 November, 2022 – “Jury Likely to Start Deliberating”
