Netflix's Maternal Instinct Revisits Taylor Parker's 2020 Murder Case
The Netflix documentary Maternal Instinct revisits the 2020 murder of Reagan Simmons-Hancock, who was 35 weeks pregnant when Taylor Parker killed her and removed her unborn child, who did not survive. Parker, unable to conceive after a hysterectomy, fabricated a pregnancy to deceive her boyfriend Wade Griffin. She remains on death row in Texas as of June 2026. The case also involves a civil suit against Parker and Griffin for alleged negligence.