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Case of Texas woman on death row over grisly murder back in spotlight

The Guardian · Jun 7, 2026, 2:00 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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New film revives story of Taylor Parker, convicted in 2022 of cutting unborn daughter from womb of friend she killed In an America so often saturated with brutal crime stories, it takes special circumstances to truly register shock.But the story of Taylor Parker, now sitting on a Texas death row after being convicted of murdering her pregnant friend Reagan Simmons-Hancock in 2020 and cutting her unborn daughter Braxlynn from her womb, is horrific in part because it appears almost against nature itself. Continue reading...

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