The trial began on Monday of a 29-year-old woman in northeastern Texas for the murder of a pregnant woman for stealing her unborn child.
Taylor Parker, who is risking the death penalty, has been deluding her lover and relatives that she is pregnant for months, and was posting about her fake pregnancy on social media and even bought a dilated silicone belly.
However, in fact, she was unable to have children due to the removal of her uterus.
On October 9, 2020, Parker visited Reagan Simmons Hancock, a 21-year-old woman who had become pregnant in her final months, and stabbed her more than 100 times before opening her stomach to take the fetus, then leaving her. house where the victim’s three-year-old daughter slept in one of the rooms.
In return, Parker, 29, pleaded not guilty to the serious murder and kidnapping in 2020 after the deaths of Simmons Hancock and his daughter, who died after being removed from her mother’s womb.
Authorities say Simmons Hancock was stabbed, wounded more than 100 times and smashed in the skull with a hammer at her home in New Boston, Texas, before using a scalpel to remove her unborn child.
Parker is also charged with unexplained manslaughter in connection with the death of the fetus.CBSNews bulletin.
Parker was arrested driving her car with the fetus on her knees 15 miles from the crime scene and confirmed that she gave birth to a baby. The hospitalized child was unable to survive.
The trial is expected to last at least a month in the small town of New Boston, east of Dallas.
One of the investigators indicated to the court on Tuesday that, weeks before the crime, Parker began browsing magazines specializing in pregnancy and childbirth to watch pregnant women, according to local television channel KTAL. The investigator said Parker had made appointments at some clinics and had been seen there.
Shortly before committing the deed, Parker watched a large number of videos showing natural and Caesarean deliveries.
The investigator expressed his belief that she was impersonating a maternity nurse in order to meet pregnant women, according to “KTAL”.
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