Taylor Parker, the Texas woman convicted of killing a pregnant friend and taking her unborn baby, allegedly described the murder as “one horrible thing” in jailhouse calls featured in the aftermath of a newly released Netflix true-crime documentary.
Parker, who is on death row for the 2020 killing of Reagan Simmons-Hancock, complained to her mother about conditions behind bars, being unable to wear makeup in court and not being allowed to speak with her children, according to previously unheard jail calls obtained by The Sun.
In one call to her mother, Shona Prior, recorded between 2021 and 2022, Parker claimed authorities would charge her with almost anything if they could, saying the situation had become that extreme.
She also alleged that another woman in custody had been hit with what Parker called false accusations simply because prosecutors or officials could make the case look stronger.
Parker then appeared to minimize her crime, saying that once someone does “one horrible thing,” authorities will pursue them for anything and everything.
Prior pushed back on her daughter’s remarks, telling Parker she understood what she was trying to say but did not believe she was looking at the situation in the right way.
Her mother added that the case was not as simple as someone doing one terrible act and then being unfairly targeted by the system.
Parker broke down during the call and apologized to Prior, but her mother did not appear persuaded by the emotional response.
“I know you did not think about the consequences of your actions. I know that,” she bluntly said.
Parker sobbed she was unable to see her son, but again Prior fired back back, saying, “I’m sure it does, but you know what? I hate to say this, but if you’d have been thinking about the children that you had on earth, you might not be in the situation you’re in.
“But, I mean, that’s what’s done is done. And you have to go forward and deal with the consequences as best you can.”
“You’re not the only one dealing with them. We’re all dealing with them.”
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Parker, now 33, crushed Simmons-Hancock’s skull with a hammer and stabbed her more than 100 times in her New Boston home before removing her baby from her womb with a scalpel.
Parker, who faked her own pregnancy in the 10 months leading up to the killing, murdered Simmons-Hancock, 21, after telling her partner she was going to the hospital. She sadistically left the mom to die in front of her daughter, 3, before being arrested while driving the dead infant to an Oklahoma hospital.
Parker was held at the Bi-State Detention Center – a maximum security intake lockup in Texarkana – pre-trial. She is only one of seven women on death row in Texas.
She grumbled about not being able to wear make-up in court and complained the lights in her cell were on 24 hours a day.
Prior appeared to be more sympathetic when her daughter complained about not being able to wear makeup.
“So the thing about it is if they try to discriminate [against] you as a person, that will work in your favor in the long run because they’re not giving you a fair chance,” she said.
“You know, they’re wanting you to look like a homeless criminal.
“They’re not wanting you to look like a human because that would be beneficial to you and detrimental to them.”
Parker, branded an “evil piece of flesh demon” by her victim’s heartbroken mom, was convicted of capital murder in November 2022 after a jury of six men and six women in Bowie County deliberated for less than two hours.
During her trial, prosecutors said that her fake pregnancy scheme was a bid to stop her partner Wade Griffin from leaving her.
Parker — who could not conceive after a hysterectomy — wore pregnancy disguises, faked ultrasounds, posted about her pregnancy online and even threw a gender reveal party for the fake baby.
Dustin Estes, a Special Agent of the Texas Department of Public Safety, testified Parker watched YouTube videos on how to deliver and care for babies.
She was sentenced to death and just weeks before “Maternal Instinct” premiered on Netflix, the Supreme Court said it would not review her conviction and sentence, without explaining.
