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

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Taylor Parker sits on Texas death row after being convicted in 2022 of murdering her pregnant friend Reagan Simmons-Hancock and cutting her unborn daughter Braxlynn from the womb. The case, which involved circumstances the article describes as shockingly horrific, is getting renewed attention through a new film. Parker's conviction came two years after the 2020 killing, and the details of the crime, particularly the deliberate removal of the fetus, have made it one of the more grotesque cases in recent American criminal history.