Death penalty sought for killer of pregnant Texas woman

A Texas jury was asked to sentence a woman to death for murdering a pregnant woman and stealing her unborn child.

The penalty phase of the trial began for the murder of Reagan Simmons-Hancock and the theft of her unborn baby. The jury foundParker guilty of capital murder.

Prosecutor Kelley Crisp told jurors that the evidence would show thatParker faked a pregnancy and lied before killing Simmons-Hancock to get the baby she claimed to have been pregnant with. The baby passed away as well.

Attorneys for the woman hope that the jury will spare her life and allow her to serve life imprisonment. According to Jeff Harrelson, they would show that he was mentally ill.

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Reagan Simmons-Hancock died in October of 2020.