Appeals Process and Final Outcome

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Te we're past that h I did not kill anybody. I didn't kill anybody. Now in part one of this deep dive, we covered the absolutely unhinged details of Taylor's lies and deception. So if you haven't listened to that part yet, you definitely need to go check it out because you need the lore, you need the backstory in order to be caught up here in this episode. We also followed Taylor's path of destruction all the way up to the moment that the detectives confronted her with the truth that the baby that she claimed was hers, no Not only did that baby not belong to her, but that baby was also now dead. So that meant that Taylor was being charged with the murders of both Reagan and her baby girl, Braxlan. But there is also so much more to this story and so much more to the interrogations and the interviews and everything that goes in it. And that's what we're going to be talking about now in part two. Like I said in my last episode My team and I, we did a ton of digging into this case and we have the footage straight from law enforcement to show you and to share with you. So if you heard about this case from the Netflix documentary or you've heard about it just in passing or on TikTok, you definitely are going to want to stick around because we've got all the details for you, and we have all the footage that they didn't show you. Now, since this case is very footage heavy and covers extremely sensitive topics, including fetal abduction, the death of a baby, and this DIY C section surgery, I do w to warn you that this episode is incredibly difficult to listen to. There are also parts of course that are graphic to show on YouTube. Now, I still want to give you the full case file, everything that we were able to gather, all of our resources. So similarly to what we've done in the past with cases, over on Patreon, we have a whole case folder where we've uploaded all of the documents, all the media, everything that we've received from law enforcement, so that if you want tona do your own digging and your own due diligence and dive into it a little bit deeper, you have all of the information that we also have. So you can find all of our research and our full case folder with all of the stuff that we didn't include in this episode over there on Patreon. With all of that said though We have a lot to unpack. So let's get right into it. This is part two of the case of Reagan Hancock and Taylor Parker. Now when we left off in part one, detectives were sure that the baby that Taylor had claimed was hers was in fact not hers at all. They realized that Taylor had cut Reagan's baby right out of her body killing Reagan in the process. Then, she climbed into the car with Reagan's newborn baby girl and tried to pass her off as her own, as though she delivered this baby. Now tragically, Reagan wasn't the only victim. Somewhere along the way, Little Braxland stopped breathing and she died too. So that left Taylor charged with both of their murders. But even as the detectivive started pressing her She wasn't ready to give up the truth. She was going to Dig her heels into this lie as hard as she could. For most of her hospital room interrogation, Taylor even refused to admit that she knew Reagan, let alone did anything to Reagan. But slowly and surely, detectives started confronting her with more and more evidence. They also told Taylor that they had received her medical records and that they had proof that she had undergone a hysterectomy They also explained that a doctor had done a full body exam on her and found no sign that she had recently been pregnant. Her blood work also didn't show any sort of pregnancy hormones, and the baby's DNA did not match hers. She was just being confronted with one lie after another. So little by little, with the detectives also now pushing her, Taylor finally started Finally, she admitted that she had seen Reagan on the day that she died. The story that she told them though Well, it still didn't sound much like the truth. She basically said that Reagan had invited her over, then insulted her, and then from there, a huge fight broke out. Now a quick warning, this is raw police footage that I'm about to share with you. There is some background noise. There are a few times where the officer's pager makes a very loud buzzing sound, but I still wanted to share it with you so that you get the full story. And again, for my audio listeners, you may want to watch the video version after this. So happen what I mean, how did this How did this all come down Iain, when did you first see the law? this today She Jake don't me. Is a friend of yours? Okay, so she come over did she come me your house? tell if you over Oh, so you went to her house. Okay. What happened then Don't believe it So, come on now. G did T you did. So happen? You go over to our house so I don't happen. H the ripper pulled up your side you. Did she talk very long or Did she say something to me of the mom you might have or something? or what happened sly like the ho baby It's only the alarm Okay, grab a hold up you then try to fight back. bothoth fight back? Yeah. Yeah happen. We both hit each other Oh, B, Iot.. oy. That's okay. It's a facts sometimes, you know. Its facts. It's all right. Taylor continued on with her story, still putting most of the blame on Reagan, saying she pulled her hair and she hit her. Dang her and show me in the garage hit with you Wh you get it or not and then now her' go how see usw. stars or whoues or And as for that circle indentation on Reagan's head, Taylor said that she just happened to slip and fall. that that is what caused it. So at some point she hits her head, fad hits her head is ring home you pushed me and ignored it She up I pushed her back it was pretty hard. she got she grabbed me like this. It was so good. Be left the l. S go from the garage and the living ro The like for called for. I think we're all' a little bit ready She's Be she falls it Yeah. Okay. W was that the last time she fell W police. We w to all the At some point in this supposed fight, Reagan apparently got a hold of a knife and Taylor claimed that it was actually Reagan that threatened her with this knife, not the other way around. Sheee he up in the garage And she falls she pushes push her back. she falls pretty hard And then I think she told me that she gb b tripping off Okay because I remember Stab me in by hand. We're about So cut right there Y there there. Flipping around so I see. Oh. That there? Okay And then st my else. Okay. B she got me tipping right there. Okay I just remember bady garden Okay But she had a knife though. Okay. Yeah, but. I don't know why she grabbed it. He ended up with a knife and she hit she was she pick apparently picks up something. He hitits you with something and you're not sure what it was. And then fail And there was blood Did you stick her with the knice? Or what she fell with the dog becausecause I shoved her? Okay, so she gets the knice back from you We We both had it in our hands a few times. Oh. Okay, I'm just trying to get grab my head, You know what mean. S. Wh because she stucked me first? o But I don't remember why she kept called to me. Well she' again. I like still calling you a liar or just still calling you something else She told me that I was gonna write. that she'd kill me In that's what tr is. And as for Reagan's stab wounds, well, Taylor said that all of those were self inflicted and that the reason that they were self inflicted was so that Reagan could frame Taylor So she fols And she's got the knife. did she fall on the knife Is that what you believe? or is that what you know or How you know now? Yeah I too because I didn't He didn't st I didn't step her. Okay, that's fine. So afterwards, did it look like she'd been like an office? grabs? She grabs something and start speacking herself with it Don't be They wouldn believe I did it. Ohope that so she started hitt herself for something Okay. What u U Was that before or after she fell? Is her blade out in her neck? That was after After she was slade out in her neck? Yes. Okay So she takes up something and start setting herself with it saying that they kind of setting you up, I guess She only said it like twice. She didn't just keep saying it. Was she on the ground when she was doing that? W she saying about D you st it out at the lim here in? Okay Now apparently, somewhere in the mess of this crazy fight that Taylor says happened, Reagan apparently realized that she was dying. So that is when, according to Taylor, Reagan asked her to cut baby Braxlon out of her body, as though Reagan now wanted Taylor to be the martyr and save her unborn child the old maybe when she hit her head, did you think she died and he was trying to save the baby. I. I understand that. That. Well and that shows us what a good person are. And that shows us a good person you are. did Do . I understand. understand. I mean, that's obvious. youve followed the ambulance. You know So she hit her head and U so you try to you try to save the baby soon as you. I guess you took the baby out of you like to see section ononor You don't remember. So how did she go from her laying there with her head up to he had maybe in your hand come on. should have her time say the day Do you remember if you did you do you remember if you used to mas those from her house or did you have one of already? you had to get the baby to come out of So how that happen So basically, Taylor had tried to paint herself as the hero, like, oh yeah, maybe she and Reagan did get into a little bit of a fight, but all of Reagan's injuries were her own fault. They were self inflicted. She did it. And then when she realized that Reagan was dying and when Reagan had the realization that she was dying too, Taylor stepped in and did the heroic thing trying to save the baby at that point, I mean she's obviously pregnant. you're worried about the baby because of her that she's dying, you know, that m your baby die her. And so is that the point where you decided to I don't try to save your baby Okay. So what happened? Did you get the didid you get the knife that she had? Iagine they was slay in their hand e you' get another doch. No Cent very beful dish. An G, Shes said tight curly. Oh she wanted you to type her She She said a lot. It she would wish She push her. Shen she wouldn't come out, but she just wanting you to take her. Okay. So she asked you to she asked you to take her. That's okay, listen thatide. I mean, you're taking of the kid's best interest, you know So what happened? Did you get? Did you use the knife that was there or did you have to go get one Okay, I't get big ground but I wad. Okay, that's fine. That's fine Okay. Do you remember cutting her open to get the baby out? Did she have much trouble getting it up cutting her open? Yeah that's fine? That's fine. So did so she's wanting you to save the baby? She said she was ding. She said she was dying Okay, that's okay.. So so you take the baby but you don't remember what with right. Do I remember I don't put the words? No, I don't remember. That's fine. That's okay. That's okay. So so you take the baby out of her stomach. Is that right It didn f well like she was phing Did it come out? It come out of her vagina? Oh out of her stomach? Okay. She was still in the sack. Oh, okay. All right, so it comes out of her stomach and it's still in the sack Ited Do she have to pull the sack apart to get the b? Yeah p H for started to smack in her back. D she Iing a b up meer. Pase So then so you get the baby out, you're saving the baby. All right. and then you leat Right? Did you call for an ambulance you go into the hospital to Trying to get some help for the baby Okay. But as you heard the detective mention at the end Taylor's story had a massive hole in it. If Reagan really did die by accident during this fight gone wrong. And if Taylor really was just trying to save Baby Braxlan, then why didn't she call an ambulance? Why didn't she try to get help for this little baby who wasn't breathing right away? Why didn't she try to get help for Reagan? Why didn didt she just throw this baby into her car and take off. And more importantly, why did Taylor tell everyone that the baby was hers? so much so that she had the afterbirth stuffed in her pants to make it sell her lie even more. I mean, the whole thing was not adding up, not by a lung shot. There were other parts of Taylor's story too, that didn't make sense at all, or parts that changed stant For one, like you heard in the interview, Taylor originally said that she had no idea what she even used to perform the C section. She admitted that she carried a knife, but she insisted that it definitely was not what had killed Reagan. Yet later, Taylor suddenly seemed very sure that she used a knife that came from a medical kit that she used with the hw So I mean, which was it? Did she have no idea what the weapon was or did she know exactly where it came from? Taylor also claimed that after she finished the C section, she just laid down the knife very gently. Yet during Reagan's autopsy, the scalpel that had been used, was found broken inside her neck. So the evidence clearly showed that Taylor didn't heroically save Braxlon after this fight gone wrong with Reagan. What she really did kidnap little Braxlan from Reagan's womb, killing Reagan in the process and then killing baby Braxlan, all through her own recklessness and complete disregard for this baby's life after going to such extremes to steal this baby and kidnap this baby and pass her off as her own. So with that, Taylor was charged with capital murder for Reagan's death. She was also eventually charged with capital murder and kidnapping in connection with Braxlan. But Reagan and Braxlan, they weren't the only victims. One of the saddest parts of this entire case is that Reagan's other daughter Kim inside the house as this whole massacre unfolded, Taylor said that Kinley came out in the middle of it, and she yelled at her to go back in her room. And it's been said that she was found hiding under a blanket whichich I can't imagine the fear that she had when she saw her mom getting murdered and heard this attack taking place. Taylor plleed not guilty and was held on five million dollars bail in Bellie County. Taylor's case eventually went to trial in late twenty twenty two, two years after the murders, and so much information came to light in the trial First, that Taylor made up everything, made up everything about finances, the people in the emails and pretty much everything else that she has ever said has been a lie. Also that pregnancy was of course fake. and she had taken elaborate measures to fake it In August, she was on random websites such as fakeababy. com looking at fake pregnancy bellies and even bought a new one right around the time those maternity pictures came out. And that had a lot of people saying the same thing How the hell did her boyfriend Wade not realize that something was up? Because does that mean that they weren't intimate for the entire ten months that she was pregnant How did he not ever see the baby bump without clothes on it? And that's not to say he's not a victim, but it just seems strange. And Homer, Reagan's husband, seemed to agree. Shortly after Taylor's arrest, he actually sued Wade for negligence in Braxlland's death. Basically, Homer argued that Wade should have known that Taylor was lying about this pregnancy. and also that he should have never given her access to his car knowing that she was, know shit crazy, whichich as of now, that civil case is still unresolved. But weighed aside, the trial also revealed a lot about Taylor's other relationships, including her relationship with her ex husband, Hunter. Allegedly, Taylor faked seizures and medical problems consistently to try to keep Hunter around She also had been pushing him to have a baby despite having had a hysterectomy. She told him that he should get a loan so that they could hire a surrogate and that her grandmother would pay for it all in cash. Allegedly a man by the name of Tim Highower was supposed to bring the money, and Hunter got many texts from this Tim man, including a picture of a duffle bag full of cash. but Tim never showed up. Taylor told Hunter that Tim had gotten in an accident on the way and the paramedics stole the money, another elaborate lie and story that Taylor concocted After her divorce from Hunter, things got even crazier. Taylor told her friends that she and Hunter had, in fact hired a surrogate, but that Hunter cheated on her with the surrogate And apparently, she was so desperate for a baby that right after the divorce, she offered two friends one hundred thousand dollars to carry a baby for her Both of them declined. Thank God. And honestly, why do you want more kids when you don't even have custody of the two you have? Taylor was pretty emotionless, the entire trial, clearly showing no remorse There was only one time that her eyes looked like she had been crying, and that was right after her attorney called for a recess The timeline of the murder was spelled out in the trial, and prosecution said that after september fifteenth of twenty twenty, she began researching things about delivery more than ever She was Googling things about hospital births, videos of C sections, among many other weird things when she was sitting on a bench outside that clinic on september thirtieth after rescheduling her appointment. She actually was looking up the license plates of pregnant women that she was watching going in and out. posossible plots to follow them home to see where they lived It's disgusting After she left Reagan's house on the night of the eighth, she ended up going home and between three eleven AM and three thirty AM on the night She made five calls to McCurtain County Hospital At three forty five AM, she had a brief call from Wade's phone. Then Wade's geod data showed he was heading to Oklahoma Starting around four twenty eight AM, Taylor watched YouTube videos about sea sections and births at thirty five weeks the same duration of pregnancy that Reagan was at She left her house at five thirty six AM. Investigators have been able to prove that Reagan died between seven fifty two AM and nine fourteen AM. Other testimony on the prosecution side was from the doctors, from witnesses from Wade's Mum Connie, Wade himself and a clinic worker from the very first clinic who was actually invited to Taylor's gender reveal, which by the way is just extremely odd So the clinic worker didn't go to the gender reveal but was invited And apparently, her hands were tied due to HIPA But she apparently knew the whole time that Taylor was not pregnant So Taylor inviting someone who knew she wasn't pregnant is just so odd and such a balsy bold move. I guess because to her it would make her story somehow more credible having them there. During Wade's testimony, he discussed that he believed Taylor because she showed him documents and emails and she had an explanation for everything. So clearly, he was also a victim of her lies and manipulation. I'm sorry, I'm not trying shame you you're kind of a dumb dum. Like you could have figured it out, I think. Taylor's team was really trying to get her off the hook. Initially they tried to get the Cital murder charge thrown out They said that a fetus has not yet been born. So if it's not alive, it can't be kidnapped which makes no sense because Braxln was already born when she put her in the car with the umbilical cord in her pants So the judge denied the motion to drop the charge. They also tried painting a picture of Wade knowing that she actually wasn't even pregnant. They said that he since he has assisted in hogbirths, he would know if she were truly pregnant or not. But it was made clear that Taylor was on trial here, not Wade In the end, her defense team never called even one witness. And to me, that sends a clear message about the type of person Taylor is and the crime that she committed Not even one single person was willing to vouch for her Taylor also declined to take the stand as well During closing statements, the prosecution spent forty minutes, and Taylor's attorneys spoke for just eight minutes. Within an hour of deliberations, the jury came back with a guilty verdict for capital murder According to people who were there, Taylor sat emotionless during this verdict reading She didn't even flinch at the verdict. Taylor's sentencing hearing started shortly after, and this was where the jury really had to decide whether she deserved life in prison or the death penalty. But guys, this was also not a typical sentencing hearing. This wasn't one of those short hearings where the victim's family speaks, the judge gives a sentence and then everything is wrapped up in a day or so. This was basically an entire second trial And during it, a brand new pile of disturbing information came to light. We're talking about Taylor trying to seduce prison guards, Taylor trying to frame other inmates, even more heartbreaking details about the day that Reagan and Braxon lost their lives. I mean, there is so much more information. 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Now, go earn the degree, Capeella University. What can't you do? Visit Cpeella.edu to learn more. On october eleventh, the day before the sentencing period started, supplemental documents were released for the public's viewing. These documents contain some of the latest evil shenanigans of Taylor and what she has been up to during her time in Bowie County Jail Information in these documents varied from medical encounters and schemes, inmate relationships and attempts to frame these inmates, new confessions, Taylor's obsession with murder, I mean, just so much stuff guys. And I've gota say, a whole lot of Taylor's jailhouse schemes were being flat out enabled by her parents, especially her mom, which is a little bit surprising too, because if you remember from part one of this episode, Taylor made up some pretty serious lies and accusations about her mom She basically claimed that her mom was framing her and trying to ruin her life. Yet, I don't know, I guess her mom somehow forgave all of that because she really did seem more than happy to keep enabling Taylor from behind bars. And you know what this also kind of reminds me of, and I'm just gonna to go off a little bit here, Mackenzie Sherilla, right? Because if you followed that case at all or you saw my deep dive, you know that her parents also enabled her through and through. MackKenzie is another young woman who is responsible for two deaths just like Taylor and just like Taylor Her parents keep making excuses for her and enabling her while she's locked up. Sounds familiar, right? It's just wild to me. But now I want to go through a little bit of Taylor's schemes one by one. Now the first had to do with Taylor and her mom scheming together financially. And the root of that problem was that by february twenty twenty two, Taylor had racked up about two thousand two hundred dollars in debt And this was in debt to the jail. Now, I don't know what that is for, Wh really knows what? But because we know Taylor takes no accountability for anything, she was doing everything in her power to avoid paying it back. Now the way that the financial situation in the jail is supposed to work is that when people put money on somebody's books, whatever they owe is deducted from that amount Well, since Taylor doesn't want to pay it She repeatedly had her mom, Shanna money on other inmates' books. Th those inmates were going to go and get her commissary for her. Taylor would pay them by giving some of her commissaryory items to them. Shawnna also ordered commissary items for at least ten other inmates during all of this. Yet again, they would get the commissary ordered in their name and then hand it over to Taylor. But the thing is, Taylor and Shaunna are just both complete idiots because they discussed these schemes at length over the phone over snailmail and even emails sent to and from the jail kiosk. So it was all documented Now I honestly have no idea how Shaana hasn't been arrested for playing a part in these games because you're basically defrauding the jail And also as a mother, she is just like a horrible enabler There's a difference between loving and enabling a child, and her child murdered somebody and their unborn baby. So the next thing that these supplemental documents talked about is a clothing issue. Taylor was repeatedly ripping up her jail cllothes, then complaining about it to her parents and asking for more money for new clothing On january fifth, twenty twenty two, Taylor was on the phone with her dad and was recorded saying, I'm in lockdown from yesterday until Friday because we have the shit crew. So not able to call again until Friday. I was trying to see if you were able to put some money on my books, I need to get new warm clothes, I've had mine for a year and there's holes in the front of them Now let me just clarify that. Taylor refers to the correctional officers who enforce the rules of the jail as the shit crew. So clearly, she has a problem with authority and has continuously tried to maintain a sense of power in jail in any way possible But she didn't tell her dad that she was the one ripping her clothes in order to make her clothing more revealing Nonetheless, as her enabling parents do, he sent her money Also just three weeks later, on january twenty eighth, Taylor told her mom Shaanna that she needed new clothes, d too pololes in the front So why would they have holes again in the front just three weeks later, unless it was intentional? She claims it was because she had had them for so long, but clearly she was just trying to play off both of her parents The DA's office also put a lot of efforts into discussing Taylor's romantic life while in jail. They highlighted that her clothes were ripped solely for the sake of being more provocative, and that she would flirt with other inmates and actually had several relationships while in jail. One was with a woman named Lana Addison, who Taylor eventually told that she was tired of being lonely and tired of being around all female inmates Then, she moved on and had romantic relationships with other male inmates and began writing to inmates who were in different facilities. She began using her family too to get a hold of these inmates So as we've been able to see clearly before, her family doesn't know how to tell her no, right So she initially went to her mom and told her to look up an inmate named Travis Blocker Travis had apparently gone home and was released, so she wanted her mom to look him up on Facebook and message him for his email address so that Taylor could communicate with him via email. For the next couple of months, she continued to reach out to different family members to have them communicate with Travis for her And at one point, she even said I need a sugar daddy to load me some money on this damn thing laaughing my ass off anything on blocker. AKA Travis. Clearly, she was just continuing her schemes of just using people for the things that she wanted and felt like she needed In one email with an inmate named Alan Pully, after he asked her what she was in jail for, point blank, she said, Unfortunately, I can't talk details information wise since I'm in pretrial. I don't go to trial until september twenty twenty two. I'm innocent. Assuming you have been to jail before, you know how unjust our bullshit system is. She then went on to say, It does suck, but I have a great team. I have become very close with him and have all the faith that it will work out. I do freelance recruiting for manufacturing industrial plants in the kill trade departments on top of breeding and selling cattle You can say I'm a farm girl. Please don't think I ever want anything from you. I'm a very independent, respectful person. Now I just gotta say, I don't know what faith she had in her innocence and that her innocence was going to be found, but clearly it just did not work out that way for her And as if that's not mind boggling enough, she went on to write letters to yet another inmate How many is this? three, four? His name was Augustine Diaz. Now I won't go into all the details of the letter, but I will say that they were super explicit, not very YouTube friendly. And part of her email said that her ex would actually hit her if she ever even gained an ounce of weight so that if Augustine didn't like Big thighs, it wouldn't work But then she goes on top of that and tells him that she values honesty Yes, you heard that right if you're wondering. She literally told him that she values honesty and tells him, I've said this before. I'm so understanding. Just don't lie to me. I love to build a home and family with you based on God. That's a dream and hope I will hold on to and pray for That was followed by, I love to read, but my true joy is writing. I love every part of putting together a story I just gott to say I mean, obviously, she loves putting her stories together. Stories of pregnancies, stories of fake jobs, family drama, family and inheritance, being a millionaire, billionaire, whatever she had said, These bomb threats, I mean, you name it, girl has got a story for it. She's like a walking Ten novella, honestly. So in a letter after that, she said I gotta tell you, this so E says Parker Girl, I got some much needed D this weekend, meaning Dick. saying she told me all about it, showed me the bruises, and I said, Damn, you released the tension beast. We were rolling. I said, getet some bruises for me too, please, laughing my ass off. I told her that I was so sexually frustrated that if I won, I'd be humping the light poles all the way home Literally Just disgusting, disgusting. So enough of her ridiculous and nasty conversations with people. let's move on to her trying to scheme and frame other people because this is where it gets crazy. So the next thing that was discussed by the DA's office was Taylor's plan to frame another inmate named Hannah, who was mentally fragile And she wanted to frame Hannah as guilty for her crime. In january twenty twenty one, Hannah gave the staff at the jail letters that she had written that supposedly contained information about the crime But when law enforcement interviewed Hannah, it was clear that Hannah was not writing truthful things and that something more sinister was going on here. During the interview, Hannah told them that Taylor told her to say that she, meaning Hannah, saw a black car with wheels and occupied with a black man making drug drops around the jail. Hannah was to tell them that the black car was the same vehicle that she had seen at the murder scene. So this apparently was supposed to help Taylor get off the hook here But Hannah then took it a step further and revealed what Taylor had actually told her happened in that house with Reagan Taylor allegedly told Hannah that when she went to Reagan's house the night before the murder, they had gotten into a very big argument The argument was specifically because Reagan knew Taylor wasn't actually pregnant and was past her due date. Taylor told Hannah that Reagan was supposed to call Wade, who was Taylor's boyfriend, who thought she was pregnant and tell him that Taylor lost the baby while he was hauling hogs on that mission he was on Apparently, Reagan backed out and then wouldn't do it So then what else would Taylor do? She said that she then decided to remove Reagan's baby from her. then that she did CPR on baby Braxlin on the couch She said that she watched Reagan die before leaving And Taylor told Hannah word for word, It didn't really go as planned By plan, she meant that she planned on taking this baby home to Wade and pretending that littleittle Braxlland was their baby Obviously Taylor knew what she was doing, and she definitely knew what she was doing by trying to pull Hannah into her mess But if you thought she was done there, you would be wrong While she was skeming with Hannah, she also met another inmate named Shaanaay. Shaana Ray worked for Texacara Gazette. So Taylor gave Shaanaay a sealed envelope In that envelope was allegedly a thirteen page handwritten document Taylor said that Hannah had given it to her and that she had actually never even read it herer instructions to Sean Aay were to open the envelope the letter down in her own handwriting and then destroy the copy that she had given her Then she needed to get the copy to the newspaper. So Taylor claimed that the document, who she said was written by Hannah, had details about the events leading up to the murder and the kidnapping of the baby But if Taylor didn't write that, how would she know what was even in there? Because remember, she said that she didn't even look at it And if it was indeed Hannah's writing, why would Taylor be so adamant that it be rewritten with the original copy destroyed seems more likely that she was trying to get her copy and her handwriting documented by somebody else. But the thing here is, is that Taylor's stories to Saunereay changed a couple of different times O time, she said that she was in Reagan's house at the time of the attack that she wasn't the attacker She said she heard commotion and went to the other side of the house, where Reagan was. She said Reagan begged her to cut her belly to save the baby She said, that's when she got the baby out and that she held Braxlan up to Reagan's face and said Tell your mama bye. Just awful evil. Then Taylor said when she got pulled over, the responder had mistakenly formed the opinion that she was the one who had the baby because the cord was so close. But remember, she also had stuffed the placenta in her pants. So like that is again, one of the many, not even half truths, like fractions of truths that she's telling Later, Taylor told Jean Aray that she had absolutely nothing to do with the crime, but she did tell her that she was faking a pregnancy and that she was going to Oklahoma to fake a miscarriage and that someone was supposed to call Wade but last minute decided not to So again, we're starting to see like pieces of the truth start to form together based on versions. She's telling all of these different players and people she's working with, but still not the outright truth. So after giving Sean Aray these documents, she went to another inmate Sylvia. She is just like trying to play chess with everybody here guys Taylor gave her a document which had Mama Sylvia written on the front In the document she handed her, she denied committing the murder once again. She also accused law enforcement of making up and withholding information that would prove her innocence. Both of those letters to Sylvia and to Seaan Aray, are believed to have been written by Taylor. So Taylor offered Seaan Aray five thousand dollars to get the documents to the Texirona Gazette and that newspaper. and then she also offered Sylvia fifteen thousand dollars to take the envelope out of the jail and get it delivered to the newspaper Now law enforcement realized that Taylor does indeed practice alternating her handwriting frequently Multiple inmates told them that she changed her writing style often So it would make sense that she does practice She doesn't seem to have much else to do in jail either, so she would obviously have all the time in the world to do this Tampering with witnesses are felony charges. So this just proves that she's still been doing illegal things behind bars She's also offering these inmates money to help with those schemes. Now, most of those inmates are in there for drug charges and people who have drug issues are typically willing to do anything for money for drugs so that they can get a fix. So she was still trying to take advantage of other people's weaknesses In february twenty twenty one, law enforcement interviewed a former inmate named Phllis Dawson. I know guys, there are a lot of inmates here to go through. Phyllis had a letter from somebody named DC, that initials DC So Phyllis told the agent, interviewing her, that Taylor told her, DC, also called detective Chris, was a detective who was helping her out so that nothing bad would happen to her and that she was going to get out. Taylor had Phllis write a letter to this DC character, but Phyllis was obviously confused because she never got a letter back So she gave the agent another sealed envelope that had a ten page confessional that framed Taylor once again as innocent Taylor had given Phyll instructions to take this letter and mail it out when she was released from jail The confessional had details that were not known to the public and would only be known to somebody who was close to the crime So Taylor is creative, but not smart enough to double check her sources and her information, it seems She also isn't smart enough to find the correct people to cover for her So Phllis gave this agent a puzzle book, and it kind of seems like a Sadoku book or something similar And in the book, across many pages were instructions on where to send the documents and also instructed her to find someone to lie to the police The writings even included a script for what the person was supposed to say and had details matching up to all the confessional letters that were written The book also said, specifically, be smart Granny, pick someone smart who will bring the details to life Once it's done and detective Chris says, I will mail you five hundred dollars. In another scheme that she used to frame Hannah for the murder, as if, you know, she hadn't done enough at this point, was to have her now jail girlfriend, Lana Addison Seaan Rray and another inmate named Callie be witnesses for her She gave Lana a document with the plan and told her not to turn it over to law enforcement The three witnesses were supposed to find evidence in different places throughout Bowie County and then turn that over to law enforcement but apparently it would only work if all of them did their jobs correctly. However, before her plan could even have a chance to work, Lana had a cell shakedown and the document was found, so the jig was up. So probably not a smart idea to write things down and give them to people when all of their things are subject to be searched at any point in time. Again, very creative. I'll give her that, but not very smart. Now Taylor told Lana that Wade believed that she was pregnant because he was and I quote Fing dumbass and that she also ordered a fake belly to attach to that to sell the story. She also said that she avoided intimacy by complaining of cramps and pain and saying that doctors apparently don't recommend sex during high risk pregnancy. So now let's kind of shift our gears. We've talked about the inmates, we've talked about some plotting, some scheming, some relationships. Now let's talk a little bit about some medical issues or some Tall talailes, letm me position that way. The jail even had to change many of their procedures due to Taylor's schemes She was calling in sick constantly to go get medical care, but was actually using that to try to flirt with her jail boyfriends and pass notes on the way to the nurse. In the documents it released that if she wasn't completely lying about being sick or not feeling well, she was just massively exaggerating. And she was also getting furious if she wasn't handcuffed in the front instead of the back One time she showed up to a mental health session and was apparently not handcuffed. and the mental health officer reminded the officer that she needed to be handcuffed for safety reasons And apparently, Taylor immediately just flew off the handle. Also, when she has been called in to go see the nurse, if it's not a convenient time for her to see any of her boyfriends or pass notes, She's been known to refuse to go So they decided to just start actually examining her in her cell instead of taking her down to the designated nurssees area which also made her super upset whichich I would think if she was really sick, she wouldn't care where she was seen as long as she was getting medical attention and feeling better. But again, it just proves that her whole reason for doing this was to plot to scheme, to see people, to pass notes, to, you know have her own agenda. On october fifteenth, twenty twenty, less than two weeks after the murder Taylor was taken for a mental health crisis assessment When asked why she was there, she responded, I murdered a lady. She also told the crisis worker that she had a previous attempt on her own life back in twenty fifteen after going paralyzed She told her that she isn't eating much, had lost around twenty pounds, wasn't sleeping well, would have blackouts for no reason, and so much more Then less than a month later, she convinced staff she needed to go to the emergency room When they got there, she told hospital staff that she had a history of having a stroke and having had been diagnosed with For five Liden disorder. Now factor five is an inherited disorder that can cause somebody to get blood clots People are born with factor five, but Taylor was not born with it. In fact, she was tested for it multiple times and every test came back negative So five days later, she told physical therapist she was vomiting and that her head was hurting. I mean, it's just constantly something, something, something. But physical therapists who evaluated her were quickly able to see that she was purposely walking unsteady and exaggerating the entire claimed illness She got a CAT scan of her head, a brain MRI, and an ultrasound that all came back normal It was pretty clear that she was faking it. So back to the jail, she went Then on march third, twenty twenty one, Taylor told her jail girlfriend, Alana, in a phone call that she had been taken to the hospital on march twenty first and that she had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure Then on april twenty third, she told Nanna that she couldn't have any red dyes due to her new heart medication But when her mom took her a commissary order the very next day, she had ordered Red Island Punch, which has those red dyes I mean It's not even like munchhausens, it's just like pathological, I think At one point when a nurse asked her, if she possibly had an STD, she said Oh my God, if I have an STD, I'm going to be a murderer Hold on You already are a m there. And she also used all of these fabricated mental illnesses and medical illnesses to get things that she wanted in jail, such as saying that it was recommended that the lights be completely shut off at night because of her seizures and her migraines but her medical records didn't show that recommendation, nor did they ever show seizures She continued to make multiple bogus medical claims for things such as blood clots, UTI, chest pain, falling just so much. And if she didn't refuse the medical care entirely, Prosecutors have basically noted that she was just a complete jerk to the medical staff and did not act in any sort of distress at all during these visits And then if jail staff didn't do as she pleased, especially with these medical things She was known to threaten or sue them. Again, a total master manipulator or, I guess a wannabe. Now while awaiting trial at Bowie County, inmates receive regular counseling services if they wish So in august twenty twenty one, Taylor told her provider that her prayer was that Reagan's family knew who she was and that she would not do something like this She started discussing how it might be best to take a plea deal and her hatred for the real person who did this crime. which I just hope she hates herself for this. Then she talked about how she didn't want to see her kids seeing her in jail If you didn't want your kids seeing you in jail, then you shouldn't have killed an innocent woman and her unborn child or done something to put yourself in jail in the first place. Then, in April of twenty twenty two, Taylor headed back to the jail counselor with a new complaint. She said that she was now hearing voices. She said that these voices bother her the most when she's reading or doing yoga and that she argues with them throughout the day Then in May, she told them that the voices were something that she has dealt with before. She told them that she was medicated for this at eleven, but stopped taking the medication Now this is interesting because in March and July of twenty twenty one, she had told them that she was never medicated for mental health issues before She also told them in June of twenty twenty one that she was never treated for any mental health issues. So which one is it Were you treated before? Were you not treated? It's time to get your story straight Taylor Now let's talk a little bit more about that staff treatment because I did touch on it a little bit about her manipulation, saying she's gonna to sue them, saying all these things upplemental documents go on to discuss her antics towards jailhouse staff. If she doesn't get what she wants, she apparently will scream at them, make stories up about them, and threaten to ruin their lives. She will also scream racist and horrible remarks at them She is also known to go back to other inmates and create stories about the staff physically hurting her and even telling the inmates that certain staff members are talking about their cases publicly, trying to stir the pot, incite, hate, get these inmates against the staff And that happens whenever things don't go her way. Just a clearly deranged and dangerous person There are people you are told to trust laawyers, teachers, especially doctors But what happens when you put your life in someone's hands and they betray you The hit podcast Doctor Death is back, and this season is unlike any other. 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Little state. lot of wow So let's start talking about her obsession with murder and notoriety and, you know, attention So these documents go on to discuss Taylor bragging to a girl named Christina that she's writing a book about the murders and that she was also getting Netflix deals and movie deals. Now we know that Taylor is a liar, right? However, she was right about that one thing becausecause like I said, this new Netflix doc, it just dropped. So I mean, I guess you win this one, Taylor. She also said that Lifetime and Nancy Grace both want to work with her She also told Christina she misses her best friend Reagan and hates that people think that she could do something like this. Which let me just say, if you really didn't do it, and if you miss someone, you wouldn't be trying to profit off their death by book deals, movie deals, Netflix deals, all of this stuff . So the rest of the supplemental document contains some more really disturbing information. Taylor has had multiple books given to her by her mom while she's been in jail. because of course, one of the main things you do is read while you're in jail Now almost all of these books are books about murder She spends her time reading the murder books, writing short stories about murder, and even has written a letter to the FBI offering to assist them in solving murders. And guys, we're gonna to talk about that letter to the FBI in a little bit here because it is just Inane. But first, let's talk a little bit about her kids. the ones that she said she was so worried about seeing her in jail. So she has decided to play off of her kids, mainly her seven year old son's emotions She wrote him a letter saying, Maybe Daddy can let you come and see me soon, but I know you're super busy. In another letter to him, she wrote, I sure miss your handsome face and sweet giggles with Mama. Talk to you soon Her son's dad made it clear he was not bringing him to visit her in jail, and he also made it clear that he was not allowing phone calls because when Taylor doesn't get away or she gets upset, she's known to use her son as a pawn and say very hurtful things to him Obviously, her son's dad is just trying to protect this poor kid, but Taylor is so selfish that she just had to write things in letter form that would make him sad No seven year old deserves to suffer because of their mother, nor do they need to be you know receive these manipulative letters and get feel guilt dripped by their mother for her own actions. Then get this. She had her ten year old daughter help her plan her outfits for trial, also with the help of her mother, Shana But one of the worst parts about this is that she has used this as a way to continue to hurt Reagan's family whenever she can Let me explain Reagan's favorite flower was a sunflower, and her family has often worn things with sunflowers to court proceedings in remembrance of her andne Braxland So during many court proceedings, Taylor would wear sunflower masks. Even when nobody was wearing masks, she would wear a sunflower mask in a clear effort to just take a jab at Reagan's family, just a truly awful human being So as far as the supplemental documents That's where we're kind of wrap up with that because there's still a lot more, but those are the main bullets. So now let's shift over to the actual sentencing court dates, because this is where information just exploded. The sentencing period lasted much longer than usual, and it actually went a full four weeks. During those four weeks, the jury heard from many people, including family members, jail inmates, medical professionals, and more Prosecutors opened up the sentencing phase by discussing who Taylor is, a liar, a con artist, an actress, and a fraud The prosecutor said that she was in this to get fame and even making it clear that she would ask jail staff if she could stay up late to watch herself on the news Taylor's attorney said that they were going to provide the whole picture of who she is, noting that she was a good mom who just suffered from mental health issues. So first up, let's talk about the family and some of those witness statements. One of the first witnesses was Taylor's stepmom Her stepmom, Charlotte described her as a good girl, but said that she would often fabricate lies to get what she wants Her step momom said that she did make good grades growing up, but that she was never able to take full accountability for anything. That same day, jurors heard from Tommy Way Casey's divorce attorney Tommy is Taylor's ex. The divorce attorney testified that Taylor gave up custody of their son who was four at the time of their divorce and never paid a dime of child support She also testified of Taylor's urgency in finalizing the divorce and how she married Hunter Parker just eleven days after the divorce was finalized And Tommy her ex also spoke up He spoke about Taylor's medical claims He said that one day she went into the doctor walking and when she came out, she was unable to walk but he noticed that whenever Taylor didn't think someone was paying attention, she was magically able to walk again. He also spoke about their marriage failing, but said his son is now doing better His new wife, Amy also took the stand, and she said that their son does not want to read any of the letters that Taylor sends him. So she's filed them away for when he's older and ready to make that decision and possibly read them Amy also talked about wanting a co parenting relationship with Taylor, but quickly realized it wasn't going to be possible Taylor frequently no showed to her visitations, never paid child support, and did other things that apparently upset their son, Trey Treay went with her for overnights once and came back a few days later He had a sore on his bottom and told them that it had been five days since his underwear was changed. So due to Taylor's lack of cure for her child, he developed a staph infection Amy talks about the other issues with visitation, such as Taylor telling Trey it was okay to lie and crying in front of him, to manipulate him and saying things and doing things, just awful With this, jail phone calls were played. Many between Taylor and her mom, Shaanna In one call, Taylor was complaining that Tommy, her ex, wasn't letting her talk to her son, Trey Shaanna actually said, If you'd been thinking about the children that you had on Eth, you might not be in the situation that you're in. But what's done is done and you have to deal with the consequences as best as you can You're not the only one dealing with them. We're all dealing with them Now I think that's honestly the very first time Sean has ever said anything that really chastises Taylor and calls her out But yet in another call, Sean is back to the enabling antics when Taylor is complaining of the jail lightights being on all night and it affecting her migraines uch a delicate flower, right Shanna told Taylor, if those lights trigger an episode, that jail is gonna to have more problems. Maybe just maybe you should just hold your eyes open as much as you can, so it will trigger another episode they're not equipped to handle someone in the condition you used to be in Freaks me out guys, it really freaks me out Taylor's ex friend, Caitlin also testified Caitlin discussed how her and Taylor initially bonded over them both being diagnosed with MS However, she started to notice that things were seemingly off. Whenever she would be hospitalized with her MS, Taylor would visit her and then be in the ER a few days later It was like clockwork apparently The difference was Caitln was usually admitted and Taylor was never admitted. She was always sent home with pain management instructions. Taylor was also using a nose spray called strraddle, which apparently is a synthetic opioid painkiller for migraines. So Caitlyn who was majorly suffering, noticed how Taylor would go through the bottle very quickly. But she, someone who was admitted frequently, wasn't even using opioids She also discussed them being in the same Jeep club and Taylor cheating on Tommy during many of the Jeep club weekends. Eventually, their friendship fell apart due to all of Taylor's lies and the distrust and things just unraveling. Stephanie Ott was another one of Taylor's former friends who testified. Stephanie actually hosted Taylor and Wade's gender reveal However, she was kind of suspicious, I guess, about what was really happening. When she first saw Taylor's ultrasound, the date on it was twenty sixteen When she asked Taylor, Taylor immediately told her that it was a misprint and that the clinic had recently had three hundred misprints, Which how would she know that? And at one point, Taylor had told Stephanie that she had aborted twins that she had gotten pregnant with by Wade Another time, the two of them got into another disagreement, and Stephanie apparently felt so unsafe around Taylor that she grabbed a knife from the kitchen just in case. Taylor was also very adamant to stay at Stephanie's house alone with her son one day. He was just four years old and sleeping at the time. Taylor tried three times to be left alone with him, but Stephanie would not allow it which was definitely a smart move looking back on it because who knows what she would have done or what she would have done to that child or if she would have kidnapped that child had she been given the opportunity to be alone with him. Taylor's boyfriend and you know titious baby daddy Wade His mom, Connie also testified during this sentencing period The biggest thing in her testimony was the discussion of a letter from Taylor to her husband, Jimmy, while she was incarcerated In that letter, Taylor said, I ask you to forgive me, not that I deserve it. I'm asking God for forgiveness. And she also talked about a bond that she and Jimmy had in the letter saying, I will forever cherish you. You are a wise man who has taught me so much. Next, a lot of people who knew Taylor best and saw her frequently and worked with her frequently, testified old coworkers. So next, they called up two people that she had worked with in the beginning of twenty twenty The two coworkers discussed the lies that she told, including saying that she had a sister take her own life and that she was missing work for a funeral, telling them that she had cancer, telling them that she was pregnant. I mean lies on lies on lies She also had one of those coworkers call Wade during that time, pretending to be at the bank She wrote out a script for this employee to read off to let N Wade know why the money was being delayed. The plant manager, where she worked in HR, also testified and testified that she had a blank, hateful stare whenever she got angry He said that when they let her go, he actually was watching closely in fear of what she might do He said that she had a purse on her shoulder and that he was watching very closely because it would not have surprised him if she had something else in the purse indicating a weapon of some sort The CEO of Jenison Prime Care also took the stand and testified that Taylor was working for them in twenty eighteen. She was terminated within her ninety day probationary period after things just started not adding up Apparently she was trying to get opioids from the pharmacist under false pretenses that she was a nurse practitioner. After that, she was hired for a front desk position at Express, another healthcare place. On her application, she wrote that her greatest accomplishments were getting blood from hard stick anxious patients and being with patients in OB who have lost a child. Yes, you heard that right. One of her biggest strengths is being with patients in Oi who has lost a child I can't I can't So with all this medical drama around her, we now go into more of the testimony from experts. So on the thirteenth, they had an expert witness come in and testify. Forensic psychologist Dr. Michael Armboua testified that Taylor is not mentally ill He did not interview Taylor personally until october fourteenth, but reviewed all of the evidence and records prior to that During his testimony, he said I was looking for some kind of mental deterioration that would account for that. But instead, I saw that she stuck to her plan and there was no remorse afterwards. He went on to say, In this case, there is nothing regarding any mental illness and nothing regarding intoxication. And Miss Parker fails in the category of fetal abductors, which are rare, but fall into a class of women who don't have a mental illness The murders are planned. they're premeditated. They have plans for after He did say that her actions before, during, and after the crime show that she does have a borderline personality He said it would be known as cluster B tight Cluster B is typically characterized by a higher likelihood of behaving dramatically and drastically and erratically. Cluster B includes people with narcissism, antiscial personality disorder, and people who are known as sociopaths Her former therapist from the jail was next to testify. She discussed an incident where Taylor was so angry that she had to remain handcuffed during their session. therapist, Ms. Parish said that Taylor went completely dark that her eyes went completely dark and her face was distorted And then she sat down and she was not happy. She says we didn't meet for very long that day. She also testified that Taylor is not like a regular inmate quickly became top dog due to her ability to get what she wanted Miss Parrish also described how Taylor seems to thrive in jail, in these environments, unlike most people. Taylor apparently also discussed with her how she lost someone too in the murder, but would never say Reagan's name during the sessions She also told her therapist that she was wanting religious people on the jury who knew about mercy and forgiveness She mostly wanted care free alternative people who wouldn't care what the prosecution said about her The biggest thing was that she wanted no women or mothers on the jury I wonder why Maybe because a jury member who was a mother would be angry to hear of what another woman did to another mother and that mother's child. Taylor's previous doctor also testified. He testified that Taylor became angry when he would not diagnose her with MS. And then she went on to see three different doctors to try and get the diagnosis Again, it just like Looney tunes. Now here's where things get a little bit interesting. ye, I mean, they're already interesting, but you get what I'm saying The next person to testify, and this was a major person on the stand was Taylor's jailhouse girlfriend Lana Addison, who we talked about earlier Alana immediately broke out in hibes when she got on the stand, and she mentioned how nervous she was. I'm guessing she was probably pretty fearful When Lana met Taylor, she had no clue what she was actually in jail for They became quick friends and would write notes back and forth to each other. In the notes, Taylor dove into her version of the crime. Now we all know her version is not the true version, but Lana didn't know that And one of the most notable things that Taylor told Lana during her schemes was that hearing Hannah's voice jogged her memory because that was the voice she had heard when she was drugged and taken to Reagan's house I mean, how far can these lies go? Because remember, Hannah is the person she was trying to frame for this. So now she's saying, once I heard her voice, once we were in jail, I remembered, that was her at the house. That was her who drugged me and, that was her who killed Reagan. It's crazy. The story Taylor mostly stuck to with Lana was that she was going to hang out with her friend at the morning of the murder. She got up early, got gas at Walmart, and Wade called her saying that an insurance adjuster was coming for the fire so that she needed to let the dogs out Taylor told Lawna that on her way home, she saw a car pulled over on the side of the road with flashing lights She said that she stopped to ask if everybody was okay and that the last thing she remembered was being drugged She later claimed that she was put into Wade's car and that she knew it was Wade's car by the smell. She said that she was in and out because she was drugged. But when she woke up, she was in a carport or a garage She continued switching narratives, but the gist is that she saw Reagan being attacked. and that Reagan asked her, couldould you please help my daughter Taylor claimed that's when she remembered that she had a scalpel in her car. Yeah, coincidentally, conveniently So Lana was obviously questioning this by this point and asked Taylor how she knew that her car was there. and Taylor had an immediate answer of, I just guessed it. Taylor told Lana that while she was cutting the baby out, Kinley, who was Reagan's oldest daughter, came out Taylor said she yelled at Kinlay to go back into her room and then never saw her again She said the baby's foot popped out first, but her umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck and that Braxlin was blue. Taylor then said she held Braxlan up to rake tears streaming down her face like a hero and said, Look, here's your baby girl. Look, we did it. Here's your baby girl Taylor then told Lana that Reagan smiled before taking one last breath Literally like a movie scene like she's the hero who delivers this baby, then Reagan takes her last breath and passes away. She said that she tried doing CPR, but it wasn't working. So that's when she ran out the door Lana questioned her on why she didn't just call nine hundred and eleven, and Taylor told Lana that she didn't know she had her phone until it slipped out from under the seat and hit her in the foot So let's just pause here and talk about the inconsistencies here If if Taylor was really drug How would she ever be able to drive after the fact If she didn't think she had her phone, why didn't she just run outside screaming The Hancocks lived in a residential area, so surely someone would have hard her Her stories clearly just once again do not add up Lona went on to testify how Taylor said that other perpetrators were gang members and that Hannah had confessed to the crime. Remember, Hannah's the mentally ill inmate that she was trying to frame And Lana believed her Because like most of us, it's hard to imagine one person can come up with such a crazy story. If it's that crazy, it has to be true, right? I mean, it's just bananas She went on to testify about the documents that she was in possession of. She said, When I learned what she was actually in there for and what was at stake, I had a confession in detail and names floating around, and it scared me. So I called my mother and asked to be contacted because I didn't want that in my hands. True or not true, I did not want any part of it So that's one inmate and girlfriend's testimony. Let's talk about some others. Phyllis Dawson also testified. She was that one who had the ten page document and that puzzle Sadoku book with instructions for the detective She testified about an agent coming to her house asking if she had anything that Taylor had given her in jail She initially said no, but once they told her that she could be charged as an accessory, she said, There it is, there it is, here's everything and handed it all over There are people you are told to trust laawyers, teachers, especially doctors But what happens when you put your life in someone's hands and they betray you The hit podcast Doctor Death is back, and this season is unlike any other. After Death, the Cowboy, is a story of a charming neurosurgeon who rode into western towns selling a persona of confidence and care He wore cowboy boots in the operating room, and he became sought after by patients. He promised to heal them But instead, he left a trail of broken bodies. This season is about a doctor who was never truly held accountable for the patients whose lives he ruined. a story of greed, betrayal, and a fight for justice that will leave you questioning who to trust Listen to Doror Death The Cowboy wherever you get your podcasts, or binge the entire series right now only with Audible. New Jersey's got a lot of summer wow. We got your under the sun wows. Your, this is too much fun, Wows. Your, that wine was sublime, wows. And you are One more time, Wows. So come see what your wow's gonna be. New Jersey. It's one summer wow after another after another. Find your wow at visit nj. orgot New Jersey, Little state, lota wow Shaan Ray also testified. If you remember from earlier, Taylor wanted Seaun Aay to copy the documents in her own handwriting, but Seaan Ray wouldn't do that and instead told authorities, I feel that Taylor will try and claim insanity, but to me, this just showed the level of manipulation that she is willing to go through. She is constantly trying to put trustees into her schemes She also testified that when Taylor found out is when her relationship with Taylor got bad Taylor apparently tried to implicate her in a made up plot to have Taylor killed in jail pure dramatic, insane, telling Novella, like I said, and once again discusgsing the leninkths that she will go to when she feels betrayed. So let's talk about that letter that Taylor sent to the FBI, because this letter was also shown in her sentencing period In her letter, Taylor said I'm reaching out to correspond with someone within the Federal Bureau to offer my services in exchange for my own help. For the last year, I have been mingling with many different types of criminals. Part of this is for me and my future, or what's left of it other half is my obligation to her or maybe I'm just mad as a MFer because I'm going down for something I didn't do I've accepted that, but being a part of and seeing what unfolded and being unable to change the outcome, that's something I'll never get over because I can't understand it Then she went on to say that she wanted to work for them on the inside and that she can play sexual mind games with men or women and that she is manipulative But ding, ding, ding, the only truthful thing you've probably ever said in your entire life, Taylor. She said that she runs the jail and that nobody crosses her She went on to say, I have a way of dissecting into a delicate balance of the mind, knowing it, connecting to it, and to them. It makes me good at what I do In a year, I've allowed myself time to help educate myself, profiling what motivates a criminal favorite are the murders and their proxy Your job is to follow up, looking into, monitor, correspond, pursue avenues. and through all of this, you put together a theory. You look at this as a problem, which is meant to be solved. And that may very well be true, but the way you measure it, cut and fit the pieces together until it works the way you want it to work isn't how it always truly happened Guys, okay. this letter was never actually sent and it was found in her cell, but my mind is actually blown The last thing that she should ever want is to have any sort of contact with the FBI. If she was smart, she'd try and stay far away from them based on who she is as a human being But I'm guessing she like read those murder books and thought she was a profiler. and like it's just like, did you think you could manipulate the FBI too? It's one thing to manipulate, you know, a normal layperson It's another to manipulate and get employed by the FBI. Now we get to one of the saddest parts of the sentencing period. And that was when the medical examiner, Dr. Stephen Hastings, who did Bracklland's autopsy, took the stand He spoke on his findings and how he found two fingernails embedded in the placenta The fingernails had purple glitter on them, and they were Reagan's fingernails So in his professional opinion The nails were consistent with Reagan being alive during the forceful extraction, as he called it And not just that, but he came to the conclusion that she was actually holding onto the placenta as a way to keep her baby safe and not be extracted He said that the reason Braxlland died was because of the traumatic extraction, which caused a hemorrhage beneath the scalp. He said that Braxon was born alive, but died with her manner of death being homicide And it is truly just so horrifying and sad to think about how hard Reagan fought in those moments, both for herself also for her daughter. holding onto the placenta, gripping it as you're being cut open. And remember that story that Taylor told about being a hero and how she took the baby and Reagan had her last breath? No She is anything but a hero. She is a monster. The true hero is Reagan with her determination and love for her baby girl that was proved by this medical examiner After the state rested, it was now the defense's turn to try and show why Taylor did not deserve the death penalty And Taylor showed up happy and ready to go. The first person on the stand for the defense was, of course, her enabling mother She started talking about Taylor's childhood, saying that Tyler was in competitive cheerleading basketball and baseball in elementary school, that she was a great student how apparently in third grade, Taylor started having stomach pains and said her stomach was always in knots. So her mom said that come to find out she had a teacher who wasn't giving her any feedback, and that's what made her stomach in knots So my first thought when I heard this is like For the love of all things goodood is this woman really trying to use a teacher from the third grade who didn't give feedback to this third grade student as an excuse for part of the reason as to how Taylor got where she is now. Are we actually being serious here? Shawnna then spoke about her divorce with Taylor's father, Mark, when Taylor was twelve years old Initially, the two of them decided it would be best for the adults to go back and forth from the house so that the kids could have stability in the house. Shwna said it didn't last long because she claims that Mark refused to leave the house, which then led to arguments in front of the children. She went on to discuss Taylor's weight issues, citing her grandma as the reason Taylor gained weight She said that Mark's mother, Peggy, used food as a comfort, and when Taylor stayed there with her and her father, she tried to comfort thirteen year old Taylor with food Shaana claimed that this led to Taylor being two hundred and fifty pounds by the time she was fourteen and entering high school But Taylor dropped out of high school at seventeen when she got pregnant with her daughter Shaunna also discussed Taylor having a hysterectomy And this gets a little nutty guys Taylor was under anesthesia. At the time, the doctor needed a decision made. So Tommy and Shaanna told the doctor to do what they needed to do Later on Taylor texts her mom. asking if she could have uterus Mhm And her mom responded with WTF Do you think it's detachable or something Haylor responded, Well, it would be a hysterectony for you too. No more period, etc. The doctor would take it from you. and yes, it's detachable Cut here, snip there. the same thing you guys did to mine. LOL guysys First of all scary But does this also seem like a little bit of foreshadowing to anybody else? I mean, big yikes here. Her mom went on to talk about Taylor's medical issues, but could not even say that she was bamboozled by Taylor's manipulation It's sad to say that Shauna seems to have believed and still seems to believe every word out of Taylor's mouth The only thing that Shawnna said was that if she was normal, we wouldn't be here Duh, If your daughter wasn't enabled, if she wasn't a lying, manipulative murderer, nobody would be here. That's for damn sure. When talking about the fake pregnancy, her mom said, There's not much you can do about a fake pregnancy. We didn't come up with a plan. We figured the lie would be exposed and that he would figure it out. If she had come up with a baby It would not have been hers. That's when the family would have done something and intervened So let me get this straight. They were just waiting on Taylor to possibly steal a baby and then intervene As a parent, part of your job is to call your kid out on their BS and she clearly has not taken her role as a parent seriously, it seems. becausecause how are you just going go along with something like that? wait for her to show up with a baby and then be like,, you know what, Taylor, what you're doing'song, What you're doing's wrong? I think you made a mistake here Give me a break. giveive me a break, but I guess the apppple doesn'tall far from the tree. Now after all of that, Reagan's, aunt Jamie, was actually approached by Taylor's mom in the hallway of the courthouse. Shana approached her and asked her, What the hell is your problem this to Reagan's aunt Once again, just kind of like you know, making other people's problems, not the fact that her daughter killed this girl's niece. It is unreal I mean, their problem is that they lost a family member and her baby at the hands of this woman's evil, evil daughter. 's unbelievable that Shaunna would even ask such a thing. She should have been walking out of that courtroom with her head down and ashamed of what a monster she created. In an interesting twist Taylor's brother Zachary took the stand next And he was very apologetic to Reagan's family and was truly respectful to the trauma that they are going through In fact, he testified about having given Taylor a deadline to come clean about her lies. He was the only family member to confront her about her lies He said he would accept whatever the jury decides and he doesn't make any excuses for her behavior Now it seems like Taylor's mom should take a few lessons from good old Zachary here because he's like the only one who is thinking straight here. The defense then brought up a psychiatrist, Dctor Gripon, and this doctor saw Taylor twice for a total of five hours while she was in jail. That's it. But he described Taylor as a pathological liar, saying she had a mix of psych disorders, including narcissism, personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, and being antisocial and histriionic He said that for Taylor, when the external world is not pleasant Her internal world is pleasant. He said that he could not predict whether or not she would continue to be a danger, but that she would be manipulative and would continue to lie. The last major defense witness to be called was a neurologist from New York This neurologist testified that in his opinion, Taylor has severe lobe dysfunction He said, people with this frontal lobe dysfunction don't have the brakes of inhibition to stop themselves and impulsivity is great So they showed MRIs and CAT scans and EEG reports to prove this theory. When discussing her brain in depth, he said her neurons either didn't develop or were lost and that there was no evidence of slowing in her frontal temporal lobe He said that that causes impulsivity and compared to Taylor's impulsivity to a car without brakes, saying she can't stop herself. He also tried to croborate the MS story, saying that the inflammation in her lobe nerve could indicate MS When the prosecutor fired back, showing normal brain scam findings by all of the previous doctors, he said that because they were not looking for the same indicators he was, that they were likely looking for stroke symptoms rather than organic brain dysfunction, and that that's maybe how it was missed. Now we get to closing arguments. Closing arguments began after the defense arrested and the state b back two medical experts who spoke and dispelled much of what the defense was trying to argue Then the prosecution asked to enter items found inside Taylor's cell as evidence. These items included the sunflower mask, A razor And a map of the jail Unbelievable. Reagan's mom, Jessica took the stand during closing arguments. She spoke about the difficulties Kinley has faced since losing her mom She said that Kinley has told them about things they didn't even know about the murder. And she spoke about Kinley's trauma signs, such as staring at pregnant people to make sure that they're not bleeding, sometimes even asking to see their bellies to make sure And also, not liking the photo in Jessica's locket because Reagan's red shirt looks like blood to Kinley just a traumatized little girl. Jessica told jurors, It's never ending right now. Our family has always been very close. I wake up every day and I think that it's not real. We were happy the way our family was. and now Reagan's gone and it's changed everything She's gone, number one. And number two, we're distant from other family members that we were close to, and it's just not fair. Watching Kenley grow up without her mommy. That's the worst part. I'd take all the pain in the world if I could take it away from her It's so hard to explain. it's just a void. I have all these people around me and I'm alone I'm alone Jessica ended by saying that Kinley, who is now five, is doing okay. and says, she has her moments. I don't think any of us can know what's going through her little head Knowing what I saw, I can't get it out of my head and I'm an adult for Kenley to see what she saw, which we don't even know what all she did see I can't imagine One of the last things DA Kelly Crisp did was show the entire courtroom a photo of Reagan's lifeless murdered body at the scene of the crime Gasps could be heard from everyone, and many tears were shed So the jury was sent to deliberate on Wednesday, november ninth, twenty twenty two, and within ninety minutes, they came back with a verdict The verdict was read without any of Taylor's family in the room, and Taylor was sentenced to the death penalty. Jurors later said that their decision to sentence Taylor to death was unanimous from the very first vote. That's how compelling the evidence was. One juror in particular said that they were struck by Taylor's expression throughout the trial, saying that she always had a scowl on her face and that she never even looked the least bit remorseful. However, that scowl, it was about to get wiped right off Taylor's face because immediately after receiving the death penalty, she had to sit through the victim impact statements. That was the first time anyone has seen any sort of real emotion from Taylor She could be seen shaking and crying while she was being handcuffed to go sit on the stand and listen to impact speeches Prosecutors were seen hugging Reagan's family. For them, this was justice. This is what they had worked so hard for. And when Taylor was given the opportunity to speak She chose not to I'm not surprised. It just shows how selfish she is The judge ordered her to be removed and taken to death row immediately She was taken in the same van that she rode in every day to and from the courthouse. Taylor was transported to Mountain View Unit, where she sits alongide six other women on death row. Now I think a lot of us, myself included, were hoping that Taylor's life on death row would be suck sucky, that it would be shit, you know, that it would be horrible to put it mild