A Texas woman who killed her friend and ripped her baby out of the womb has been sentenced to death.
A Bowie County jury handed down a death penalty for Taylor Rene Parker, 29, after two hours of deliberations on Wednesday,
CNN reported.
In early October, the same jury found Parker guilty of murder and capital murder in the death of Reagan Simmons-Hancock, 21, and the theft and death of her unborn baby on 9 October 2020.
Parker, who had been faking a pregnancy out of fear that her boyfriend would leave her, stabbed Simmons-Hancock more than 100 before removing her baby from the womb with a scalpel.
She was later caught during a traffic stop after leaving the crime scene in New Boston and told police she gave birth by the side of the road.
The baby girl was taken to a hospital in Idabel, Oklahoma, where she died……
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