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A woman convicted of murdering a heavily pregnant friend and ripping out her unborn baby has been handed the death penalty.
Taylor Rene Parker, 29, repeatedly stabbed Reagan Michelle Simmons-Hancock, 21, and caved her skull in with a hammer before trying to steal her infant daughter in New Boston in October 2020.
She spent months plotting the horrific attack while researching how to fake a pregnancy in a warped bid to stop her boyfriend leaving.
The mum-of-two was unable to have any more children after a hysterectomy, which she kept secret, and was desperate to give him a child.