A HOSPITAL featured in a Netflix true-crime documentary has been forced to issue a stark warning after ghoulish fans of the film began showing up in person and causing distress.
While most viewers of Maternal Instinct have been left sickened, others cannot get enough and have been trying to retrace murderer Taylor Parker’s steps.
Parker was convicted of murdering her friend, Reagan Simmons-Hancock, and cutting her unborn baby from her womb in 2020 – a crime that left even seasoned investigators horrified.
She was later convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death, but she remains the youngest woman on Texas death row amid appeals.
After stealing the newborn, Parker, now 33, claimed to have given birth at the side of the road, and was rushed to McCurtain Memorial Hospital in Idabel, Oklahoma.
The baby, named Braxlynn Sage, was tragically declared dead on arrival.
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Now, years later, the release of the documentary has triggered renewed fascination — and unwanted real-world consequences for the hospital connected to the response effort.
Staff say members of the public have been arriving in person attempting to see parts of the building, ask about the case, or speak to employees who were working at the time.
Officials say the attention has become disruptive and inappropriate and the hospital has now issued a stern statement.
A rep told news9 in Oklahoma, “While the events portrayed were real and remain a matter of public record, they also represent one of the most painful chapters in the lives of the victim’s family, the New Boston community, and the healthcare professionals who responded that day.
“For many, the emotional impact of this tragedy has never fully faded. This is not a story of entertainment or a destination for tourism. It is a story of devastating loss.
“Out of respect for those affected, including the family, our staff, and the community, McCurtain Memorial Hospital will not participate in interviews, photo opportunities, tours, or discussions related to these events.”
The U.S. Sun has reached out to the hospital for further comment.
In disturbing footage obtained by The U.S. Sun and used during the trial, medical staff can be seen frantic and whispering among themselves as they realize Parker had not given birth.
“What did we step into?” a hospital staffer says in the video, wide-eyed and looking fearful.
Investigators later arrive and Parker is seen in the video being interrogated from her hospital bed, soaked in blood and emotional.
Special agent Chad Dansby with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is seen sitting beside her and trying to get her to confess.
“I’m just going to be upfront with you,” he tells her, after pulling up a chair at the side of the hospital bed.
“We know that you had a hysterectomy some time back, and you’ve claimed to be pregnant for a while, but you really weren’t.”
Parker appears crest-fallen as the elaborate story she had spent months constructing begins to collapse around her.
“I really want to believe that you’re not a bad person, that you just made a bad choice, that happens sometimes, it’s okay, everybody does,” Dansby goes on, following his training as he tries to get her to confess.
“What was going on? You’re going to have to help me explain it, because I want to believe that you’re not an evil person, you’re not a bad person.”
He tells Parker he wants to help her if she’s suffering from mental health issues, using a soft approach during the interrogation.
“Did you mean to hurt the woman?” he asks.
“Is it the deal you just wanted a baby so bad that it just overpowered your brain and everything.”
Parker finally starts to break and says, “My heads been hurting.”
She alleges she doesn’t really remember the crime, but Dansby isn’t convinced, saying, “Yeah you do, so what happened?”
Parker claims in the video that there was a struggle, telling the officer, “We both hit each other and she hit her head on the table.”
Dansby is sympathetic, telling her, “Hey, stuff happens sometimes, it’s alright. So what happened here?”
Continuing to lie, Parker claims her friend grabbed a knife and stabbed her, as she begins showing the officer alleged injuries on her hands.
“I don’t know why she grabbed it,” she says, through tears.
“She told me that I was going to rot and that she’d kill me if I touched her again.”
Parker then makes her most absurd claim yet – that Reagan began stabbing herself with the knife to try and set her up.
Later on in the footage, she claims Reagan asked her to cut the baby from her womb because she was dying, and even alleges the newborn “fell out” of Reagan’s stomach before she removed the amniotic sac herself.
As the reality of her situation began to sink in, Parker breaks down, admitting, “I don’t know why I did it, I’m not a bad person.”
Parker is later placed in handcuffs and escorted from the hospital to a waiting police car.
Prosecutors later laid out months of deception at trial, and a jury found Parker guilty of capital murder, sentencing her to death.
But it could be years, or even decades, before Parker meets her fate, as her case is still going through the appeals and post-conviction review process before an execution date can even be set.
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