When a mother and her newborn arrive at a hospital, doctors determine the woman was never pregnant. So where did the baby come from…?
When a Texas trooper pulled her over, Taylor Parker said she was rushing to the hospital, doing CPR on the newborn baby she just gave birth to in her car. But when doctors examined her, they realized she’d never been pregnant. For months, Parker had told everyone she was carrying her boyfriend’s baby, posing on social media with a pregnant belly. But friends knew she’d had a hysterectomy years before. Then as her purported due date arrived, miles away, police made a gruesome discovery.
The Netflix documentary “Maternal Instinct” recounts the 2020 story of Taylor Parker, and how her efforts to fake a pregnancy resulted in a tragic conclusion. The film uses body-worn camera footage, digital evidence, and interviews with Parker’s boyfriend and others to piece together her elaborate scheme and the lengths she went to resolve it.
OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "MATERNAL INSTINCT" BEGIN IN THE FINAL 10 MINUTES OF THE EPISODE.
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