Texas Police Pull Over Woman with Newborn; Pregnant Woman Found Dead at Same Time
On October 9, 2020, in De Kalb, Texas, police stopped a car whose driver said she had just given birth and was heading to the hospital. At the same time, police in New Boston received a report of a pregnant woman found dead.
On October 9, 2020, in De Kalb, Texas, a police patrol pulled over a car for speeding and careless driving. The driver, a visibly agitated young woman, was on the phone with emergency medical services. The officers immediately noticed a newborn baby with the umbilical cord still attached lying in her lap.
The woman, identified as Taylor Parker, claimed she had just delivered the child and was on her way to the hospital, where her husband was waiting. While the patrol was dealing with the traffic stop, police in New Boston received a call from a mother who had found her pregnant daughter without any signs of life.
The simultaneous events raised serious questions about the woman's story. Investigators began looking into whether the traffic stop and the discovery of the dead woman were connected. The young mother's explanation appeared plausible at first, but the report of a lifeless pregnant woman at the same time turned the situation into a much darker case. Authorities treated the two events as potentially linked and continued gathering information about what exactly had happened that day.
