A six man, six woman jury heard opening statements and testimony from multiple state witnesses on Monday in the capital murder trial of Taylor Renee Parker. Parker is accused of murdering her pregnant friend Reagan Hancock on October 9, 2020 and removing her unborn fetus from her body.

Bowie County ADA Kelley Crisp was matter- of-fact in her opening statement, painting Parker as a cunning liar and superb actress, and claiming she was “obsessed” and “besotted” with her then-boyfriend, whos...