A Bowie County jury took just a little over an hour today to announce a sentence in the capital murder trial of Taylor Parker. After reviewing some trial exhibits, the jury sentenced Parker to death following weeks of hearing all of the evidence in the brutal death of Reagan Hancock and her unborn child.

The sentence comes after the prosecution rested in the verdict phase of the trial. After the prosecution rested, the defense called several of Parker’s family members to the stand. Parker’s a...