Testimony is expected to wrap up soon in the punishment phase of the Taylor Parker trial. After the prosecution rested, the defense called several of Parker’s family members to the stand to testify of her upbringing and mental well-being.
Parker’s mother testified that Parker was a good mother, always providing food, clothing, and school supplies for the children and never exposing them to anything inappropriate.
Parker’s mother has custody of her oldest child, and said, “They(the children) love her,” but that Parker alienated herself from her family when she began her relationship with her last boyfriend. She said she knew Parker was feigning pregnancy, but never foresaw that she would take things so far. “There were so many people trying to expose the lie and he(Parker’s boyfriend) just kept on believing it,” she said.