Two deaths and a kidnapping marked the case. Taylor Parker faked a pregnancy, murdered a friend, and took the baby who was about to be born.
The U.S. justice system determined that she committed a double murder and a kidnapping.
The motive the justice system attributed to the crime was to keep her partner, “no matter how”.
That phrase places the case within a personal relationship: according to the determination, keeping her partner was the purpose behind the double murder and kidnapping.
The fake pregnancy and the baby taken from her mother make the connection between the deception and the crimes clear.
Parker awaits execution, a consequence that shifts the account from the feigned pregnancy to the punishment she faces.