"A Lancaster couple who stabbed and decapitated their son and daughter before showing the remains to their two surviving children were convicted of murder Wednesday in the Antelope Valley Courthouse. A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury found personal trainer Maurice Jewel Taylor, 39, and Natalie Sumiko Brothwell, 48, guilty of two felony counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances and two felony counts of child abuse."
"The crimes unfolded on Nov. 29, 2020, the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Taylor and Brothwell stabbed and decapitated their daughter Maliaka, 13, and son Maurice, 12, in the family's Lancaster home on Century Circle, according to court documents. Taylor and Brothwell then forced their two remaining sons, ages 8 and 9 at the time, to view the bodies before confining them to their bedrooms without food, according to prosecutors."
Maurice Jewel Taylor, 39, and Natalie Sumiko Brothwell, 48, were found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances and two counts of child abuse for killing and decapitating their 13-year-old daughter, Maliaka, and 12-year-old son, Maurice, on Nov. 29, 2020. The couple forced their two remaining sons, ages 8 and 9, to view the bodies and then confined them to bedrooms without food. The defendants face life in state prison without the possibility of parole plus a consecutive sentence of six years and four months; sentencing is set for Jan. 13.
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