California parents convicted of stabbing, decapitating 2 children and forcing other kids to see bodies

A California parent and begetter were convicted connected Tuesday of stabbing and decapitating their 13-year-old girl and 12-year-old son, past forcing their 2 younger children to look astatine the bodies, authorities said.

Natalie Sumiko Brothwell, 48, and Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr., 39, were recovered blameworthy of murdering their 13-year-old daughter, Maliaka, and 12-year-old son, Maurice, wrong the family’s Lancaster location connected Nov. 29, 2020, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said.

"This was a monstrous enactment of cruelty that shattered an full family," Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said successful a quality merchandise connected Tuesday. "Two guiltless children were brutally murdered, and their young brothers were near to unrecorded done unimaginable horror."

Firefighters discovered the bodies 5 days aboriginal portion responding to a imaginable state leak, FOX11 Los Angeles reported. Brothwell, Taylor, and the couple’s different 2 sons, past aged 8 and 9, were besides wrong the home.

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Natalie Sumiko Brothwell, 48, was convicted of 2 felony counts of first-degree execution with peculiar circumstances and 2 felony counts of kid maltreatment connected Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (Pima County Sheriff's Office)

Prosecutors said that aft Brothwell and Taylor committed the murders, they forced the younger boys to presumption their siblings’ decapitated bodies and past confined them to their bedrooms without nutrient for days.

Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr., 39, was convicted of 2 felony counts of first-degree execution with peculiar circumstances and 2 felony counts of kid maltreatment connected Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (Youtube/ Law&Crime Network)

Prosecutors person not shared an update connected the presumption of the 2 surviving siblings.

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Brothwell and Taylor were each convicted of 2 felony counts of first-degree execution with peculiar circumstances and 2 felony counts of kid abuse.

The 2 are facing beingness successful situation without the anticipation of parole, on with a consecutive condemnation of six years and 4 months. They are scheduled to beryllium sentenced connected Jan. 13.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman called the murders of the 2 children "a monstrous enactment of cruelty."  (Mario Tama/Getty Images, File)

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"The jury’s verdict delivers justness for these victims and sends a almighty message: Those who perpetrate specified evil acts volition beryllium held afloat accountable," Hochman said.