US EditionLancaster Man, Woman Sentenced to Life without Possibility of Parole for Killings of Their 2 Children
- On Monday, Feb. 2, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lisa M. Strassner ordered Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr. and Natalie Sumiko Brothwell to consecutive life terms without parole.
- On Nov. 29, 2020, the victims' bodies remained inside the 45000 block of Century Circle, Lancaster, until found days later after the county fire department responded to a possible gas leak.
- The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office noted prosecutors proved the couple forced their younger sons, then ages 8 and 9, to view their siblings' bodies and remain confined without food for several days, while deputies found the bodies in separate bedrooms.
- The court imposed a 10-year protective order for the surviving children and rejected a new-trial motion, finding no genuine remorse from the defendants despite relatives asserting innocence.
- The prosecution, which included competency hearings, resulted in a November 2025 guilty verdict against Taylor and Brothwell, who have remained detained since their arrests in December 2020 and September 2021 respectively.
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'Monstrous': L.A. County parents who decapitated 2 of their 4 children sentenced
Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr. and his wife, Natalie Sumiko Brothwell, who were convicted of brutally murdering their two eldest children and forcing their young siblings to view the bodies, were sentenced Monday. The gruesome events unfolded on Nov. 29, 2020, the DA’s Office says, when Taylor, 39, and Brothwell, 49, fatally stabbed two of their young children, Maliaka, 13, and [...]
Parents from hell sent to prison for beheading 2 kids, forcing siblings to view carnage
The Lancaster parents of four children have been sentenced to life in prison after they chopped off the heads of their two elder kids and forced their younger siblings to stare at their lifeless bodies.
Parents convicted of decapitating two of their children
LANCASTER, Calif. (KESQ) - The parents of a 12-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl who were found decapitated at the family's home in Lancaster were sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murders of the two children. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lisa M. Strassner ordered Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr., 39, and Natalie Sumiko Brothwell, 49, to serve the life terms consecutively, calling the two children ``h…
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