[Blaze] A"monstrous act of cruelty" by a couple to their four children in Lancaster, California, led to a life sentence for both.
Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr., 39, and Natalie Sumiko Brothwell, 49, decapitated their 12-year-old boy, Maurice, and 13-year-old girl, Maliaka, in Nov. 2020.
The couple then forced their younger sons, ages 8 and 9, to view the bodies of their dead siblings and confined them to their bedroom for days without food, according to prosecutors.
The two were convicted of first-degree murder as well as child abuse. |