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Maliaka Taylor, 13, and Maurice Taylor Jr., 12, were found stabbed and decapitated in their home in Lancaster, Calif., in December 2020

Their father, Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr., was arrested days later, and their mother, Natalie Sumiko Brothwell, was arrested in September 2021

On Nov. 18, the two parents were convicted of the brutal murders of two of their children

A Calif. couple has been convicted of stabbing their two children to death and decapitating their bodies.

Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr., 39, and Natalie Sumiko Brothwell, 48, were found guilty of two felony counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances and two felony counts of child abuse, according to a Nov. 18 news release from Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman’s office.

A jury found that o

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