LANCASTER, Calif. (KABC) -- A father and mother have been convicted of murdering their two children, ages 12 and 13, who were stabbed and decapitated inside their Lancaster home nearly five years ago, prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Jurors found Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr., 39, and Natalie Sumiko Brothwell, 48, guilty of two counts of first-degree murder for the Nov. 29, 2020, stabbings and decapitations of their 12-year-old son, Maurice, and 13-year-old daughter, Maliaka, along with finding true the special circumstance allegation of multiple murders, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.

Prosecutors said the parents forced their two younger sons, ages 8 and 9, to view their siblings' bodies and remain confined in their bedrooms without food for several days.

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