LANCASTER – The parents of a 12-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl who were found decapitated at the family’s home in Lancaster were convicted Monday of murdering the two children nearly five years ago.

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.

Taylor and Brothwell were also convicted of two counts of child abuse under circumstances or conditions likely to cause great bodily injury or death, according to the District Attorney’s Office, which note

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