A mother and father of four in California have been convicted of killing and decapitating their two eldest children. The couple then "forced" their two younger children to "view their siblings' bodies" before locking the surviving kids in their rooms without food for days.
A jury in Los Angeles County on Tuesday found Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr., 39, and Natalie Sumiko Brothwell, 48, guilty on two counts each of first-degree murder with special circumstances in the slayings of their 12-year-old son, Maurice Taylor Jr., and their 13-year-old daughter, Maliaka Taylor.
The parents were also convicted on two counts of felony child abuse under circumstances likely to cause great bodily injury or death, authorities announced.
"This was a monstrous act of cruelty that shattered an entire family,"

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