California couple sentenced for ‘monstrous’ abuse of sons after decapitating other two children

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.

‘Two innocent children were brutally murdered, and their young brothers were left to live through unimaginable horror.’

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.

“This was a monstrous act of cruelty that shattered an entire family,” said Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman in a statement about the conviction.

“Two innocent children were brutally murdered, and their young brothers