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Story summary
- Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr. (39) and Natalie Sumiko Brothwell (49) received multiple life sentences for murdering their children, 13-year-old Maliaka and 12-year-old Maurice.
- The couple decapitated the children and forced their younger sons, aged 8 and 9, to witness the aftermath while being deprived of food for days.
- Authorities discovered the bodies five days later during a gas leak investigation.
- The judge noted the parents' lack of remorse, and a protective order was issued for the surviving children.
- Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman condemned the murders as a "monstrous act of cruelty."
