Source: KHTS Hometown Station
Date: 02/03/2026 3:09pm

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"Lancaster Parents Receive Life Sentences for Brutal Murders and Abuse of Children"
In Lancaster, Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr. and Natalie Sumiko Brothwell were sentenced to life in prison without parole for the November 2020 murders of their 13-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son, as well as the abuse of their two younger children. Following the heinous crimes, which included fatally stabbing the children and forcing the younger siblings to witness the aftermath, the surviving children have been placed under a protective order for 10 years. The verdict, delivered by a Los Angeles County jury, found them guilty of first-degree murder with special circumstances and felony child abuse.

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