Overview
- Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lisa M. Strassner imposed two life-without-parole terms to run consecutively, plus six years.
- A 10-year protective order covers the surviving sons, who were forced to view the bodies and confined without food, prosecutors said.
- Jurors in November 2025 convicted Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr., 39, and Natalie Sumiko Brothwell, 49, of two first-degree murders with special circumstances and two counts of child abuse.
- The judge denied a new-trial motion and said she saw no evidence of genuine remorse or accountability.
- Firefighters discovered the victims five days after the killings while responding to a reported gas leak at the Lancaster home.