indicate the nightmare started more than 20 years ago when the youngest of the quintet was only 6. the group spokesman says the sisters, now in their 20s and 30s, came forward to prevent the possibility that others might become victims. prosecutors wouldn t comment about why now. so i think that s a personal thing, and, you know r, that s the victims have their reasons for not coming forward sooner. reporter: browns are a devout mormon family, and their spokesman credited that and their music for getting them through. they are spiritual and religious people and derive a lot of support from that brown s attorney says the plea deal which could carry a life sentence is meant to spare the family any more harm, and there s been a lot of it this week. their father s porsche careened off an embakement on monday landing unrecognizable in an icy stream 300 feet below. their mother was injured in the crash as well.