more than 20 years ago when the youngest of the quintet was only 6. the group s 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? i think that s a personal thing. that s you know the victims have their reasons for not coming forward sooner. reporter: the browns are devout mormon family and their spokesman credited that and their music for getting them through. spiritual and religious people and derive a lot of support from that. reporter: brown s attorney says the plea deal, which could carry a life sentence, was meant to spare the family anymore harm. and there has been a lot of it this week. their father s porsche careened off an embankment monday landing unrecognizably in an icy stream 300 feet below. their mother was injured in the crash as well. it came just after the charges