"The patriarch’s violent behavior towards his boys was not limited to private moments. Diane Vander Molen, Lyle and Erik’s cousin, said: 'One time, Jose put Lyle on a kitchen counter and prompted Lyle to jump off, and he was going to catch him. As Lyle did so, Jose backed off, and let him fall to the ground, telling him that you can never trust anybody.'"

“‘Their father had a history of sexual and psychological abuse that led them to an honest but mistaken belief that their parents would kill them.’”