mike ramsey is the district attorney in butte county california. >> as we're talking about is and werged torture. torture over hours. this past spring they pleaded guilty to the killing of their daughter lydia and seriously injuring her older sister. these are the photos of the sister's wounds. the marks left by the rods. many images too griesome to show. the couple said they regularly beat the other children. we're covering the faces of the survivors to protect their privacy. >> the book was there and underlined in various areas. >> there's no question in your mind that this book by the pearls influenced the couple to beat, brutalize and terrorize the children? >> none at all. >> no question? >> no question. >> but the pearls feel differently saying the book rejects parents losing control and acting out of anger. you're not accepting any blame? >> absolutely not. >> are you scared there would be blame pointed at you? >> we weren't scared at all. there's never been a suggestion that someone's lost control because of what they read in our book. >> the district attorney clearly disagre

mike ramsey is the district attorney in butte county california. >> as we're talking about is and werture over hours. this past spring they pleaded guilty to the killing of their daughter lydia and seriously injuring her older sister. these are the photos of the sister's wounds. the marks left by the rods. many images too griesome to show. the couple said they regularly beat the other children. we're covering the faces of the survivors to protect their privacy. >> the book was there and underlined in various areas. >> there's no question in your mind that this book by the pearls influenced the couple to beat, brutalize and terrorize the children? >> none at all. >> no question? >> no question. >> but the pearls feel differently saying the book rejects parents losing control and acting out of anger. you're not accepting any blame? >> absolutely not. >> are you scared there would be blame pointed at you? >> we weren't scared at all. there's never been a suggestion that someone's lost control because of what they read in our book. >> the district attorney clearly disagrees and puts blam

mike ramsey is the district attorney in butte county, california. >> what we're talking about was ander hours. >> reporter: this past spring, the shatzs pleaded guilty to the killing of their daughter lydia and seriously injuring her older sister zariah. these images some too horrific to show. the shatz said they also regularly beat their other children. we're covering their face toss protect their privacy. >> the book was there. underlined, underscored. >> there's no question in your mind that this book by the pearls influenced the shatzs to boat, brutalize and terrorize their children? >> none at all. >> no question? >> reporter: but the pearls feel differently, saying their book rejects parents losing control and acting out of anger. >> so you're not accepting any blame. >> absolutely not. >> how scared were you that there would be blame pointed at you? >> i don't think we were scared at all. there's never been a suggestion by anyone that someone's lost control because of what they read in our book. >> reporter: the district attorney clearly disagrees and puts blame on the pearls f

mike ramsey is the district attorney of back to you count gli northern california. >> we heard, you know, the phrase death by 1,000 lashes. that's basically what this was. >> reporter: this is where the family used to live. the children's sand box is still here. so is their slide. and their tree house. but the surviving children are now in foster homes and the parents are in prison. >> violated section 273-a -- >> they plead guilty to killing lidia and seriously injuring her 11-year-old sister who almost died. authorities say kevin and elizabeth shots beat their children regularly because they believe god wanted them to. the district attorney says the shots believed -- >> to spare the rod will spoil the child and if you consider k. train your horse and can you train your dog, can you train your children. >> reporter: 7-year-old lidia suffered terribly, supposedly in the name of god. but authorities say this was torture and murder. by parents who were supposed to love and cherish their child. inside this house they found important evidence, the biblical rod that the shots had in inside. w