As Melanie Beltran lay dying on the floor, her 5-year-old body covered in bruises, her mother ordered her six other children to clean up the house. The police were coming.

According to the state documents, Melanie's siblings denied being physically abused but told workers that their parents allowed them to hit Melanie.

"All of these kids, to an extent, they were abused, essentially raised in a climate of violence, taught violence," Harris said. "From my perspective, all of these kids are in the same boat."