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On May 24, 2013, Gabriel Fernandez, an eight-year-old boy from Palmdale, California, who had been abused and tortured over a period of months, died due to a beating from his mother, Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre, two days earlier. Pearl Fernandez and Isauro Aguirre were charged and convicted of first-degree murder with ...
Jun 3, 2021 · June 2, 2021 6:13 PM PT. A judge this week rejected a resentencing request by a Palmdale woman who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of her 8-year-old-son, who died after months of...
- lila.seidman@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Feb 26, 2020 · At the center of the series is Gabriel Fernandez, an eight-year-old boy who died in May 2013 after being severely abused and tortured by his mother and her boyfriend, both of whom were arrested...
- 2 min
- Mahita Gajanan
- Incompetent Law Enforcement. As depicted during the series, sheriffs were called to the house by other family members days before the murder — but took no action.
- The Abusers’ Homophobic Motives. According to family members, Pearl and her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre, would call Gabriel “gay.” In fact, the first thing he told law enforcement when they responded to the 911 call was that Gabriel Fernandez was gay, which confused officers.
- The Horrifying Evidence. At the crime scene, the investigator came in with red stickers to mark blood spatter around the apartment. However, there was so much blood, that she soon ran out of the color and had to switch to yellow stickers.
- Gabriel’s Suicide Note and Pleas for Mother’s Love. Gabriel Fernandez often wrote notes to his mother, saying he would kill himself and that he just wants to be a good boy.
Jun 7, 2018 · Gabriel Fernandez, an 8-year-old Palmdale boy, was tortured and starved to death by his mother and her boyfriend in 2013. The pair received life and death sentences, while two former social workers face charges for failing to protect the child.
Feb 28, 2020 · Gabriel Fernandez was a 8-year-old boy who was tortured and killed by his mother and her boyfriend in 2013. The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez, a six-part series on Netflix, examines the horrific case and the systemic failures that allowed it to happen.
Feb 26, 2020 · Feb. 26, 2020 1:53 PM PT. The horrific death of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez in 2013 triggered shock waves through Los Angeles and beyond that still linger to this day. Now, a new Netflix...
