The docuseries premiered on 26 February 2020 and left people in tears. But the most important thing was, it was a raw depiction of the failure of the same system built to protect Gabriel from his exploiters and abusers.

Delve into this wiki article of Late Gabriel Fernandez and take a closer look at what exactly went down. Gabriel Fernandez survived the torture and cheated his death, he would’ve been 15 years old on 21st February 2020. He was born to Pearl Fernandez and Arnold Contreras in 2005.

Whereas, Contreras was no saint either. He had a history of being incarcerated for various reasons. At the time of the death of Gabriel, he was held in the prison for robbery and possession of a firearm.

Since the day Gabriel was born, he was raised and grew up around his Great-uncle Michael Lemos Carranza, and his partner David Martinez. Meanwhile, his siblings were living with his grandparents, Sandra, and Robert Fernandez.

Owing to the troubling nature of Pearl Fernandez, Gabriel’s grandparents won custody of him after four years of getting raised by Michael and David. He was raised in a loving environment.

Net Worth of Gabriel Fernandez? Salary Earnings

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Gabriel Fernandez- Relationship, Married life, Boyfriend/Girlfriend

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Tortured To Death, Injuries, Suicide note

In 2009, Pearl came and took Ezequiel and Virginia away to live with her in California while leaving Gabriel with his grandparents. Ezequiel and Virginia’s life turned into hell soon after they moved with their mother.

When Gabriel turned 7, Pearl — who initially claimed of having zero interest in raising Gabriel — fought for the custody of the boy. All of the relatives and Arnold Contreras, Gabriel’s father, had second thoughts on handing over the custody of Gabriel to Pearl.

Jennifer Garcia, Gabriel’s teacher, was the first who noticed the signs of Gabriel being abused. As the sign of abuse got worse, she reported it to L.A. County’s child abuse hotline several times. The caseworkers found no strong ground to strip off the custodian rights of Pearl Fernandez.

On the night of 22 May 2013, L.A. police officers got a 911 call from a woman who reported a child who fell and hit his head on the dresser, was not breathing. Soon after, the first responder Los Angeles F.D. paramedic, James Sharmack, came in the house to find little Gabriel out cold with several signs of physical torture.

After a full body examination done thoroughly, reports of the test came in where he was found with broken ribs, a fractured skull, several bruises and burns, and BB gun pellets in his body. Gabriel’s imprisoned father Arnold was broken by the devastating news following his death. Arnold was denied the opportunity to see the body of his dead son in the hospital.

The siblings revealed that Pearl and Aguirre’s primary motive for the torture and murder was their homophobic nature. Gabriel was often exploited for his apparent feminine traits and called him “gay”. As Ezequiel went on to unfolding the unthinkable, he said, they force-fed him rotten food, cat litter, and even his vomit. They used to put out cigarettes on his skin, whipped him with a belt buckle or baseball bat, and even shot him with a BB Gun.

Gabriel Fernandez Convictions

As the trial heated off, attorneys of both accused, Pearl and Aguirre, claimed defense for their clients. Fernandez was defended on a ground of mental illness and low IQ resulted from her history of abuse and assault.

Meanwhile, Aguirre’s attorney tried getting a get-by claiming of him having a learning difficulty. Several individuals who knew Aguirre were present on his trial. They displayed an expression of shock at the news of him torturing kids as they knew him to be a kind-hearted individual.

Pearl Fernandez was sentenced to life without parole after her two eldest children and the witness of the whole horrendous crime, Virginia and Ezequiel, refused to testify against her. Whereas Isauro Aguirre was given the death penalty as jurors found him guilty of torturing Gabriel with an intention of murder.