Pearl Fernandez was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in June 2018 for her involvement in the ...

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 beatings, starvation ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Justice was handed down Thursday for the torture and murder of an 8-year-old Palmdale boy, Gabriel Fernandez, in the form of a life sentence for his mother and a death ...

Gabriel Fernandez was only 8 years old when he was ... The cruel nightmare ultimately ended when his mother and her boyfriend beat him to death. But even worse, the Department of Child and Family ...

Based upon all the evidence presented at the grand jury, which was made public, and the jury trial, Pearl Fernandez was a major participant in the torture and murder of little Gabriel.

Her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre, 40, was sentenced to death. His automatic appeal to the California Supreme Court is pending. Eight-year-old Gabriel Fernandez’s mother and her boyfriend were ...

Before his tragic death, Gabriel confided in his teacher ... Article continues below The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez looks at the staggering systemic failures that allowed the little boy to ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A Palmdale woman who pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of her 8-year-old son, Gabriel Fernandez -- who was routinely beaten, starved, forced to sleep in a closet and ...

One of the most disturbing Netflix true crime shows, The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez, chronicles the months of torture and systemic failures of social care leading to the death of 8-year-old ...

director Brian Knappenberger wanted not just to shine a light on the horror of Gabriel Fernandez's death, but also show the institutional failings that allowed his murder to happen—the same ...

Pearl Fernandez was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the horrific murder of her son, 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez. Twelve years ago, on May 22, 2013, emergency ...

Gabriel Fernandez was only 8 years old when he was ... The cruel nightmare ultimately ended when his mother and her boyfriend beat him to death. But even worse, the Department of Child and Family ...