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UPDATED: Palmdale boy dies after abuse, mother and boyfriend arrested

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Special Victim's Detectives searched the apartment in the 200 Block of East Avenue Q-10 where an 8-year-old boy lived with his mother and her boyfriend. The boy was hospitalized with critical injuries Wednesday night, and detectives suspect child abuse.
Special Victim’s Detectives searched the apartment in the 200 Block of East Avenue Q-10 where an 8-year-old boy lived with his mother and her boyfriend. The boy was hospitalized with critical injuries Wednesday night, and detectives suspect child abuse.

PALMDALE – A Palmdale mother and her boyfriend were arrested Thursday, after the woman’s young son was hospitalized with broken bones, burns and bruises throughout his body, authorities said.

Pearl Fernandez, 29, was arrested for felony child endangerment and child abuse, while her boyfriend, 32-year-old Isauro Aguirre was arrested for attempted murder, according to Sergeant Brian Hudson of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Victims Bureau.

Deputies responded to the couple’s apartment around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night after they received a call from fire department paramedics about possible child abuse, Hudson said.

The family lived in a three-bedroom upstairs apartment (on left).
The family lived in a three-bedroom upstairs apartment (on right).

Fernandez’s 8-year-old son was battered and not breathing when authorities arrived; he had ligature marks on his ankles, burns on his body, and several other injuries, Hudson said.

The boy was rushed to Antelope Valley Hospital and then transferred to a children’s hospital in Los Angeles, where he was still in critical condition as of Thursday afternoon.

“He has a skull fracture, he has several broken ribs, and just bruising about his entire body,” Hudson said.

Detectives were investigating Thursday at the apartment complex where the couple lived with the boy and his older sister and brother in the 200 Block of East Avenue Q-10 in Palmdale.

Neighbor Claudia Segoviano (left) spoke to detectives. She said the mother dressed her son in a girl's dress as punishment.
Neighbor Claudia Segoviano (right) spoke to detectives. She said the mother dressed her son in a girl’s dress as punishment.

A few neighbors said they heard scary screams and wails coming from the family’s three-bedroom upstairs apartment late Wednesday night, and one woman in an adjacent apartment building said she heard banging sounds.

A neighbor who spoke to detectives said she and several other residents at the complex suspected that something was wrong with the little boy for months.

“Everybody noticed, because he would come out to take out the trash and wouldn’t talk to nobody,” said Claudia Segoviano, whose apartment sits directly across the stairwell from the family.

Segoviano said the little boy seldom left the house, and she did not believe the boy even attended school.

Animal control officers removed several cats from the family's home.
Animal control officers removed several cats from the family’s home.

She said she noticed greenish bruises on the little boy’s face, arms and legs many times when she saw him taking out the trash.

“I wanted to report it, but then when I would want to, I would always see a social worker, so I thought, ‘how can I report it if there’s already somebody involved in it?’” Segoviano said. “And I saw like one time the cops came when he was all messed up, and they left. [The boy] stayed there and they left.”

On a couple of occasions, Segoviano said she saw the young boy dressed in girls’ clothing.

“I saw him dressed up in a girl’s dress two times, my mom said she saw him three times,” Segoviano said, adding that the boy was also dressed in girls’ shoes.  She said she witnessed Fernandez ordering her son down the stairs while he was dressed as a girl.

“He was sad, you could tell, like nobody likes to be dressed as the opposite sex,” Segoviano said. “I asked my brother, ‘what happened to him?’ and my little brother said that was a form of punishment,” Segoviano added.

“I heard that same thing, but I cannot confirm that occurred,” Hudson said.

Authorities obtained a search warrant for the family’s apartment Thursday morning and detectives could be seen removing dresses from the apartment, while animal control officers removed a crate of cats.

“We found items of evidentiary value that will assist with the case,” Hudson said.  “There was nothing extraordinary about the condition of the apartment.”

The boy’s two older siblings, ages 10 and 12, were taken into protective custody, Hudson said. Authorities are still investigating whether the older siblings were abused as well.

UPDATE 5/23/13: The Sheriff’s Department has issued a press release regarding this incident. Read the full press release below:

“Detectives from the Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau are investigating the attempted murder of an eight year-old child that occurred on Wednesday May 22, 2013.

Los Angeles County Fire personnel responded to the victim’s residence at approximately 11 p.m. regarding a child not breathing call. When they arrived they found the victim with numerous injuries which were indicative of child abuse. The child was treated on scene and transported to a local hospital, and subsequently transferred to a hospital in the Los Angeles area. The child is hospitalized with severe injuries including a skull fracture, several broken ribs, several burns to his body, and is in critical condition.

During an interview with detectives, the boyfriend of the child’s mother, Suspect Isauro Aguirre admitted to causing the injuries to the victim. The child’s mother admitted to being present during the assault and did not intervene on behalf of the victim.

Suspect Aguirre was arrested and booked at Lancaster Sheriff’s Station for Attempted Murder. His bail is set at one million dollars.

Suspect Fernandez was arrested and booked at Palmdale Sheriff’s Station for Child Abuse. Her bail is set at $100,000.

Both suspects are residents of Palmdale.

There were two other children in the residence that have been taken into protective custody by the Department of Children and Family Services.”

UPDATED 5/24/13 @ 3:30 p.m. — The 8-year-old boy has died, the Los Angeles County Coroners office confirmed just minutes ago. No further information about his time of death was immediately available. We will update this story as soon as that information becomes available.

UPDATED 5/25/13 — DEATH INVESTIGATION OF 8-YEAR-OLD BOY

Upon the death of the 8-year-old boy on Friday, the case is now being investigated by the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau.  According to the latest press release issued by the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau:

Pearl Fernandez (Photo submitted by family member)
Pearl Fernandez (Photos submitted by family member)

“Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide detectives responded to an area hospital to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of an eight-year-old boy.

The death of the child is allegedly the result of an incident which occurred Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in the 200 block of East Avenue Q-10, Palmdale. The child was transported to a hospital in Los Feliz, where he succumbed to his injuries on Friday, May 24. As a result, the case is now being investigated as a homicide.

The child’s mother, Suspect Pearl Fernandez, was arrested Thursday, May 23, 2013, for the charge of Cruelty to A Child Likely to Produce Great Bodily Injury. Fernandez was booked at Palmdale Sheriff’s Station in lieu of $100,000 bail.

The boyfriend of the child’s mother, Suspect Isauro Aguirre, was arrested Wednesday, May 23, 2013, for the charge of Attempted Murder. Aguirre was booke at Lancaster Sheriff’s Station in lieu of $1,000,000 bail.

The case will be presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney on Tuesday, May 28, 2013.

This case was initially investigated by the Special Victims Bureau of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Upon the death of the child, the case is now being investigated by the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.”

Gabriel
Gabriel

UPDATED 5/25/13: JUSTICE FOR GABRIEL

Loved ones have set up a facebook page in honor of the 8-year-old boy. They’re also seeking donations to cover the cost of his burial. View the facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/Justice4Gabriel

UPDATED 5/28/13: MOTHER AND BOYFRIEND CHARGED WITH CAPITAL MURDER

This just in from the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office:

“A 29-year-old mother and her 32-year-old boyfriend were charged today with one count each of capital murder following the fatal beating of the woman’s 8-year-old son, who died Friday, the District Attorney’s Office announced.

Pearl Sinthia Fernandez (dob 8-29-83) and Isauro Aguirre (dob 6-13-80) are charged in case MA059701 with one count each of murder with the special circumstance of torture, said Deputy District Attorney Alisanne Scolnik with the Antelope Valley Branch office.

Prosecutors are asking that the pair be held without bail.

On Wednesday, Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel responded to a call about 11 p.m. that a boy was not breathing in the 200 block of East Avenue Q-10, officials said. The child was taken to a hospital. He died on Friday. Investigators said he suffered multiple injuries, including a fractured skull, several broken ribs and burns.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Special Victims Bureau investigated the case. Prosecutors will decided at a later date whether to seek the death penalty for each defendant.”

The couple was scheduled to be arraigned in court today (May 28), but the arraignment was postponed until June 11.

 

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344 comments for "UPDATED: Palmdale boy dies after abuse, mother and boyfriend arrested"

  1. This isn’t a problem deep rooted in Government to who ever keeps mentioning political awareness or whatever. The problem here is the case worker handling the case and that department in general, persecute those as a start. Next, I don’t care who I would see at the boy’s home it could have been Barak Obama seen visiting, if I were to see the little boy the way these witnesses mentioned I would without a fraction of a doubt go talk to the boy and next knock on his apartment door and ask for some tools or something just to get a peep of what it might revolve in and continue vigilant on the situation like that because nobody in the right mind would ignore that type of scenario, I have a young sister and if that were to ever happen to her I’d fix the problem myself with my fists even if means going to jail, same would go for the boy even if I did not know him. That boy was defenseless,hopeless,outmatched, and overpowered in all aspects. These parents deserve to be beaten the same way then executed and revived 3 times before giving them a jail sentence, only then will they repent the sin committed and learn that what they did was wrong.

  2. No kid should go through something so horrible. Just a thought im not judging but why is the family.tryng to help now.that he pass and is in no danger his in heaven.why didn’t they help when he needed them too.

  4. Watching a news report about this, it’s shocked So Cal, anyway, a relative was wearing a green ribbon and she said because Gabriel had won an award at school for being the best reader, NO ONE came to see him get his award, and he was sporting a black eye on stage. This broke my heart as it has many people. I hope God has his justice for these two scum…they need the death penalty rapido!!!

  5. I pray for justice for that little boy, too small to defend himself against such a monster(s) in his life. May he find the peace in death he could not find in life.
    R.I.P.

  6. The LA County 2012 ICAN Report(Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse & Neglect)http://ican.co.la.ca.us/PDF/ICAN2012data.pdf shows that is a multitude of agencies that fail these children and provides the numbers throughout LA County. Gabriel’s death has planted the seeds of change and he will watch them grow from heaven above. GET RESPECT for Gabriel:
    Get Involved
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    Take Charge
    Reach Out
    Educate Families
    Share Information
    Utilize Resources
    Learn From Others
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        • like I said, people did report the child abuse that was going on, your precious DCFS did nothing

          • no DCFS just comes in and bothers the families that have no problems or abuse and accuses them of it and takes your children, and offer your kids candy and a puppy if they say they were hit. DCFS is a load of [removed] and does more harm then helping,funny how the cops even ignored it but hey they sent 8 sheriffs to my house on Friday with a bs complaint made by Pius Itodo..so in other words dont trust DCFS or the COPS they dont help at all

          • Yes this is true they took all my seven babies and separated them even if I showed them proof that what was reported by a family member that had git mad at me and threatened me to do something I would regret. Is not true I have provided proof and they still took my babies. They even said we have noting yet . They still took my babies and on the other hand they have this poor little angel that died because his stupid mother if u can call her that help kill her baby. There’s something wrong with the system. God help us all.

  7. There is a special place in prison for child abusers and molesters, after that there is a special place in hell reserved for all who abuse children!

    • I hope they don’t get protecting in jail, no special rights, just there with the general population, womens jail and men’s jail will give the justice needed for there crimes, at least poor Gabriel doesn’t have to suffer anymore, he is in heaven now, were the [removed] is all of our tax dollars going, how did child services let this happen, there guilty too, the people who knew about what was happen and turned a blind eye are just as guilty as the trash who took his life away, RIP Gabriel

  9. I read in a post on Fb that the biological father claimed the body and had him cremated. Now there is a controversy regarding the fund raising for his funeral and the mother’s family deceiving the public. I wonder if the are going to use it for her defense?? Anyway, I wonder why his father was not aware of the abuse? I believe he lived out of state, but did he never speak to his child? Visit him or have any of his relatives visit? RIP little man. I am sorry you lived in
    hell, but God promised a paradise where there will be no memory of it, no tears, no pain.

      • Serving time in Prison. Thats great hopefully he will have connections. N handle those two digusting bastereds that did this to gabriel. I know i would.

    • Gabriel’s Father is in Chino Prison in Ca from all Gabriels Justice website posts I have read.

      • well then that means gabriels father is problanly a southsider,and that would mean that they might already be on him to beat him to death.if it wasnt for protective custody..

        • As you can see “protective custody” got this poor little Angel killed you have no idea what the father may or may not have done to be serving time.

  10. All this talk about drugs is ridiculous. those people were probably drug abusers but the drugs don’t make a person evil. These people are naturally evil as evil as you can get. Both of them are mentally ill but I wouldn’t say that that is a reasonable excuse for their actions. Drugs can change a person but it doesn’t make you completely heartless and make you want to hurt innocent children. For someone to say or even think that the reason this happened was because of drugs is a complete idiot and very ignorant. That mother did not love her son . It’s disgusting when women put a man before her own children. we live in a sick cruel world and its very heartbreaking to hear about this. All in due time Gabriel will be served his justice.

    • Apparently you have never talked to a recovering addict about what they would do for their drugs or while on drugs. Parents as well as children have been beaten to death. At least one person has had their face chewed off. Countless robberies and home burglaries. Drugs make people act crazy. They will do things they wouldn’t ordinarily have done. Drugs are no excuse for the behavior and people need to take personal responsibility for what they do while under the influence.
      You made another statement about these people being crazy. I hope you were not saying crazy like crazy for an insanity plea. These people need to go to jail for a looooong time.
      Why this woman would take Gabriel from the loving home of his grand parents when all she was going to do was beat and abuse him, is a question I would like a real answer about. (from her)

      • So you believe that drugs make nonviolent people violent? I don’t believe that..there are other issues going on in that mind of those who do violent crimes. I wouldn’t blame drugs completely. yes people commit nonviolent crimes to get their fix like steal. But they don’t go beating an innocent child to death. Yes they are insane. to witness some man beat my child I don’t care how high I am I wouldn’t allow it over my dead body

        • Katy , you sound like you are in denial, drugs can make you do things you may have never dreamed of doing,,if you are dabbling with any kind of drugs seek help ASAP, if they didn’t why would it be illegal?

          • haha really.. Isnt alcohol bad but yet its legal? why is alcohol legal? Yet There’s are many deaths involving alcohol. just because something is legal doesnt mean its right and the same goes for illegal things just because it illegal doesnt make it wrong.

  11. I am sickened, and outraged at this crime! How could this happen????? So many people were aware that something was wrong! WHY wasn’t anything done to help this child!!? He was tortured! This is NOT OK! I Hope they throw the book at this MONSTER and her boyfriend!

  12. I am beyond heartbroken for Gabriel. I didnt know this little angel but i just want to hold him.i want to save him and take him away from all the pain and suffering. This story is really affecting me i cant sleep good or even eat good. I feel so guilty that im living and that precious little baby had no chance. I Try and go on with my day but it stops me in my tracks and I get paralyzed with pain when i think about Gabriel.I feel compelled to do something to bring education and awareness. This little boy did not die in vain.

    • I feel the same … At night when I tried to sleep I don’t feel peace with myself . Like I run outta breath and can’t breath it’s very heart breaking . I feel very attached to Gabriel as well. Very depressed .

    • I feel the same way, I am so devastated as if I knew Gabriel…I can’t eat, I can’t stop thinking about him. He is a child, an angel and I can’t think of anything else. I’m so sad, I cry for him, I feel guilty for being alive and feeling helpless that non of us could save him from this horror. I don’t want his death to be in vain either…very depressed as well

      • Ladies, I know the feeling you’re describing because I’ve had it for a certain little boy since 2008. I used to think that there’s nothing we can do about child abuse except report it, but there is. We can campaign to make the penalties a lot stiffer.
        Please see Childhelp.org and also War Against Child Abuse on Facebook.
        Until we take care of this, nothing else will go right in the world.

  13. Omg people that r sayin things about the drugs stop it that [removed] just hated her own son [removed] skonka I hate the [removed] an family for not doin nothin bout it wen they new their stupid daughter was [removed] crazy all of the family make me sick pinches cholos cagados they all look like [removed] drug adicts

    • Let me tell you not all gang members are the same and drug addicts one of them makes the rest of them look really bad.there are some that really love there kids and will do anything for them.so next time think about what you write.

      • I completely agree with Maritza ,and you can see the family started reporting the abuse and asking for help since she first got custody in October.

  15. I just want to know why now…we pay for them to be protected? Why when we talk about laws that doesn’t change. Why doesn’t the justice system remind the community that after these ppl go to jail, because their crime will cause a GP inmate to harm them, we put them into a section to protect them? Why is that so over looked? Shout out to the Sheriff’s who “accidentally” put them in GP, to get hurt on accident. That should happen mandatory. Now she gets to have a girlfriend in Lynwood. She gets to sit there exchanging info with male inmates to write too. She’ll have pen pals, breakfast, lunch, dinner, phone calls. Ummm. No justice. Not in California at least.

  16. This breaks my heart because it could have been prevented one way or another. People need to speak up and take action just like they would if it was there very own child or loved one.

    • man i know right der is nothing a mother wants but her kids all this needs to stop

  17. I know drugs must be involved in this case – Drugs can bring out absolute evil in some people and they totally lose control over their actions.

    Any rational human is going to know that if you torture a little boy and break his bones then you are going to go to jail and most likely prison.

    It starts out as just getting high and having a good time, then your body gets used to the drugs and it takes more drugs to get the same high, then ya end up trying more powerful drugs and different combinations of drugs and before you know it, you go too far and find yourself running naked down the street attacking people with a butcher knife, or like a few days ago when a man walked into a Metro PCS and started screaming then attacked a police officer then died after being restrained. Or you might be a really unlucky bastard and wake up in jail and discover that you beat a little boy to death while you were high.

    We are losing the war on drugs and something has to change. I am just not sure what we can do that we are already not doing.

    Maybe drug offenders should be treated sorta like sex offenders, perhaps anyone convicted of any drug offence can have their place of residence randomly searched for a period of 10 years after the conviction.

    • That makes no sense! Plenty of ppl do drugs and this does not happen. This is a heart*less [removed] & a coward who thinks he’s a man. This is neglect. Some ppl were just not born to be parents & deserve to rot in hell. Drugs don’t make you abuse kids. Go to school. That’s an ignorant statement.

      • Drugs actually can make u do crazy things including hurting innocent people or even commuting suicide, where have you been?

      • This is NOT neglect. Neglect is a horrible thing, but even neglect would be better than torture.

    • Omg that comment was just plane ignorant, smoking is addictive and you don’t go seeing people running around stabbing people to buy them. FYI the word Drugs can be taken out of contant…

    • This isn’t about drugs!!! This is about being heartlesschild and evil, I’ve seen drug addicts treat their kids just fine while in their addiction and have seen people sober abuse either mentally our physically their children.yes drugs give bad judgment, but I don’t take that as an excuse for this, are you saying if they weren’t on drugs they would have never committed thus drastic abuse, if it’s in their heart, it is in their heart!!!!!!

      • So you think Isauro Aguirre woke up that morning and decided “Hmm today I am gonna beat that boy to death and be facing the death penalty”? Did he even try to run away or did he just sit there on the couch waiting for the cops to show up?

        Maybe the person who sold them the drugs should also be on trial.

        • You must be related to this jerk. Drugs or no Drugs the two of them killed a child they did not do this in a couple hours this was days of beating him to death. I believe these two should be beat to death this morning. And not waste another tax dollar on these two thugs. Wake up already stop looking for excuses!

          • we don’t know how many “days” this took- and if these people are so evil, why did they bother to call the police? A rational person would know they are going to jail if they call the cops.

            Isauro Aguirre’s family was at the courthouse protesting, claiming he is innocent – of course he is not innocent- but do you see the point? they are just as stunned as if it was YOUR relative accused of this crime, YOU wouldn’t believe it either would you?

            Drugs can change a person from a good person into a monster.

            Drugs and alcohol kill many thousands of people every year and our prisons are filled with people who would not be there if drugs and alcohol did not exist. Now we can add 2 more people to that list.

            I am sure the owner of budweiser sleeps soundly at night, as does the drug dealer that sold Isauro Aguirre and Pearl Fernandez their drugs. Actually that dealer is probably very upset over all this, because he now has lost 2 customers.

          • All this speculation over drugs… and what will be crazy is when we find that drugs had nothing to do with it… The boyfriend for whatever reason obviously did not like this kids and bullied him, and the mother well from her pictures looks like a little horny tramp who accidentally got pregnant so she just gave birth and kept them for a check!

          • I completely agree with Marc. Sammy P. you’re definitely making excuses for them. They had obviously been abusing that child for a long time. The night in question I don’t think they meant to go so far as to to kill them because they call the police. Rage is a really powerful thing though. When their rage subsided they saw the results of their actions. It does not make it ok, they are horrible people for not only abusing but KILLING him, and someone should have spoken out a long time ago. Someone saw signs of abuse but kept their mouths. It’s a tragic situation.

        • Yep, I agree with you, people give others drugs to try to mess up their life. I don’t believe this guy woke up saying Im going to do what he did to the boy, and people do need to be aware that drugs make you something do things that you probably wouldn’t do.

      • I’ve seen someone come down off of certain drugs and it makes them very very very very MEAN!!! They will break things and if your not careful they can break you. Go around someone that is coming down and you will see what I am saying. ITS BAD!! REALLY REALLY BAD!!

        • Do a little research before you make excuses. This has nothing to do with drugs. The boyfriend had a history of physically abusing other children. CPS had visited this family multiple times due to reports from the school. This is a case of a child falling through the cracks. Now he can be at peace.

          • Kat have you done any research yourself, bc I’ve seen it first hand how certain drugs made someone turn into an absolute angry, mean, and violent person. But I do know that not all drugs have that effect.

          • i beleive not being able to due the drugs and having zero money to get them drove them crazy the mother ws only with Gabriel for 5 months wr she beat him too. She did not want him she hated him she needed his welfare check that is why she fought for custody. Evil pure evil from these two time after time she beat him and he asked the teacher is it normal for my mom to hit me with the belt? drugs evil no education ignorance looser and dcf who left Gabriel behind u got ur wings bck baby !!!

          • Gabriel’s Father is in Chino Prison in Ca from all Gabriels Justice website posts I have read.

          • sorry for that re post….where did you hear that Isauro Aguirre had prior child abuse allegations? from what I hear they were both on Meth so drugs could play a part in this story, his story to the cops was that he beat Gabriel for being dirty and telling lies…I think this statement had a lot to do with things he was telling his Teacher at School, they somehow found out the Teacher was reporting all the things Gabriel was telling her about the Abuse to a Social worker and the Teacher was in fear of Pearl and Isauro! for good reason I think.

    • Where did they say drugs? So basically Sammy P., you thought this would be a good place to protest ones rights based on your assumptions.

      I agree with V. Assumptions make an A** out of people for a reason.

      Do Drugs make you go Crazy YES but Guess what? So do PRESCRIPTION Drugs!

      This is about STOPPING Child Abuse NOT the War On Drugs that was no where listed.

      How does that help this Innocent Child? How does that STOP other children from being abused? How does that tell this Child’s Story?

      Everyone has an Opinion & that’s great but don’t redirect what is actually going on to an assumption.

      You ASSUMED that I am guessing because of the way the two looked & their tattoos. That’s NOT Cool.

      Bias may have had something to do with this child’s murder & your Bias Doesn’t help the given situation.

      STAND UP FOR THE CHILDREN WHO ARE INVOLVED IN CHILD ABUSE BY SPEAKING UP FOR THEM & STOPPING IT

    • This is the most ignorant statement I’ve ever heard. What a ridiculous excuse to justify what these two monsters have done. This poor child had no defense or protection not even form his own mother drugs or no drugs!!Smh. And there isn’t such a term as “drug offender” nor are they on the same level as sex offenders. You’re a moron!

      • Lets wait and see what their defence is.

        I am placing my bets that he is going to say he was high as a kite and not in control of his actions and she will say she was too high to stop him. If she is lucky, she might be offered a plea deal to testify against him.

        Its very easy to blame them and call them “monsters” because we all feel so sorry for Gabriel and what he went through. But I sense that there is a type of evil here that only comes from drugs.

        I remember a case from 5 years ago where 2 males high on PCP kidnapped a young couple in their car at gunpoint and forced them to drive them into the mountains. While she drove the car the 2 men pulled the guys eyeballs out of his head and then threw him over a cliff, killing him. They then forced the girl to drive them around and then just let her go.

        To me, This story seems to have that type of evil thats only obtainable through being high, because a normal person would not find it fun to tie up a little boy and torture him and bash his head in and a normal person would understand there would be consequences to those actions, but a person who is very high might find that fun, and may be too high to understand the consequences.

        I don’t think they are monsters, I think they are no different than many other thousands of people who wake up in jail after a day of being high who say to themselves “oh my god what have I done???”

        Unfortunately, in this case, its much more severe than usual.

        I agree with everyone that says she should have not had any kids in that home- they all should have been removed, but I am not placing 100% blame on them for Gabriel’s death, not when people are shipping hundreds of pounds of coke, meth and heroin into the US from mexico with no cares about how it ruins lives here.

        I see 3 lives that have been destroyed here, not to mention families on both sides that will have to suffer now.

        I see this as another senseless tragedy caused by substance abuse, and instead of focusing my anger on 2 people, I would rather focus it on the big picture that’s destroying our nation and causing all these tragedies and money our state spends to fight the war on drugs.

        Drugs need to go, at whatever the cost, even if we have to give up some freedoms and allow police to search every friggen apartment and house in america, I would give up that freedom, so that kids like Gabriel would be saved.

        On a lighter note- thank god they removed the thumbs-up and thumbs-down thingies from this site :) My posts always seem to be controversial. But I try and look at things logically and without personal bias.

        • Whaaaaat?!!? “I was too high” is not a defensive strategy. If you kill a child drugs or no, that still makes you a child killer. I don’t think “normal” people just wake up and say I’m gonna go do meth today…hope, I don’t beat a kid to death.

          This was not an isolated incident (the beating/abuse on Gabriel), according to reports made by his teacher, statements made by his grandparents and neighbours. These monsters, abused him for prolonged periods of time and continued to do so until they finally savagely murdered him.

          Focus on the problem with drugs in America if that’s what you want to do. And while you’re off in the land of the bunnies where child killers are just mis-managed, misunderstood touchy feely soft and cuddly addicts….I’ll be advocating capital punishment for two heartless, godless, spineless cold blooded child abusing child killers!

          • I never said it was a defence that will work. And you sound like an expert on how much abuse Gabriel suffered- was it every day? every week? Once every 6 months the kid had a bruise perhaps? Do you know kids that age get bruises accidently sometimes? Do you know how often someone calls DCFS for revenge or leverage in child custody cases? Did you know kids sometimes lie about abuse because they would rather live with a different relative who gives them more toys and lets them get their way more often? My parents had no problem beating me with a belt at that age when I was naughty and perhaps it worked because I haven’t been to prison yet.

            I understand your anger- the way this story is written it would appear Pearl Fernandez is a horrible, heartless mother who didn’t love her son at all and abused him daily, or perhaps anything POSITIVE about Pearl Fernandez was conveniently left out of the story to shape the opinions of people like you.

            Perhaps over the years she had a few boyfriends who were abusive toward Gabriel and maybe she dumped them right away after she discovered it.

            I am also outraged by the death of this boy, but I have learned not to judge based on what I read in the news because too many times I have been surprised by info that was left out later on down the road.

            12 people will decide their fate (unless a plea comes along) and those 12 people will have more information to determine guilt then we do right now. The media is not a judge and a jury.

          • I think thjy need the same punishment that they did to that lil boy and you are stupid to bring up drugs it doesn’t matter whether on drugs or not you don’t do that to any chips no.and ifs or butts….. if I catch you on the outside or may have pool on the inside ima going.to be having you scream and wail the way you had fiat lil boy screaming ajd begging but 1000 times worse ….

        • You’ve gotta be on some good sh*t urself
          to even try and justify what they did.

        • Sammy p you must be a baby beater urself¡! If she cared about gabriel she wouldnt
          Shoot him with a bb gun or let men rape him!! That bitch hated
          Her kids n she deserves ti suffer slowly

      • This is Very true, Drugs or Not, they are still monsters and there is NO excuse in the world to torture a 8 year old kid, Pearl has been in the DCFS system for 10 or so years and has been abusing all of her children at one point or another, she only had Gabriel for something like 7 months out of his life and killed him or let him get killed. they are sorry excuses for human beings! go to Gabriel’s Justice page on Facebook and you will find all kinds of Information on her and her Family!

    • Ignorant!!! Who is talking about drugs??? A helpless child was murdered at the hand of his own mother. Don’t make excuses for her she is NOT a victom! What is wrong with our justice system now we keep her and her murder boyfriend safe ????

      • I know in jail they always put monster’s like that in pc they should be in gp they shouldnt get special treatment at all,they shouldn’t keep them safe,the police and dcfs didnt keep the little boy safe i wish the two of them death.

    • Not only is your comment asinine, but ill informed. You speculate on things you have no knowledge of, then offer extreme examples to help try to prove your point. First of all the details surrounding the torture and murder of this little boy have not been made available to the public. Second, your “solution” to a, as of yet to be determined, factor to this case is to spend more tax payer money, on something you admittedly said “we are losing”. Brilliance, pure ignorant brilliance.

  20. I can’t believe that this terrible tragedy was not prevented. Unfortunately there are people in this world that have no value of life. This precious child was put through things that no person shoulld be subjected to. Much less a 8 year old kid. The mom and douchebag boyfriend will get what they deserve while in jail. Even in prison most criminals have a concience and do not have much tolerance for scum bags that hurt or kill kids. Also-I think that the cops and social workers involved in this case should face criminal charge. I don’t know all of the facts but from what I have heard they should be charged with involuntary manslaughter and face some jail time do to their gross negligance. RIP little guy. You should be with your grandparents right now but unfortunately the system failed you!

      • Channel 9 reported they are both being charged with capital murderer.Saw them briefly in the courtroom footage, she wasn’t looking so good.

        • Good she don’t deserve to feel like anything less then dirt, I hope she suffers everyday when she wakes up till she sleeps knowing she helped kill her child and has flash backs of the look on his face while he was being abused-she should burn in hell….

    • I can’t believe this boy was not questioned by the sheriffs if he was being abused or noticed his bruises. Or, what about the CfS, how could they have overlooked his bruises? Why they didn’t talk to him? Why CFS
      didn’t take into account about how his teacher stated that he was being beaten with a belt until he was bleeding. The writing was clearly on the wall and yet these agencies chose to look the other way. I hope they will be held accountable.

    • You’re the first one I have agreed with. Many people failed this child, and they should all be held accountable. Whether drugs had anything to do with it does not matter. A child was tortured to death. I do remember a story I wrote about a little girl named Tesslynn O’Cull. She was 4 and lived in Oregon. Her Mom and her Mom’s boyfriend were high on meth and tortured this precious child to death! They are both in prison. He’s on death row, which makes me angry that he’s allowed to even breathe. The Mom got life with no chance of parole. Meth is a horrible drug. But other people do the same things to kids without being on drugs. EVIL is the problem! I hope the courts find both of these EVIL people guilty and they get the maximum sentence allowed by law.

  21. what is ment lets get justice for gabriel I mean there should have been justice for him getting him out that house. the justice should have been having his whore mother and her prick of the week in jail before they killed him. yes justice has already be served. The lord took care of justice. justice now???? they are in jail they are going to pay for what they did and in all he still lost his life. Now everyone is ralling and lets get him justice why werent all theses people doing this when they knew he was being hurt. hmm why not in front the station when no one heard the familys cries why not on the news when you saw him beat and brusied NOW!!! you all want justice now that justice has been served you all want to have him heard now. not when he needed it the most but now that he is in heaven

  22. NOT ONLY THE MOTHER WAS A MONSTER AND WHAT MORE CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THE BOYFRIEND IT WAS NOT EVEN HIS SON OF COURSE HE WOULD TREAT HIM BAD THE REAL EVIL PERSON HERE IS THAT LADY SO-CALLED MOM AND THE REAL DUMB ASSES OF THE SOCIAL WORKERS THAT WOULD COME IN AND OUT OF THE APARTMENT NOT DOING [removed] OR EVEN TO NOTICE ANYTHING AS WELL AS THE COPS WHO CAME OUT OF THERE THAT DAY IF ONE PERSON REALIZED THAT THEIR WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH HIM OTHER PEOPLE WOULD… ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHOM ARE CERTIFIED OR HAVE GONE TO COLLEGE TO BECOME A PART OF THE COUNTY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY ARE YOU SERIOUS!!! THEIR WORTHLESS ALL OF THIS COULD OF BEEN PREVENTED!!! ITS NOT LIKE THEY ROBBED THE LIL BOY AND TOOK HIM SOME PLACE WERE NO ONE COULD DEFEND HIM THIS IS SO MUCH BULL [removed]!!! I USED TO LIVE HERE AND THAT’S WHY I MOVED AWAY FROM PALMDALE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS FULL OF [removed] AND DON’T HELP FOR ANYTHING THIS BLOCK IS FULL OF SO MUCH VIOLENCE THAT THEY COULD OF FOCUSED MORE ON THAT AND TO THE IDIOT WHOM GAVE THIS BITCH CUSTODY CHEERS TO YOU!!! ONCE AGAIN ALL OF THIS COULD OF BEEN PREVENTED THEIR WAS NO REASON FOR THIS LIL BOY TO LOOSE HIS LIFE.. THEY ARE INNOCENT LIVES THAT EVERYONE LIKE A GOOD SAMARITAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR!!! BETTER YET DON’T SAY [removed]… “OH I KNEW THEIR WAS SOMETHING WAS WRONG AND I WAS GOING TO REPORT IT BUT I ASSUMED”… YOU DIDN’T ASSUME [removed] EITHER DO SOMETHING RIGHT OR DON’T DO [removed] AT ALL!!! WELL… THANKS TO ALL THE SUPPORT THAT ALL OF YOU GOOD SAMARITAN’S THAT HELPED THIS LITTLE BOY LOOSE HIS LIFE!!! THANK GOD YOU ARE IN A BETTER PLACE AND NOW WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE PROTECTED “GOD” CALLED YOUR NAME AND THAT WAS THE BEST THING THAT HE COULD OF DONE FOR US EVEN THOUGH I DIDN’T GET TO MEET YOU IN THIS LIFE I KNOW THAT NOW YOU ARE PROTECTED AND I TRUST IN “GOD” I FEEL BETTER THAT YOU ARE WITH HIM NOW… NOW YO CAN REST IN PEACE!!!

  23. Why are you defending the boyfriend? Is he a relative of yours or what???

    Yes Pearl the mother is a monster, for allowing her little boy to be abused and I’m sure she abused him, as well. It seems like most of the people on here agree that she was equally responsible for her sons death. But just because she is culpable, that doesn’t mean you let the other beast slide! The boyfriend was also involved and according to statistics most children that die child abuse related deaths die at the hands of a male partner, who’s involved with the child’s mother and is not the biological father.

    Why are you pleading the case for another child abuser? Child killer? This boy was an innocent, battered, burned and beaten little victim. He was humiliated, berated, probably neglected and probably never knew normalcy, love or have any kind of childhood.

    Why shouldn’t they both burn in hell??? I don’t see any innocent victims here other than the children!!!

    • i dont think she defending the boyfriend they are both responsible for this and the neighborgs dont even need to speak it’s a shame that they knew and they just let it go and didnt do anything about it like it was nothing and you guys are rigth the little one its an a better place nowllike i say they need to let loose in jail(mom and boyfriend) and stop wasting taxpayers money keeping them in protective custody. right?

  24. All of you want the picture of this so called monster but the picture is right there! The one who caused little Gabriel so much pain is in front of your eyes. All of you might be judging the situation as it is but I ask to demand further investigation. This little boy was suffering for years and this man has only been in his life for a short amount of time. This monster lady was the cause of little Gabriel’s nightmares and records clearly say it!!!!! Even her parents during the interview stated that Pearl would hurt Gabriel but not that they saw the man hurting him!!!!! Ask for her records please and you’ll see what big monster she is!!! Why don’t you ask her family members where are the other 2 kids out of five kids that she had and why??? Why were they taken away before she even met this so called monster man you all are aiming at??! Little Gabriel suffered even more since the moment he went into custody to this animal Pearl! Her family members clearly knew that she hated this little boy. Why doesn’t her family members talk about poor little Gabriel on how he was suffering more than all of you even know and his family members who he lived for years caused that little angel the worst psychological problems a little boy can have!!! I demand further investigation over this family’s background because this boy was in hands of bad people since he was born!!! All of you see the things that are only displayed in the media but not even ask about the little boy’s life since day 1!!

    • ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE PIECE OF  WITH THE FAKE ASS HAIR AN TATTS THAT LOOKS LIKE A garden HOE!!! 

      • Yes! You best believe I’m talking about her!! Whoever knows her, knows the monster she is and the suffering she caused that innocent little child!!!!!

          • That’s what we want to know as well! Why only Gabriel!? No boy deserves to be treated the way he was! Even a neighbor stated that she witnessed FERNANDEZ ordering her son down the stairs while he was dressed as a girl. Did they ever mention the man or even the other children??? Did anybody even mention that the man was seen hurting the little boy rather than that monster lady that claims he supposedly did?? The neighbors and parents stated that SHE was the only one seen hurting him. I demand justice and further investigation for this little child who suffered so much and why this monster lady targeted him.

          • perhaps he had a different Father than the other 2 kids…and/or he looked more like his Father and she and/or her current “boyfriend” had a grudge against his Father.

          • The boyfriend admitted he caused the injuries!!!! EFF what the noisy anti-active neighbors saw…. HE ADMITTED IT!

    • Im sorry that we feel that the past makes a diffence,At the present time there is an eight year child that is going to be placed in a coffin,this inhumane female that can not be called a mother is just another individual living off the welfare system, that allowed a man to torture her child to death,they should both be burned to death,Why should my tax dollars pay for them to have shelter and food!!

      • Sadly, the past will not bring little Gabriel to life but it can bring justice to Gabriel!!! Look at her pictures can’t you see she has a bad background?? Don’t you ask yourself what type of life she had, what type of people she was affiliated with or what she was willing to do for her conveniences?!!? Just compare that lady’s records to the man ’s records!!!!! I demand further investigation because the past will not bring Gabriel to life but it can bring justice to Gabriel!!

        • Just cause of the way she looks doesn’t make her a bad person I’m not defending the B**** but I have tattoos and had a messed up childhood but I will never do this to any of my kids nor let a man do this to my kids.. They both deserve to die!

        • Maybe it was the mom that did all this damage to little Gabriel. If so then y did the bpyfreind admit to doing it? go to her facebook page she doesnt even mention she has kids or have pics of them at all just slutty pics. She never cared for her babies. She looks like a hoe onfb all she has is guy friends no femails probably not even family. I want to know y when she kidnapped him from her parents and they called the police showing documents that they had custody of him y didnt the cops do anything?????? All they said was she is the biological mother and left it alone where r those cops they dont deserve to have tose badges they didnt even want to help when a little boy was kidnapped by a devilish bitch

          • You have to wonder why she took him from the grandparents if she disliked him so, extra money on her welfare check?

  25. How can you report it when someone is already involved? You pick up the phone & dial, you go down to the police station, you stop the social worker & tell them what you have seen & heard. The question should be, how could I have said nothing when I knew something was seriously wrong. Bless his heart, no child should ever have to live a life like that & this is proof that it is not always best to keep them with their family. We see this to many times, to many people think it will be taken care of or just go away. When it comes to child abuse, it is everybody’s business, wouldn’t you rather report this & find out you were wrong than not do a thing & find out, as in this case, that you were right?

    • Look, I hold the b***h dog more responsible, this was her child. Bringing trash into her home. Put both the low life cowards in general population and let the other inmates take care of them. Also hold the grandparents, sisters, brothers and anyone else who knew of this abuse responsible!!
      Hey neighbors, you knew this was going on? Grab the kid take him in your home and call the police idiot! Hope you sleep good tonight! All of us has a responsibility to children as they cannot protect themselves from an adult. Step up to the plate and quit the Monday night quarterbacking. We all know DCS and CPS do not give a damn, they are under paid and hate the job.

      • So many of these stories involve so called moms that are so desperate to have a man in their bed that they allow this to happen. That is worse then one inflicting the abuse. This piece of trash wanted a low life man so bad – lets give them to her. She and women like her should be locked up in the mens prison. Let these guys take care of them. Pelican Bay would be a good start.
        As far as the guy – he shouldn’t even make it to prison.

  26. You are so right….they all want to come forward after the fact. R.I.P GABRIEL now you’re at peace.

  27. The remaining siblings are going to need a tremendous amount of support and strength if they are going to have any type of productive future. GOD Forbid, but according to statistics, these children are likely to become abusive themselves. Or perhaps become victims in other aspects of their lives like the slow and painful suicide of addiction, co-dependency, depression, low self-esteem, etc..
    I pray for the entire family.

  28. I want to see what this loser male looks like. Why are they not posting pictures of this scumbag? My wife was one of the nurses who worked on him at hospital and she couldn’t believe what was done to him. Very sad. I don’t know how you can do that to a little boy. I have an 8 year old currently and would never ever think of laying a hand on him. Post some pictures up of these losers. Hopefully you guys can take photos and the courthouse so we all can see these two POS.

    • You are so right they need to post his picture so everyone knows what this sorry excuse for a man looks like . I feel his so called mother is just as guilty in this. How could you why would you not defend your child. I am speechless. They should both be charged with murder. I am a mother of 2 you would have to kill me before you will ever harm my children.

      • I hope that both scumbags get murder charges. They should and hopefully DA can make it right for this little boy that these two are in prison for rest of life. I hope that they are beat up upon brink of death in prison. Want to see them revived only to get beat again. I hope their new lives are the worst you can ever think of.

    • Got a file sitting here almost 2in thick that documents ALL the screw ups subsequent cover up by the imbeciles at the Lancaster DCFS office involved in my daughters case. The cover up goes all the way up to Alex Hernandez at Phil Brownings office. Guess who investigates DCFS screw ups? DCFS does.. & then they seal the records because the workers are protected by their union. The main offender at the Lancaster DCFS office is called Dave Hinson. Other employees at that office that need to be fired are John Willey, Kellie Pimienta, Vicki Alexander, Mary Jane (yes, really), Jessica Garrett, Paul Gaieta & Jessica Burnias.

      • I am sorry you feel that way about the workers at the DCFS office. These people work hard to protect the safety and welfare of children every day and always have what is best for the child as thier main focus.

        • No they don’t! Their main focus is to keep the child with their biological parent. Look how well that worked out for this little boy. This state and county are screwed up. Some people shouldn’t have kids and when they do they shouldn’t be allowed to raise them.

          • Yes DCFS tries to keep children with the birth parents if at all possible with services in place. But if the safety risks are too high the children are removed from the parents home. We dont know the specifics of this case or what exactly happened so it is not fair to judge DCFS or the police for not doing thier job.

          • NO, DCFS EMPLOYEES main purpose IS to received a paycheck for the hours they worked and to be able to provide for their families….. SORRY NOT EVEN 50% of people who take these jobs do so because they want to make a difference. They take these jobs to be able t provide for themselves a sufficient life above poverty level!

            TIRED of seeing people mismatched in positions that matter, just because you have a degree, passed all your classes and know all the in and outs of the jobs, DOES NOT MEAN YOU CARE!

        • If YOU worked so hard Gabriel would be happy and alive living with his Grandparents! Who are you trying to kid here?

      • ARE YOU CRAZY!!! WHAT MORE FACTS DO YOU NEED!!! A CHILD WAS MURDER!!! THAT LITTLE BOY MUST OF BEEN DYING INSIDE FOR YEARS!!! AND NOBODY HELPED HIM!!!DCFS DO NOT DO THERE JOB AND NEITHER DOES OUR [removed] POLICE!!! NOT FAIR TO JUDGE YOU NEED HELP!!!

        • It is so easy to blame the system and the police. I would like to see all of you go out and try to do this job and see how well you do. We don’t do this job for the money we do it because we truly care about families and children and try to protect them the best we can with limited resources.

    • Didn’t mean to hit post yet….. Sorry. Just wanted to let anyone know that wants to bring awareness to Gabriel’s story that I spoke direc

      • ….directly to someone at CNN and sent them a link to this article. Also, I know there are a lot of us that are going to be at the courthouse on Tuesday morning. I am going to make some signs to draw attention from anyone who may not be aware of this story.

        • Be at the court house and raise he’ll! Demand Justice for this innocent baby! Get CPS cleaned up!! It has been a joke for many years, I had a friend who worked the Palmdale CPS office and she told me that fathers who molested their daughters got visitation rights and she would drive by the motels and see their vehicles, inside with the child and when she reported it one too many times she was FIRED! She did this on her days off and she was fired for harassment of the perps!! The County was scared of lawsuits even when she had pictures of the dad and child leaving the motel room.
          Little Angel I am truly sorry that you sustained such hurt in your life. I am sorry that nobody had the guts to protect you. You are in loving arms now! RIP!

    • first of all id like to tell Gabriel im so sorry babyboy all these people new of this an none of them helped you now you dummies want to say oh i seen him injured oh i seen him like this or like that but you didnt help him so save it. your just as guilty as the sick parents. I hope they burn. and cps open your eyes police dept dont stand there go and finish the job all those people living there are hiding the truth at those apartments more kids are suffering there, this place is drug infested, fraud,illegals,you name it.

  31. The first time I saw little Gabriel, It was at my place of work ,where I am a contract security officer for the sheriffs department .at 16:40 hours his mother walked in practically wearing nothing. I noticed 4 children ,among them I noticed Gabriel stood out of them with burn marks and bruises even covering the back of his head which was also swollen from the left side of his face and having a black eye. as his mother left the building with him , he stayed looking at me with a look of fear and helplesness I was.in shock and it took me a minute to even process what I just witnessed. I am not a child protective services worker or a contract county worker but I am a parent and Humane to realize this child was being tortured, beaten to the greatest extent and who knows what else.Therfore on April 26 friday at 16:50 (4:50) I personally called Child protective services there was no answer I called 911 dispatch said “it does not sound like an emergency call to me ,you have to call the regular number” I said okay ,so I called 2722400 where I was transferred to a Female deputy ,asked whats wrong ,I explained to her that I work at the GAIN office and that I noticed Gabriel was being bruised up even having a misshaped head from such beatings ,that they needed to go check that appartment amd get that boy away and some medical treatment she said theyll send deputies asap ,I then explained to my family I may have saved a boys life today ,I wonder if those deputies even went to see Gabriel and even see if the deputies had any common sence to notice he needed help and in the end to find out he passed away from his head injuries from his parents

    • My husband called me that day after an appointment at the gain office that day and told me what you said you had witnessed. I cried my eyes out for this kid.you did what you were supposed to, the incompetents are the case workers and the sheriffs whosimply didn’t care and obviously weren’t doing their job.one thing I do not tolerate is people like these two animals. I just wish there was a way that I can myself give them what they truly deserve. This cheap looking hooker shouldn’t be called a mom and her so called boyfriend is a pos for abusing a small child. I hope they both rot in jail. Little Gabriel…may you finally rip. These two animals can no longer hurt you.

  32. While everyone has the perfect hind-sight point of view, let’s not forget that it is not enough to make an anonymous call to DCFS and give these inhuman ‘parents’ enough time and warning to clean things up for the Social Worker when they come. Don’t be a sneaky little ‘RAT’. Have enough courage to be there when the workers come and tell them exactly what you saw in front of the ‘parent’. Too many times people use DCFS or the sheriff to do their dirty work because they don’t like their neighbors. That’s the boy crying wolf and it exhausts resources. If you want to be a hero, be an effin hero. Instead of complaining about the system’s failures, remember that it is YOUR system. You voted for this mess, now clean it up!

    • There are phone numbers for making anonymous reports for a reason. A person who owns their house has to keep living there and as uncomfortable as it already is living next door to people you know are abusing the law, why is it necessary to make yourself a target? You seem like a big talker. If this kid has bruises all over him like everyone has reported, police and dcfs should have seen them too. They chose not to act on the reports of teachers, neighbors, and who knows who else. If the cops are not going to act on anonymous calls, they should ANNOUNCE TO THE WORLD that they do not take anonymous calls seriously.

      • If you are afraid of being made a target, what point is there trying to be a hero after the fact? I don’t consider myself to be a big talker. I believe actions speak louder than words. You sound like one of those guilty of making the calls in the dark out of spite, not concern. Your goal does not seem to be justice, it seems that you want someone else to make a stand for you so that you can jump on a bandwagon later.

        • Not at all Rome. Not the least bit interested in the bandwagon. When I see something I report it. If I choose not to go outside in the middle of the night when the police come (if), and become a target, that’s my choice. That shouldn’t make a difference of whether the cops see the underage drinking, pissing off the roof, smoking bongs, bonfires in the middle of the neighborhood, car loads of graffiti boys, tanks and balloons of noz. However it does make a difference whether my house is paintballed after the cops leave. Just sayin.

        • P.S.
          I’m not interested in being any type of hero. I don’t care if you think actions speak louder than words…..not sure what “you believe” has anything to do with anything. You don’t have a clue what my goal is and as far as someone else taking a stand for me????? There are people who are paid by taxpayers to “serve and protect”. I only have the expectation that they will do what they are paid to do.

          • They need victims in order to justify their enormous budgets and their pleas for more cops/workers etc.. It’s a business, Madame Taxpayer. You are not a citizen, you are a consumer.

          • Although it does seem like that sometimes, I disagree. However, your remarks are entertaining and make interesting conversation with neighbors. Thanks for that. Enough off topic, and enough of doing as the romans do.

  34. If there’s desire of justice being served to little Gabriel (may He rest in Peace), there’s certainly justice not being served. This little innocent child had suffered so much and the guilty ones are certainly not being punished. If you knew the records of both these individuals, you would know the difference between them and their difference is BIG. This lady is a monster who has her records and only she has been found with bad records. Gabriel needs to be served justice!! So all of you who are demanding justice by aiming against that man instead should demand for further investigation because Gabriel is certainly not being served justice!!

  36. I sincerely hope that all of u who r sickened and saddened by this come to that court date if u are able. I am going to try to make signs and tshirts to draw attention to anyone and everyone. We have to take action on this!!!! Bring as much attention as possible so this doesn’t get swept under the rug. And once again, I urge all of u to contact CNN with this story!!!!

    • I just emailed CNN about this story. There are several ways you all can contact them, and it only takes a few minutes. If you Google: CNN.com Contact Us, there are several options to choose from. You can contact them via call, text, or E-mail. Please take a few minutes to share Gabriel’s story with them!!!

      • Thank you so much!!! This poor child needs our support!! We have to bring awareness!!

      • They are aware of what DCFS is doing I have spoken at 2 hearings in front of ALL of the Board Members yet they allow this because no one shows to the Public Hearings WE NEED TO HAVE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS INDEXED WITH FAILURE TO PROTECT CHILDREN- A COUNT FOR EVERY CHILD IN THEIR CARE!::::

        In respect to: HOW DOES A CSW ENTER A PRIVATE HOME TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT?
        ITEM (A) CONSENT: CSW MUST DISCLOSE THE ABILITY TO DENY ENTRY AND HAVE WITNESSES PRESENT OR AN ATTORNEY, MOST CITIZENS’ DO KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, HOWEVER LACK INTENT KNOWLEDGE TO COMPLICATED ADMINSTRATIVE LAW AND PROCEDURES, CONCERNING THEIR RIGHTS WHEN FACED WITH A POSSIBLE INVESTIGATION.
        ITEM (B) EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES: ADDITION- LAW ENFORCEMENT MUST ACOMPANY CSW
        ADDRESSING: A CSW MUST NEVER COERCE, THREATEN OR FORCE CONSENT TO ENTER THE HOME, THIS APPLIES TO THE CONSENT ISSUES. ALL TOO OFTEN CSW ABUSE POWER AND USE THIS TACTIC ALTHOUGH COUNTY PROCEDURE SPECIFIES THIS IS AN ETHICAL VIOLATION. IF EVIDENCE OF THIS IS FOUND IN ANY CASE- THE CSW MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, AND TERMINATED.
        ADDRESSING: CONSENT BY MINORS, INCLUDING TEENS- THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE WHAT SO EVER, UNLESS LAW ENFORCEMENT IS PRESENT. IF DCFS WARRANTS THE ABILITY TO MAKE REMOVALS SHOULD BE SUBJECTED TO RECORDING, FOR FACTUAL EVIDENCE PURPOSES. INSTEAD OF SUPPLYING CSW WITH EXPENSIVE IPHONES, LOOK INTO ALLOTTED RECORDING DEVICES AS SUCH TO LAW ENFORCEMNT.
        ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTLESS REMOVAL’S WITHOUT EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND PROVIDE RECORDING DEVICES AS OFFICERS OF THE LAW MUST CARRY- TO SS WORKERS WHO ARE CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS FOR ARA’S TO LISTEN TO AFTER EACH SHIFT, ARA TO FORM REPORT BY THE RECORDING -IF CSW IS NOT STATE LICENSED THROUGH THE BBS CA, LETS START GETTING SOMEONE HELD ACCOUNTABLE WHEN A CSW HAS STEPPED OUT OF LINE, EXAGGERATES CIRCUMSTANCES, LIED, COMMITTED PERJURY OR FRAUD.
        THERE IS A GROWING MIS-USE OF POWER THROUGH DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEES, WHEN SERVING THE PUBLIC, ETHIC IS TO SERVE NO MATTER THE SITUATION; A PERSONAL AFFLICTION IS TO NOT AFFECT THE BETTER JUDGEMENT OF THE REAL ISSUE.
        SOCIAL WORKERS NEED BETTER TRAINING ON “REAL REPORTING” VS CUSTODY DISPUTE REPORTS.
        LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHALL NOT ENTER INTO THE COUNTY OF THE RESIDENCE OF A PARENT IN QUESTION OUTSIDE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY; IT SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY REFFERED TO THE PROPER COUNTY, SO THAT CAPTA GUIDELINES ARE FOLLOWED TO REASONABLE SERVICE OFFERS. ASKING A PARENT WHO RESIDES IN A DIFFERENT COUNTY THAN LOS ANGELES TO ATTEND RECCOMENDED ACTIVITIES ORDERED ACTIVITES TO A VICINITY OF NO MORE THAN 35 MILES FROM THEIR RESIDENCE IS NOT A REASONABLE REQUEST, AS MOST SUFFER LOSS OF INCOME TO BEGIN WITH MEETING THESE REQUIREMENTS, AND LOSE A DETRIMENTAL AMOUNT OF RESOURCES TO TRAVEL AT LENGTH TO APPEASE DCFS LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

        DCFS Los Angeles is also required to provide reasonable service offer, when again this is also negligent on the County’s behalf, after exigent public outreach through social media, personal meetings held in confidentiality, and other various methods such as Newspaper/Website updated news, so that these disclosing parties may not suffer further scrutiny at the hands of Los Angeles County, as I have made myself an example of most parents who must comply to services have only been offered services at an unreasonable-unreachable-unaffordable parameter, testing venues sometimes over 100 miles from the residence of said participant. This was a test of the County’s ability to follow procedure, act in a civil servant and honest manner. This County must pay attention to the wrongs, and fix it to right, or no longer serve as guide and head of this Agency- Department of Children and Family Service, and the Public request that it is relinquished to a non-profit, in which has been proven to be effective for the futures and lives of abused and neglected children in the County of Los Angeles, at the public’s vote as opposed to the Board of Supervisors who have been and are currently failing to gain control of an already out of control situation.
        These are the lives of innocent children at stake, and the County of Los Angeles is running under codes of Ethics that are not currently being met. Most CSW are not meeting the requirements to be participating in the Removal Process. This is a huge growing epidemic that needs to be put to an end-if not, the PUBLIC WILL SEEK THE CAPTA TO PRIVATE SECTOR’S BECAUSE THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES IS NEGLIGENT in the handling of Children and Families/Foster Children’s Best Interest, and the best interest of children of various sorts. If Los Angeles County does not retain control of malicious action of individuals, how are children assured to have the right to remain with caring, loving parents, as opposed to those who take revenue for their presence? This is not just a continuous Constitutional Violation but yet a Human Violation in many areas of the LAW.
        If there is not an Entire revamp of this Department of Children and Family Services Los Angeles County- it will be requested by public, and various non-profit entities that it is to be DISSBANNED, and each employee suffer AN INDEXING OF FAILURE TO PROTECT BE PROVIDED FOR SUCH INDIVIDUALS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE- INCLUDING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, so that they may not contain this amount of power of and over children, and families… and possibly risk DETAINMENT of their children for the same.

  38. I am incredibly disturbed by the whole situation… And on top of it, the family provides THOSE pictures which I assume they thought show Pearl in a good light??

    She looks like someone you would find soliciting on backpage.com.

    • Im pretty sure they didn’t post those pictures to show her in a good way. I think they wanted to expose her for the nasty trashy POS that she is!!!

  39. Pearl…you are a sorry excuse of a mother (#skankassho#)!!! Your job was to PROTECT your child, even if it meant giving up your OWN life!!!

  40. DCSF has had 17 administrators in the past 25 years which means no one did their job. You cant be in an entity this big and expect things to get fixed in a short amount of time. These administrators were only on the job a lil over a year, which means that they couldn’t solve ANY problem in such a short time. DCSF needs to be reconstructed for the safety of our children, because from where I’m looking all these people see/saw this as a paycheck.

    • That’s not even enough time to setup your office. Someone was either looking for the right mixture of con artist and criminal to fill the position or knew that as long as there was no stability, there was no accountability.

  41. First of all people need to stop blaming God for the incident. Read the bible before you pass judgement! As much as i’d like to make that female, and male feel every bit of pain Gabriel felt. I know KARMA WIll come to them in a way none of us could ever make them feel! Instead of anger setting in we should all come together and find a way for justice to prevail in Gabriel’s behalf. Not only for Gabriel, but for the many children that are being abused every day, and it being hidden, or not legally intervened by the legal system! It really appalls me is how DPSS and/or The Sheriff’s Dept. didn’t step in before Gabriel was murdered!

    • Sick and tired of Hearing Religion in all this!
      An innocent child lost his life brutally!
      An innocent child lived a life of Fear!
      An innocent child suffered a horrible Painful Death!
      An innocent child Died in the hands of two vicious criminals!
      An innocent Child was Neglected by the System, School Officials, Social Workers, Sheriffs Department, and Neighbors!
      An innocent Child is not waking up today to see the light of Day,to play, to dream of His future, He will never have his first kiss, Graduate, work, drive,nor Age!
      An innocent Child Suffer, Why? and you all Religion Fanatic, brain washed individuals, believe in your distorted minds, That God Took him to end his suffering? If that’s the way God works, His not a fair God. God did not took this Child, God Sent People to Protect him and they all failed Him! So God is not in question, the System is??

      • “Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes like this, or he doesn’t care to, or he doesn’t exist. God is either impotent, evil, or imaginary. Take your pick, and choose wisely.” -Sam Harris

      • IF YOUR SICK OF HEARING RELIGION ON ALL OF THIS! PLAIN AN SIMPLE, DONT READ IT!!! GOD BLESS YOU! 

      • Im so glad im not alone you are right god had no part of this these two sick people need to burn for what the did

  42. WE WANT JUSTICE FOR GABRIEL FERNANDEZ!!!
    WE NEED!! &&
    WE DEMAND!!
    JUSTICE FOR GABRIEL FERNANDEZ!!

  43. I would never ever hurt my child )”: this is beyond messef up. Stupid [removed]
    How could u hurt your baby ! I’m in tears )”””‘: t.f mannnn.

  44. Everyone should come to the Tuesday arraignment and send the message that this is unacceptable.

      • Also I am going to contact CNN about this story. This case deserves National attention. I urge u all to do the same. Maybe the more of us that contact them, the more they will listen. This corrupt system needs to be exposed.

        • I feel the same way as you..I forward the link to Nancy Grace I really hope it is heard!

        • I sincerely hope that all of u who r sickened and saddened by this come to that court date if u are able. I am going to try to make signs and tshirts to draw attention to anyone and everyone. We have to take action on this!!!! Bring as much attention as possible so this doesn’t get swept under the rug. And once again, I urge all of u to contact CNN with this story!!!!

          • I just emailed CNN about this story. There are several ways you all can contact them, and it only takes a few minutes. If you Google: CNN.com Contact Us, there are several options to choose from. You can contact them via call, text, or E-mail. Please take a few minutes to share Gabriel’s story with them!!!

        • I agree this needs national attention, obviously this is a failed system and need to be investigated there may be many other abuse cases in there system that that are doing nothing about.

          • Exactly!!!! We may not have been able to save precious little Gabriel, but his death will not be in vain!!!!! There are plenty more children out there being abused and if we continue to fight for them, maybe we can save those babies!!

          • I agree I think if more people speak on it we can get some results… We need change I no longer live in the AV but my family does and I can relate with how unprofessional and corrupt the system.is out in the AV..Gabriel needs to not be forgotten and I will send email after email until they get tired of seeing the Same email that they will finally read his story! RIP Gabriel

  45. This is very sad indeed. My prayers are with the boy and his siblings.

    Systems can not cure societal ailments. Systems are attempting to put out a preexisting raging forest fire with a bucket of water. These acts are not assumed, and it would be difficult for any person to assess that another would be capable of such things. No amount investigation/intervention/training is going to identify/weed out all of the sick, immoral people in our current world.

    In the one hour a month/year that the noted various systems probably had contact with this family, it would seem likely that it would be very easy to hide certain things. Particularly if a family is well versed in being investigated and knows what to say/do.

    Ironically, there are so many people on here complaining that CPS intruded in their lives at one time or another, and asked them to drug test, attend parenting, etc. More intense investigation and intervention is what is being called for, yet just about every person I know complains when their rights are invaded in any manner.

    • I think you’re right to some degree. But in Gabriel’s case, there was more then enough evidence, everytime the social worker or sheriffs saw him to know, without a doubt, he wasn’t being treated right.

  46. your no better if you wanna expose them just so inmates in jail where they are held in,can have a opportunity to beat them or even kill them in there.yes this is a horrible cruel action…we all want justice for little Gabriel,but remember No matter how much anger there is at this moment because of this
    we cant loose our humanity and become the same monsters and avenge. because we be no better then the mom and bf.Are Almighty Lord Father will take action in his own hands in time,
    Gabriel will suffer no longer as he walks in paradise with our Lord and Angels,keep strong for the rest of his family who suffer the most at this moment revenge eases the pain for some but why share something in commen with these heartless people

    • IM SO WITH YOUR COMMENT LETS THESE ANIMALS IN WITH ALL THE INMATES DONT SEPERATE THESE ANIMALS FROM INMATES, GET THEM AN TOTURE THE A??HOLES, I WOULD EVEN TRY AN TO GIVE A STORY TO BACK THEM UP, GET RID OF THEM,AS FAST AS U KILL PITBULLS FOR ATTACKING KILL THESE BAST>>S, DAM [removed] LOOKING [removed] U WILL ROTE IN HELL.BABY GABRIEL U R NOW BACK HOME W OUR FATHER ALMIGHTY U R SAFE AN WILL B HAPPY NO MORE PAIN FOR YOU BABY GABRIEL R.I.P BABY BOY

    • If there is such a.person like ur father the Lord where was he when this child was probably begging pearls boyfriend to please stop hitting him or better yet maybe he pleaded please God make this stop. Gabriel suffered and the Lord didn’t do nothing to help him better yet ur lord is jus as bad as the DCFS that left him there in the home of.those monstes ur lord is as bad as the sheriff’s that went to their house and saw that nothing was wrong with Gabriel! Yes I would loved them exposed cuz the Lord.ain’t gonna.give us the justice that Gabriel deserves

      • What you are saying makes absolutely no sense. God is not responsible for peoples actions. When those two get to hell and you join them, then you can ask them if Gabriel pleaded to God for it to stop. You sound so ridiculos. If you don’t know God how can you comment on His actions?.

      • The boy’s name is Gabriel, which means GOD’S messenger. By the responses on this page, this young man, through his suffering, raised a tremendous amount of awareness to the evils that prevail in this world and the inadequacy of our agencies to prevent them. He may just as well inadvertently prevented the abuse of thousands, perhaps millions of children for generations to come. Sort of how the parents of Megan Kanka used their tragedy to establish Megan’s law or how John Walsh became a victim’s rights advocate and started America’s Most Wanted after the tragedy that befell his son, Adam. THAT’S GOD in action! The devil, who runs things in this world (Rev. 12:12) is a liar and a murderer since it was created.

    • I wish these monsters where going to be housed in general population in the prison system so they could be exposed for what they are and get dealt with as child abusers do and experience the life being beaten out of them with no one there to help as this sweet innocent child did. Once again Lil Gabriel will be let down by the system, because when these sorry gutter rats get to prison they will be housed with all the other child abusers/child molesters/rapist. kept safely away from inmates who would see that they suffer for what they did to a CHILD. So as Gabriel’s life was cut short, these two gutter rats will adapt to life in prison and learn to make the best of it.They will make friends with the other gutter rats there and be able to make jailhouse alcohol and shoot the [remove].They will still live and every now and again find a reason to laugh and smile. Yes the good Lord will pass judgment in time, but remember he is very forgiving, and monsters like this don’t deserve the chance to ask for forgiveness.
      they should be dealt with while they are still in sin so they could burn in hell as they so do deserve. That is justice, ever lasting eternity burning for what they did…..

  47. DCFS is a damn joke my baby sis was removed from our household not because of abuse but because of an altrication between my dad and former step mom (mother of my sis). My dad is A wonderful dad and the mother she’s the screwed up one but dcfs was on her moms side knowing she was on drugs. Only recently now that the mother is in jail does dcfs see that my dad isn’t to blame he just wants his baby back. DCFS needs to focus on the real cases like these instead of petty cases like my fathers there are children really being hurt out there and they are the kids that need to be removed from the households they are in what A shame! They were quick to remove my sis and she was in no way shape or form being abused they broke my heart that day they tore a family aoart and yet they did nothing for that innocent boy who was the real victim..ugh this just frustrates me As a mother to be!!

    • I AGREE WITH YOU!! SAME THING HERE, BEING A SINGLE PARENT WORKING ALL MY LIFE, DCFS HAD THE NERVE TO ASK MY DAUGHTER IF THEY WANTED TO SEE THERE MOTHER WHO HASN’T BEEN AROUNG FOR 11 years AN LEFT THEM WHEN THEY WAS JUST BABIES! WHAT KIND OF  IS THAT? WHY WOULD THEY WANT TO REUNITE THEM WITH SOMEONE WHO DIDNT WANT THEM!!! THERE SO CORRUPTED!

  48. I JUST HOPE DCFS DIDN’T HAVE AN OPEN CASE ON HIS PARENTS! IF THEY DID, THEY FAILED TO DO THERE JOB AN SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTED FOR HIS DEATH! I HAVE A CASE RIGHT NOW WERE DCFS SHOWS UP MY HOUSE TWICE A MONTH! NOT BECAUSE OF ABUSE, MY 16 YEAR OLD ACTING OUT TRYING TO BE AN ADULT!!! ANYWAYS WHEN DCFS SHOWS UP, THEY MAKE ME FEEL LIKE IM NOT DOING MY JOB AS A PARENT!! ALWAYS ASKING MY KIDS IF I TOUCHED THEM, IF I YELD AT THEM, DO I FEED THEM! THEY ACTUALLY CHECK MY ENTIRE HOUSE TO BE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE! DCFS CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH!! BUT LIKE I SAID, IF THEY DIDN’T HAVE A CASE OPEN ON THE PARENTS WHY IS EVERYONE “TRIPPING ABOUT DCFS IF NO ONE LIKE THE NEIGHBORS REPORTED IT” I BET YOU GUYS MOST OF YOU KNOW OFF PEOPLE THAT ABUSE THERE KIDS AN DON’T SPEAK UP CUSS SOMETIMES WE FEEL IT’S NONE OF OUR BUSINESS OR WE JUST DON’T WANT PROBLEMS!!! ABUSE = HITTING WITH HANDS OR OBJECTS, MENTAL ABUSE WERE YOU TELL YOUR KIDS PROFANITY OR YELLING AT HIM TELLING HIM/HER THERE WORTHLESS, NOT FEEDING THEM RIGHT!! NOT PROVIDING THEM WITH CLEAN CLOTHING! SO THERES LOTS AWAYS KIDS ARE BEING ABUSED AN WE NEED TO SPEAK UP!! SO NEXT TIME YOU SEE A CHILD GETTING SPANKED AT WALMART OR TOLD TO SHUT THE F UP! CALL THE POLICE AN LET THEM TAKE ACTION!!! 

    • Of course the neighbors weren’t gonna report anything, in the ghetto there is no neighborhood watch or concerned citizens. The Majority of people living in Gabriel’s building are either selling drugs or using them not worried about y this child is always bruised up. But focused on staying out of the radar of the cops. There is not an open case, just referral’s. But that poor excuse of a mother probably told Gabriel what to say to the workers so they wouldn’t think to much of the bruises. Its still no excuse because they should have seen past it, they r supposed to be educated professional’s and be able to detect and see past all the BS and manipulation. SO YES SHAME ON THEM FOR NOT DOING THERE JOB RIGHT……….

  49. ……. And who r these socials workers that went to this house??? I want to hear what they have to say about this!!!! U NEED TO FACE US!!!! We have lots of questions and we need answers!!!!

      • DCFS is soooo bad, how many more kids have to die before we get rid of this department….so sad. They focus on the wrong cases making mountains out of molehills and keep missing the big ones. Remember those two little boys who died because the foster mom left them in the hot car. Do some research people we have lost many kids in this area due to their lack of judgment. What a joke.

    • I would like to yank that piercing out the side of that b!@*#@? lip R.I.P little one

      • yeah she is a [removed] and to downgrade her son and dress him like a little girl and let her boyfriend put hands on her son she is to blame and more u [removed] selfish perra !!!

  50. I’m so sadden by the news. I’m a mother of three beautiful girls and NEVER in my life could or would allow a man to put hands on them. I feel that this child is in a much safer place way to early!! This child would be with us today if that SOB DCFS worker did her/his job. I blame the worker for pretending not to see what was going on at home… I would never wish bad upon anyone, but the worker deserves to rott in prison. The state of California needs to cut Cal-works. We are allowing young mothers to keep having children under our tax dollars, so they will keep having kids that are unwanted and hated because they become a hindrance to the “mom”. I see this everyday I work in the social service field. It hurts me to see kids as a “welfare check” so the parents could go use it on drugs or things other than the children. Let’s come.together for the sake of the unheard children. When you see or suspect something please do something!!

  51. It takes a village to raise a child….meaning we watch out for the children around us…shame on ALL OF YOU, ALL OF YOU who knew and did NOTHING, NOTHING!!!! I’m too angry for god and heaven and Amen, he shouldn’t be with the ANGELS right now, God forgive me for that, but I am ANGRY and I know if I knew this child at all or indirectly I would have said something…multiple bruises all the time :(

  52. Does anyone have a picture of this Isauro Aguirre? In curious to see what pure evil looks like??

  53. WHAT A nasty ratchet [removed] she’s almost in her 30’s with a child and dresses like she belongs on sierra hwy !!!!! who the [removed] would do that to their child she was obviously [removed]sick in the head ……. i hope she rotts in hell

    • She looks like a scank……She was supposed to protect her child, I too hope she rots in hell !!

  54. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE!!!!! We have to stand together and protect these precious babies!!! We can’t sit idly by while our little ones r being abused!! They need to be protected!! They need a voice! Something has to be done!! We have to stand up and take responsibility for ALL CHILDREN!!!

    • …… Clearly we can’t rely on the system to protect these children as they have failed miserably time and time again!!!! They failed little Gabriel!!! It’s up to all of us who r good and have love in our hearts to make sure that this doesn’t continue.

      • I agree. family members , friends, neighbors come on have the balls to stand up for these kids, if their own parents are causing then harm someone has to speak up for them. I am definitely one to report this kind of stuff, and not one to just turn my head and pretend it is not happening. even if you think it’s not serious enough, or that someone is already looking into it, just keep on it .I don’t just look out for my own kids, I keep my eyes peeled for every kid out there. This needs to stop, and if we all work together to report it and stay on top of it , we can make a difference.

  55. I hope the mother and boyfriend realize what the inmates do to child abusers in prison! They deserve everything they will get and more! Horrible monsters to do that to an innocent child! May they ROT in hell!?

    • THE SADDEST THING IS THAT WHEN THEY REALIZE WHAT THEY HAVE COMING, THEY WILL ROLL IT UP AND BE SEGREGATED AND PROTECTED WITH ALL THE OTHER CHILD ABUSERS/CHILD MOLESTERS/RAPIST. THIS JUSTICE SYSTEM IS A FREAKIN JOKE…………

  56. ISAURO AGUIRRE!!! YOULL GET WHATS COMING TO YOU IN JAIL!!! GOOD LUCK TRYING TO JUSTIFY YOURSELF IN THERE TO YOUR NEW BOYFRIEND!!!  32 vs an 8 yr old innocent child!!!! your such a coward!!! an for the MOM!!! YOUR JUST AS GUILTY AS YOUR CRACKHEAD LOVER!!! YOU KRACKER!!!!

    • 32 V 8 year old ain’t the worst of it, this MOFO is also 6’2 and is a whole 270 pounds…..no friggen match for this child…the Incubator still uses a sharpie to put on eyebrows at 29 years old, Really? I have seen that most of the Chola’s have stopped putting eyebrows like the Golden Arches years ago..she is a Joke, must think she is still a banger, one that can take on 8 year old kids….wow how friggen tough is she? I would like to see a picture of her LOSER Monster boyfriend that is just as tough to torture a kid….Prison Inmates will deal with them both and give out the kind of punishment they deserve, the kind only Inmates know!

  57. I just visited little Gabriel’s Facebook page. How could anyone hurt that beautiful little baby???? I will NEVER understand how the one person in the world that was supposed to protect him could let anyone hurt that precious little child, let alone take part in causing him pain!!!! How could u look into those big beautiful eyes and wish to cause harm??? They are monsters!!!! There r no

    • words that will ever help me understand this!!! I will be at that court hearing demanding justice for this little angel!!! I hope those two NEVER see the light of day!!! We will avenge u little Gabriel!!! U will be a bright shining star for any child that needs a voice!!!! U can rest in His arms now sweet baby!

      • When is the court hearing I would like up go I’m behind you in this to see justice for this precious Lil boy

        • It is the 28th at 8am at the M. Antonivitch court on 4th st and M..it is only for HIM at this time, her booking shows no date yet but hopefully it will be the same day…it will most likely be on the very bottom floor in like 2-A or you can go look it up on the sheet for the day by where you pay your tickets…I will be there also!

  58. Please come over to the Facebook page we just setup for Gabriel. We want to hear your love and support for Gabriel there. We’ve also setup a crowdfunding page to help offset the funeral expenses. We hope that you’ll join us. Thanks.

  59. THE PROBLEM IS THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THERE NEIGHBORS KIDS BEING ABUSED! NO ONE HAS THE GUTS TO CALL IT IN TILL IT’S TO LATE AN THEN YOU SEE THEM ON TV FEELING SORRY FOR THE VICTIM! I BET THERE’S MANY OTHER ABUSIVE PARENTS OUT THERE!

    • The problem is that Child Protective Services warns these monsters BEFORE they show up & their main goal is to “keep the child with the biological parents”….So our tax dollars continue to reward these parents for having more kids they don’t want…How much were they getting from welfare?

        • THE REAL PROBLEM HERE AN MOST OF YOU ARE IGNORANT TO SEE THE REALITY! NEIGHBORS KNEW THERE WAS ABUSE AN NO ONE SAID NOTHING!!! GO AFTER THEM TOO!!!

          • I agree the neighbors should of confronted the parents or her and so what If there would of been a physical conflict atleast the child would of been out harms way, a lil beat down for us adults is nothing somebody could of saved him :(

          • i agree don’t cry for the poor little boy now. N come out n tell everyone u knew someone was abusing him n u heard horrible sounds DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING….. u also allowed this poor boy to be abused.. I’ve been I. A situation before where I thought a child was being abused…but I did something..I helped the child. this is sad too many ppl.let this child down n hv his blood on their hands

      • So sick of DCFS leaving children with abusive families heartlessly ripping children away from their loving homes. Mordetzky as a judge is a joke. Someone needs to charge her with mental and emotional abuse of children and adults alike!!!!!! If DCFS actually did their jobs instead of being on a power trip, this little boy would still be alive……

  60. This poor child. DCFS hires workers who have no children. I feel in order to work for them you should be required to have children. That way when you remove a child from a loving home and yet leave a child in an abusive one, you could relate to how extremely devastating your actions are going to be. I had a case against me for failure to protect even though I had sought out help all on my own. I put myself in counseling,got on medication, and enrolled myself in parenting classes because I was allowing my ex to abuse me in front of my children and I couldn’t figure out why. They still took my child from me. One of my workers who came to my home told me she wasn’t going to be my worker anymore because of one of her cases she repeatedly reported for obvious abuse, she could get no help in removing the children from the home. DCFS out here is all screwed up, serious attention needs to be paid to the higher ups in this department. This should have never happened to this child God rest his soul. My heart hurts for the people who DID try to do something and couldn’t get the help from proper authorities they needed.

    • I so agree to all this DCFS non sense im going threw it now and me been the stepmother i sure think my Princess is better of with me than with her real mother where they do mistreat her an physically and emotionally abuse her by hitting her and feel useless but yet they let her have my little girl and not letting me see her after i got her when she was only 4 months old when her biological mother abounded her with my Fiancé but we should do something about this Social Workers not doing there jobs like they suppose to. May Lil Angel Gabriel Rest In Peace and We all know hes in a better Place where he will be much Better

  61. LIKE I SAID! EVERY NEIGHBOR THAT KNEW SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING AN DID NOTHING, SHOULD BE ARRESTED!  NO ONE LIKES TO GET INVOLVE CUSS THEY DON’T WANT PROBLEMS. THATS JUST BS! WHAT IF THAT WAS HAPPENING TO YOUR CHILDREN? AV SEEMS TO HAVE MORE BS THAN “LA”! I WONDER WHY?

  62. This story breaks my heart. I, as well as all of us who still human, wish that there was something we could have done to prevent such a travesty. Being a parent and a man, I would like to think that people have an instinct to protect the young and defenseless like even the animals do. Unfortunately, we live in a world influenced by evil forces who despise humanity. Although we have been conditioned to trust that agencies like DCFS protect our children, the reality is that they fail time and time again. After all, they are only human.
    Personally, I believe in the Almighty and Just GOD. I believe that, although the only perceivable protection we have in this dark and unholy world, I cannot put my faith in this system or its agencies. As a follower of Jesus, I have been taught to pray for the establishment of GOD’S kingdom. For HIS Will to be Done on Earth, as it IS in heaven. Some without faith may think that it is too late for victims like this little boy. But I ask: How can it be too late for the Controller of time itself?
    If you do not share my beliefs, please do not be offended. I respect your right to your own beliefs. I am only preaching to those who already believe.
    Those of us who confess Jesus as our Lord and Savior, I implore you to pray incessantly for the Holy Kingdom to come. Pray for the Sanctification of The Most Holy NAME. Pray that HE deliver us from the evil that is so prevalent in these last days.
    This worldly kingdom belongs to the enemy. We must endure and have faith that “HE Will Wipe away every tear from our eyes”, that there “shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying.” There shall be no more pain, for the former things will have passed away.
    PRAY WITHOUT FEAR FOR GOD’S GREAT DAY!
    Blessings to all and Peace be unto you.

  63. I am calling for a Mandatory child development & parenting classes for any one having children or getting involved with someone with children!
    Mandatory child abuse awareness in k-12 for students!
    I hope those two monsters are treated the same way by the justice system & they never see the light of day.
    That little Boy did not deserve to be treated like that- in heaven he’s loved. I how the siblings never see those monsters again!

  64. Everyone failed this little boy, his parents, his teachers, the social workers,even all the neighbors that saw him dressed in girls clothing and then heard “scary screaming”…….

    • shame on all of you (the neighborgs) why speaking now because you want to be on the news it makes me feel sick to know that so many people notices and no one acted upon and this little one hes death shame on the mother because even a dog feels for her young .

  65. I pray over the mother and the stepfather. For all of you that trust in The Lord… He does have little Gabriel in paradise, where he will smile and be eternally happy. This world is evil and the devil has a lot of people blind folded. The Lord waited for Gabriel. I have 2 boys of my own, one very close in age to Gabriel and although I cried when I read the comment of God picking up another flower for His garden, I am relieved to know Gabriel knows true love now. His “mother” will come to her senses and the step “father” will too. Justice will be served, maybe not on earth. The devil is the prince of the world, but God is in control and they will have to face Him one day. Pray! Pray! Pray for the siblings to be healed, that they may find peace. Pray over your children, bind all evil away from them! In Jesus mighty name.

  66. This poor little boy is another example of how things could have turned out for the 2 kids Ingrid Brewer adopted. Thank God they escaped.
    There needs to be community outrage over these situations or things will not change at Social Services (DCFS).
    When I go to a doctor office I am asked if anyone is taking advantage of me financially, or if anyone is physically abusing me. We need to do that more with kids and make sure they know it is confidential and will be handled.

    • You are completely right! There needs to be community outrage. We need to come together in some way and force change. This little boy was tortured and murdered by the hands of the people who he thought were supposed to love and nurture him. He was ignored by those who saw his pain and choose to keep quiet. It saddens me to know that DCFS was informed, authorities were called to his home, people who are supposedly trained and paid to identify neglect and abuse, could have saved him if they just did their job. I know there are many cases very similar to this and it is hard to think there might be a another child experiencing this same abuse right now and we won’t know too help her/him till it’s too late. If there is something we can do, or I can do to help bring awareness please share. I hope that these two monsters pay dearly for what they did to this young child.

      • I agree the DCFS has some explaining to do! My daughter filed a restraining order against the father of her children, he got mad and called DCFS and we had them up our butts for 2 years even though on the first visit the Man said “I see this was just in retaliation, we still have to do our job” well, he came once a month talked to the kids and checked out our home….at the end of the case my daughter got full custody and the father went to jail (for DV and Child endangerment) WHY in the world didn’t this child get someone like the Social worker that was assigned to my daughter? maybe if he did he would be alive and in a home where someone CARED about him and would let him continue his life…..this saddens me to the core. I do find comfort in the fact that he is with his Heavenly Father and free from pain and torture….R~I~P little one!

        • Funny reading this… the same thing happened to me. Father was mad over a restraining order I placed and made a bogus call to DCFS. When the case worker came over she said the same thing that she still had to do her job. HOWEVER…..I was harrassed weekly for months with home visits, drug tests, they wanted me to take parenting classes, they even visited my older girls at school. I was infuriated to the max I finally told the father if he didn’t call DCFS and tell them the truth he would have hell to pay. EVEN AFTER he made several attempts to contact the case workers and her sup whom she always said had the final say to retract his statement and tell them he did it out of anger they still didn’t want to drop the case. Instead they threatenhim jail time and blah blah almost like they didn’t want to have to conclude it was bogus after all. All those tax $ wasted on me when this poor boy was in need of protection. That case worker would have to be deaf , dumb and blind to not know that poor boy was in harms way and pull him from the home. Just look at the mother alone. She looks like a prostatute. So pathetic this happened!!

          • Yeah that is how we felt but we had nothing to hide and even though they told us when the visit would be, we did not change a thing…we lived like we always do..had food in the fridge and on the shelves, kids were clean and playing as normal and we did not care that the Man took them outside one by one to talk to them, then us….but HE still said he had to work the case then a year later when he said it would close he put another worker on it and said that she had to see all of us to make sure HE did his Job and wrote the correct information in his reports….so it was another year with her! it was a shame that all their time was wasted on us since they never saw any abuse or neglect while other serious cases could have been seen and dealt with…system is screwed up!!!

  67. I’m a little curious about the biological father? This Is some crazy stuff! I hope people start reporting and DCFS stops wasting there time pretending to be doing there job!And I think the mother is just as guilty if not more!!! for allowing this to happen to this child she was supposed to be protecting!

    • Oh she is just as much to blame as that monster is…a 6’2, 270lb man beating her 8 YEAR OLD CHILD and she does not call for help?????? but people in the Apartment say she abused the child also by making him dress in Girls clothes and shoes as punishment…this Bi–h needs a beat down….they are sick!

      • Why is there no pictures in the media of these two animals so people locked up with these clowns can start giving them beat downs?

        • That is what I want to know too Marc, I also want to know if there is going to be a service for this poor child if so when and where?
          I see Mimi has been keeping us updated hope she will keep it up…thank you Mimi…

          • Ur welcome Tori I will try my best to keep everyone updated as soon as I find out if when his services r. I have pictures of the filthy b!t¢h she is on Facebook look up her name and on her profile it says she stays in palmdale

        • I so agree wit u on that on Marc.like.I said the filthy w#o®e has pictures on Facebook about the b!¢h of a so called man not to sure but people in jail need to find out so the can give them they deserve

          • Guess her Facebook is private cant find her under Pearl Fernandez. Have to wait till Tuesday for court date to see these cowards.

          • MIMI I think we need to expose this story to higher media, so everybody not only knows of this murder but to be more cautious when they see or hear anything suspicious!

          • Sio C. I agree I don’t kno how to go abouts doing it people need to open their eyes and pay attention to the signs the banging of the walls.people r so scared to get into their neighbors business but people.got to think wat if that were their niece or nephew wouldn’t they want someone to help them

    • She looks like a whore. I’m sure she doesn’t know who the biological father even is.

      • This mother was popping babies left and right to collect welfare to sustain her drug-fueled life!! Unfortunately, this is all too common here in the US. The children become victims from some of these families. It was obvious that these two individuals were so high on drugs while they were throwing the boy against the wall like he was a rag doll.

  68. Reading the sad story makes me sick to my stomach. It is time to make these abusers pay for their crimes against children! Beat them to death and make these people the example… Enough is enough !

    • What about the good old days when u could tie these psychos to the back of ur horse and ride through town dragging them behind u??! There’s is plenty of desert out here to do some much needed offroading with these a**holes!!

  69. Just goes to show that real life monsters do exist.
    Unfortunately, for this child, the people who are suppose to love and care for him, ended up being the monsters. How Horrible!

  70. SO SAD THIS HAPPENED TO THIS POOR KID!!! BUT EVERYONE WHO KNOWINGLY NEW OR SUSPECTED SOMETHING WAS GOING ON WITH THAT POOR CHILD, SHOULD BE ALSO ARRESTED!! MAKES ME SICK TO HEAR NEIGHBORS SAY THEY SUSPECTED SOMETHING WAS GOING ON!!!! PEOPLE NEED TO WAKE UP IN THE AV WITH ALL THE BS LA COUNTY THROWS OUT HERE!!!

    • I agree with your comments and also think the local DCFS staff needs to be investigated to get to the bottom of how this was allowed to happen.

      Comments below seem to indicate that all the mandatory reporters of child abuse where doing what they are supposed to do, reporting suspected abuse, yet this child ended up being murdered by someone in his home.

      Tragic and answers are needed on how this was allowed to happen. I hope the AVTimes follows up on the investigation of this tragic death.

      • I agree! There needs to an investigation done on DCFS and attention brought to the horrible job they did in protecting this child.

        • DCFS and other Social Service offices and referral organizations all need some housecleaning! Seems to be a lot of corruption for a long time.

      • There’s only so much a person from the outside can do. At first, I was appalled when I heard that so many people knew this was going on and assumed that they did nothing. Then the rest of the story came out, and now I get why this poor child wasn’t saved.
        Years ago, my family had custody of one of my cousin’s kids (14 year old). He had court ordered therapy, and we did a lot for him. In the end, a family member walked in on this kid molesting another young cousin.
        Long story short, the social worker did nothing because she “really didn’t want to do more paperwork” and didn’t want to look incompetant, the therapist ignored it, because she felt that her observations showed he wasn’t capable of doing that, and the police can’t arrest him if nobody is willing to press charges.
        The little punk already knew how to lie and manipulate people, especially women, so there were brick walls everywhete we turned. We naturally kicked him out of the house, and eventually that whole side of the family turned on us for doing so, believing his lies instead of us.
        So at what point does Social Services do their jobs correctly and in a timely manner? When does personal responsibility and assertiveness come into play? it’s frustrating that the blame gets passed around, and nothing ever gets done.

    • This is such BULL[removed]!!!! We need to protest the dcfs office. They edged up so bad on this one!!! They r to blame as much as anyone else that poor little Gabriel had to die!!!

  71. I am truly heart broken and am lost for words. God has again came and picked out another beautiful flower for his garden in paradise. Gabriel, may you rest in peace and live eternally by gods side. you are now an angel in heaven to look out and protect all the children who are being hurt. Love you lil guy. RIP

          • Ha ha rt God didn’t protect this innocent child. Like they say the Lord gives u only wat u can handle…Gabriel’s poor Lil body couldn’t handle all the abuse and look wat happened. Lord this Lil innocent child didn’t deserve this life y did u put him on earth wit his scum bag of a mom that was good for nothing the only thing that Piece of crap was probably good for was laying on her back and opening her legs! Then to top it off I know her mom was taking care of he 2 older ones and Gabriel was being taking care of by pearls uncle Micheal and he treated him like his own gave him everything he wanted and loved him unconditionally y did Pearl take her kids frm the people that loved them the most wat was.the reason for her to beat them and treat them like crap she deserves everything she gets I hope some one beats her till she is non responsive breaks her ribs and fractures her scull beat her till she is black and blue throw acid on the b!t¢h she deserves that and way more

    • God did not come and pick up another beautiful flower for his garden in paradise but rather humans murdered a little boy after making his life a living hell. How can someone who lived a life of helpless torture rest in peace and lastly if in fact becomes an angel in heaven to look out and protect all the children then I hope he does better then all the rest of the angels who failed to protect him while he was being abused.

  72. That poor Baby!!!! This breaks my heart! It kills me to see my daughter sad or in pain!!!! How can anyone intentionally hurt a child like this?? How can this happen??? It’s pure evil!!! I have been praying and praying for this little boy to pull through. But I can take comfort in knowing that this little boy can never be hurt or feel pain again. He is in the arms of The Lord now!!! He will finally feel love and comfort. I hope these two disgusting adults get everything they deserve for what they have done!!! God bless u little one! U r safe now!!

  73. Como putas dejaron que esta vieja hija de la gran puta y el mariconaso ese de marido que tenka abusar el nino? Aller mire las noticias y mucha gente en los apartamentos mirava el nino golpeado y q lo vestian de nina y nadie llamo la polocia o le fue a romper la madrina a estos 2 mariconrs wow … I saw the spanish news yeaterday and they said they say gabriel with burn marks bruises and half bald like they hAd cut his hair and they use to dress him like a girl and these mother [removed] from the building complex saw and heard things and did nothing shame on u [removed] idiots … How come none of u [removed] living next to them callef the police untill the took action? What kind of sick animals are u who see things and say and do nothing this makes me angry and sad

    • Yes, these people are sick that did not do anything to help this poor child…. they are to blame also……The Hijos de la gran Puta should be put to death for what they did to this innocent child….

  74. I am totally disgusted by these two abusive animals !! You both deserve the worst and deserve to be punished . I have an 8 year old and can never ever picture this happening . I’m sooo sick to my stomach , and feeling so hurt . And for those who knew or had a feeling this was going on , you all should be ashamed of yourself . This could have been prevented and something could have been done on time . It’s to late now ! R.I.P little guy your little soul is now in heaven where nothing but good things will be happening . You will know longer suffer !!

    • THE FAMILY AND SCHOOL AND NIEGHBOR’S REPORTED IT SEVERAL TIMES AND AS IT SAYS WORKERS WENT OUT AND SHERRIF’S WENT OUT AND LEFT HIM THIER ARE SYSTEM IS [removed].

      • people said they thought the boy did not even attend school…I am sure with all the people that “supposedly” went out there not ONE of them could or would do anything to help this child.

        • This comment did not come out the way I meant it! I was saying that not one of these agencies could or would do anything to help this boy…they supposedly went there to help and did nothing to save this child…I feel bad for the Family and Teachers that reported this and got no results, now they are all in deep pain…Sorry again for your loss!

  76. This is why EVERYONE at Palmdale & Lancaster DCFS offices needs to be FIRED, along with the Judges(?) at Dependancy Court like Modevsky. A more useless, incompetent, uncaring & clueless group of individuals doesn’t exist. & If you want the names of the incompetent imbeciles at the Lancaster office I’d be only too happy to provide them. I’ve been dealing with these morons for 2 1/2 years & my child remains with the abusive, un-medicated bipolar & paranoid schizophrenic parent.

    • # BGF
      You seem to have first hand information that the public should be aware of. Please provide supporting information for your allegations. Explain in detail what you have just said. Enumerate all the facts and be ready for all our inquiries. Thanks.

      • Got a file sitting here almost 2in thick that documents ALL the screw ups subsequent cover up by the imbeciles at the Lancaster DCFS office involved in my daughters case. The cover up goes all the way up to Alex Hernandez at Phil Brownings office. Guess who investigates DCFS screw ups? DCFS does.. & then they seal the records because the workers are protected by their union. The main offender at the Lancaster DCFS office is called Dave Hinson. Other employees at that office that need to be fired are John Willey, Kellie Pimienta, Vicki Alexander, Mary Jane (yes, really), Jessica Garrett, Paul Gaieta & Jessica Burnias.

  77. I know violence is never the answer but I want to beat these two so badly right now, as well as anyone who knew this was going on and turned a blind eye. None of you have a right to live. RIP little one.

  78. I jus got a text from the aunt that baby Gabriel didn’t make it I can’t believe itmay he rest with the angels so sad how can someone do this to their kid

    • I have no words…just blessings for the older brothers and family members. Please keep us posted on a memorial service.

    • As I said there was a statement made by the Superintendent from Palmdale school District this morning that this poor young man had passed. I’m very sorry. I was really hoping that you were right and the Superintendent was misinformed because we are all so hurt by the circumstances. I am saddened to hear that the Superintendent was right. I can tell you that it is very frustrating to suspect and report abuse and have nothing done.

      • At the time u made ur comment it was all wrong Gabriel did not pass away till after 2 in the after noon so yes the information the palmdale superintendent gave out in the morning was false thank u very much!

    • My condolences to the siblings and the entire family for there loss. Horrific crime hope these two animals pay for what they have done to this child.

    • I’M NOT SURE WHO YOU ARE BUT I’M THE ONE WHO WAS TOLD FROM THE GRAND PARENTS OF THE ABUSE AND BEGGED FOR HELP IN REORTING MAINLY THE MOTHER AND THE ASS HOLE AND I REPORTED IT TO THE HOTLINE TO THE SCHOOL AND TO THE SHERRIFS DEPT BUT WE DONT TELL EVERYBODY EXACTLY what we are doing because of other threats pearl made to the kids for telling any one what was going on but yes they did keep a relationship with her just to have contact with the kids till the county did something it was hard for them to do this knowing what she was doing but they knew what she would do if she knew they had talked.. the fault should be held on the mother and the workers and sherrifs for not doing what was right to remove the children after they got several reports from family,teachers and nieghbors.. in conclusion we love and miss gabriel and we will never forget your smile mijo.. love you forever

      • Yes and I don’t doubt that Pearl made threats to the kids or towards her parents especially her mother cuz ever since she was young she would threat and manipulate her mom and take advantage of her mom as well. She has been no good since I’ve met her. The bastard that did this I feel sorry for him when he gets to jail and he deserves everything that’s coming to him as for the sorry excuse for a mother she should b charged with murder or accessory to murder cuz the b!t¢h was there and didn’t even protect him. Y didn’t she leave that a$$hole hmmm maybe cuz she finally found someone that would take turns beating him as if she wasn’t enough already her to she is gonna get it and she is gonna get it good! They should jus both kill themselves already cuz they ain’t gonna make it in jail or prison. Gabriel ain’t suffering he is in the arms of the Lord

      • So sorry for your loss and that no one was willing to help this poor baby, it hurts me to my soul for someone to look the other way when a child is being abused and that includes School officials, Law and Social workers…I hear there is already and Investigation into DCFS because of other abuses that they overlooked…May the Lord bring peace to the Family and especially the Grandparents! I am sorry if I was misinformed about the child attending school in a later post!

  79. What could this little boy possibly have done to deserve this… how are people capable of such violence? If you don’t have the patience, the coping skills, the knowledge to raise a child.. then my god, don’t keep having children. These disgusting pieces of garbage beat their child nearly to death, then panicked when they realized that perhaps they had taken it too far, and called paramedics to come to the rescue. Well you idiots, look what you’ve done. I bet you felt REAL TOUGH beating up an EIGHT YEAR OLD BOY. Now you will never get to see him again. I agree with the person who said that the parents deserve to have done to them what they did to their kid. They deserve to be beaten like he was. They deserve to be burnt like he was. They deserve to have their ribs broken like his were. They deseve to feel the PAIN that he went through.

    Thank goodness that this boy was finally rescued from a life of violence and despair and is safe in the hands of his doctors and nurses. It is just a shame that this violence went on for so long, and he was only saved after it had gone way too far.

  80. Many of you have contacted us for an update regarding the condition of the 8-year-old boy. About 8:15 this morning (Friday), we contacted Sgt. Brian Hudson of the Sheriff’s Special Victims Bureau for an update. According to an update he received late last night, the boy is still alive, Hudson said. If the boy’s condition changes, we will be sure to update this story. Until then, please understand that we must remove any comments to the contrary for posting false information. We will restore those comments, if later information proves that you were correct.

    • Well I know for a fact every thing I said is true cuz I have a Lil more inside informadone than the police kno at this moment this and since no one wanted to tell me where they lived at there was nothing I could have done do u kno how angry that makes me and i kno for a fact this lil boy has told pearls parents about the abuse the only thing im questioning is why they never did anything yet again her mother is literally very sick with health issues maybe she tied and Pearl probably threatened her as well and u seriously think the police r gonna find out more info than they kno at the moment unless the siblings open up and tell them

      • Mimi, please know that he was loved at his school, by his teacher and other staff members, and his abuse was reported many times. We cared about him. We are broken hearted.

    • Thank you for the update! I am holding out hope he is still alive. Please forgive me if the information I posted was incorrect. My sources are highly reliable, but of course it’s always possible misinformation is out there! God bless this boy & heal him inside and out!

  81. WHY WOULD U LET ANY MAN PUT A HAND ON UR CHILD? HOW CAN ANY HUMAN HURT SOMEONE WHO CANT EVEN DEFEND THEMSELVES? I CANT BELIEVE THE NEIGHBORS HEARD NOISES, SAW THE CHILD AND NEVER DECIDED TO CALL IT IN! WHY ARE PEOPLE SO STUPID? POOR CHILD. I HOPE HE GETS BETTER! I HOPE THE MOTHER AND THE STUPID BOYFRIEND GET WHAT THEY DESERVE IN JAIL!!!!!

    • Well I agree however jail isnt a harsh enough punishment for those evil,
      mofos if u ask me they should put a dress on the boyfriend and then put him in jail with a neon sign saying I tortured and murdered my 8 year old stepson.

      • R.I.P Gabriel
        This two monster will get what they deservewhen they go to jail

  82. Why would any woman let her baby boy take this abuse? When boyfriends often come into a relationship there can only be one rooster in a home, they then go after the sons. Sick!! This poor kid probably has so much mental abuse he will never be normal. Mother needs to be incarcerated!!

  83. So many people are more concerned about not getting into the “neighbors” business than they are about a childs welfare. This story makes me sick. I would have probably got beat up by that mom, but someone WOULD have helped that child if he lived in my neighborhood.
    I hope this little boy lives and that he can get the help he needs. The other kids have got to be suffering major trama, even if they were not tortured like he was.
    What the Hell is wrong with those people? Are they druggies?

  84. I am utterly disgusted! First by this whole darn story..the “eating cat poop” statement really has me dry heaving..BUT for social workers to be involved and look the other way, when it was OBVIOUSLY bad is foul! I have had my children removed years ago, not for neglect, abuse, etc…I did have a drug problem but all workers said i was still a great parent just needed to leave the dope. I am a success story of DCFS. However, within past three years, a few people I know that are fantastic parents..to say the least; have had their children removed for NOTHING!! Thats right, NOTHING! A bunch of quick talk and threats!But these disturbed morons are allowed to abuse and repeat? Instead of just talking, we ALL need to take a stand against these monster social workers..or their system! I am truly beside myself!! Prayers to the boy in critical condition..

  85. My understanding from several teachers where this boy attended school is he did die from his injuries. I pray for his siblings and hopeful they will be welcomed into a loving foster-to-adopt home. I hope there will be an investigation of WHY the system failed this child. Apparently the teachers at his school reported suspicion of abuse MANY times!!!

    • He has not died he is on life support please everyone pray that he makes it thru this poor Gabriel didn’t deserve this actually no kid deserves that kind of treatment the mother was piece of crap and always treated him like crap she even made him eat the cats poop frm the litter box she and her piece of crap boyfriend deserve everything they get in jail or maybe they will b smart and kill themselves before someone handles them in jail to my knowledge even her parents knew of the abuse and never did nothing about it…im so disgusted

      • I sure hope you are right Mimi, that he’s still alive! He deserves to have a 2nd chance at a better life. His teachers were told by authorities he passed away. I am holding out hope! Are you a friend of the family then & have 1st hand knowledge of his condition? I am praying for him!

        • I kno the Gabriel’s aunt (thru marriage) and she jus told me maybe about 1 hr ago he is in critical condition and is on life support so all we can do rt now is hope for the best but expect the worst prayer helps so jus pray that he makes it thru this

          • PLease oh please mimi, keep us posted of his condition, my heart and prayers go out to Gabriel. I can’t stop thinking about him, I feel him as one of my own and I praying and asking God to bless this child and be with him.

          • Mari I will most definitely keep u all posted. I feel u as soon as I heard about this my heart ached I was mad cuz of wat the mother let happen to gabriel a precious child like I said everyone jus please pray and even if u don’t believe in the power of prayer keep him in ur thoughts and jus wish that he gets thru this critical time

          • Marc just woke up I haven’t got no calls or text messages so most likely he still on life support as soon as I find anything out during the day I will b updating on here to let u all kno thank u for ur concern

    • If teachers knew…and other adults knew things like he was being forced to eat cat feces and he was mistreated, did these adults not report it?
      If his mom and grandparents did nothing did everyone else just stand by and do nothing?
      Such a terrible thing I hope he recovers and is kept safe.

      • That’s wat im saying I kno once I had asked for pearls address to go handle her my way and call children services on her but no one wanted to give it to me. Its jus so sad to kno that it had to come to this point for people to notice I jus really hope he does make it and they find him and his siblings a home where they can stay and live together cuz they have already been thru to much and if they would separate them they would b only causing more trauma to them cuz as for now all they have for now is eachother

      • The teacher did report the abuse at least 3 times to the authorities,and nothing was done. She is completely heartbroken. He was not in school for the last 12 days and was told they had moved out of state. She had hoped the grandmother had him…….

  86. Please, please our children don’t have a voice and our children are EVERYBODYS’ business. Please, let’s keep our eyes and ears open and pick up that phone. Intervene, take notes and call again and again until someone listens! I am just broken hearted over this. While our children lay sound asleep in our home last night, this baby was being tortured. My heart aches for this precious child.

  87. If you see something say something! And say it to anyone and everyone. Don’t EVER assume that someone else is taking care of it.

    • Good advice but looks like people did see and say, nothing was done.You have to wonder what it takes for DCS to act.

      • That’s why I said say it to anyone and everyone. Get anyone and everyone involved so someone HAS to act even if it’s due to pure pressure because it’s being reported at every level to anyone in any type of elected or taxpayer funded official.

    • How can you assume there was a social worker going to the house? what do they look like? Are they easy to detect?

  88. That sorry excuse of a mother should be charged with attempted murder too, because she is just as guilty allowing anyone to abuse her child. I would be dead or sitting in jail, because no way on God’s green earth would be have gotten away with this. With that being said, my prayers are with this young boy and siblings and I hope they get all of the help they need, and they will need a lot to heal the emotional and mental wounds as well as the physical.

    • I think so as well. Since the very first time the boyfriend laid hands on him she should have jumped in and made him beat her instead then left his sorry no good for nothing butt!! How can u just sit back and watch ur kid get beat B!T¢H€S like that should get attempted murder or at least acessory to murder

  89. I just don’t understand DCFS? They let bad parents and foster parents slide all the time, even when child abuse is so obvious. They don’t take any action at all! But when it comes to great parents and foster parents, they are always on their case. What is wrong with you workers?!?! I have witnessed, first hand, how they conduct their business. I don’t get it and I think I never will. It just doesn’t make any logical sense, period.
    As for those piece of crap “so-called” mother and her boyfriend, I hope the other county inmates become fully aware of these monsters and unleash hell upon them, but that’s if they don’t get PC’d in there first.

  90. How utterly HORRIFIC my heart breaks for the boy, my thoughts and prayers for him and his siblings, I can’t even imagine children being raised in such an evil environment, too sad for words.

  91. What on earth could a little 8 year old do to an adult to be treated like that? nothing!!
    I would have taken him in in a minute. I hope none of the children will ever be placed back in that home again. My prayers are with the little boy and the other 2 children.
    Wake up DCFS and do your job…

  92. Eye for an eye on this one. There’s A special place in hell for mom and coward/boyfriend. I am A 48 year old survivor of abuse, it tears my heart out every time I hear or read about about this type of sh#!. Can’t stop crying. God bless the child and all children. And for all that saw and didn’t do anything to stop it, shame on you COWARDS. Where I come from boyfriend would have been S.O.L. should be D.O.A..

  93. He did go to school (although he was absent a lot), and his teacher reported to DCFS more than once. His bruises and other injuries were obvious. The doctor must have also known – he’s another mandated reporter. Something is wrong with DCFS. Our school is heartbroken.

    • i dont understand how dcfs can take away kids for the parents for getting a second oppinion like was in the news a while ago but at the same time they can have all the reports and everything but yet not take the kids away DCFS needs to get their head out of there ass and do the right thing for once in there life

    • There was a woman interviewed on the news that said he stopped going to school several months ago…

  94. I’m thinking that he must not have been going to school. Teachers notice if a kid is bruised often.

  95. So sad how can a mom just watch her child be abused she was probably abused by that loser to the older kids probably were to scared when The social worker came to say any thing I hope they can be placed in a loving home

  96. Such disgust. I pray these 3 boys end up in a safe and loving home. Best of luck to the 8 year old. You’ll pull through.

  97. I am a mother of 4 beautiful girls, I cant imagine why someone would do something like this to a child. I read the story and I couldnt help but cry. I hope the mother and her boyfriend get what they deserve and then some in jail. My prayers are with the lil boy.

  98. I’ve seen this type of thing happen one to many times. Once to myself as a teenager. Social workers walk around with blindfolds on. They do the bare minimum, and don’t want to get involved in anything more. It’s a sad world we live in when children are pushed to the side, and abused like it’s ok.

  99. The school he attended was notified on several occasion’s about the abuse and social services went to the home and apparently found nothing wrong.

    The system did not work.

    They should hang the B^%$h for what she did!

    • That’s what we get for trusting a bureaucracy to see that children are not harmed. It takes caring adults.
      They need to turn that animal loose in the jail’s general population with the words “Child Abuser” tattooed on his forehead.
      That piece of filth wouldn’t last 30 seconds.

  100. This is disgusting, and it has to stop. What’s the deal with the Social wkr????? Why didn’t the Police remove the child when they were called in originally? There are NO excuses!

      • Not uncommon for people who abuse the system to sweet talk investigators and licensing people. That’s one of the ways they get them to look the other way.

  101. This just sickens me as a man! I would love to see someone give mom and dad the same treatment he got. Hopefully the kids aren’t placed right back in the home with our broken justice system!