Tuesday, Nov. 27th:
*Pretrial Conference Hearing (@ 10am PT) - CA - Gabriel Fernandez (8) (May 23, 2013, Lancaster) - Child Services personnel Patricia Clement, Stephanie Rodriguez, & supervisors Gregory Merritt, Kevin Bom (Bloom) charged (3/20/17) & arraigned (4/3/17) on one felony count child abuse & falsifying records. $1M bail for each; all posted bail on 4/7/16.
9/13/18 Update: A Los Angeles County judge on Thursday denied a motion to dismiss child abuse and other charges against four social workers in the killing of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez, concluding that the Palmdale boy’s death had been “foreseeable.” Judge Lomeli said the social workers had not properly documented the abuse nor the mother’s repeated refusal to attend counseling. The judge said he had reviewed the voluminous case files and noted that the defendants had overruled a scoring system set up to detect danger to children. The defendants demonstrated “an improper regard for human life” and “a lack of vigilance,” Lomeli said.
9/13/18 Update: Next Pretrial conference for all on 10/24.
10/24/18 Update: Next pretrial hearing set for 11/27 for Merritt, Bom, Rodriguez & Clement.
Pearl Fernandez (mom) & Isauro Aguirre were sentenced 6/7/18-Pearl life w/o parole, Isauro received the death penalty.