GUILTY CA - Gabriel Fernandez, 8, tortured to death, Palmdale, 22 May 2013

[Niner]

I'm here too - looking for JUSTICE for GABRIEL!! :rose:

 

[LaborDayRN]

Trial Begins in Torture Death of Gabriel Fernandez

A jury is set Monday to begin hearing the case against a Palmdale man who is charged, along with his girlfriend, with capital murder in the beating death of the woman's 8-year-old son.
The seven-woman, five-man panel is due in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom for opening statements by attorneys in the trial of Isauro Aguirre, 37, who is charged in the May 22, 2013, death of Gabriel Fernandez. The murder count includes the special circumstance allegation of murder involving the infliction of torture.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Aguirre and co-defendant Pearl Sinthia Fernandez, 34, who will be tried separately.


Source: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/l...abriel-Fernandez-451088913.html#ixzz4vh57KC3D
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[Niner]

This poor child.... :tears:

Court photos show 8-year-old Palmdale boy's battered body
http://abc7.com/court-photos-show-8-year-old-palmdale-boys-battered-body/2539589/

LOS ANGELES (KABC) --
Jurors gasped when prosecutors showed photos of an 8-year-old boy's battered body in court Monday during opening statements in the trial for a Palmdale man accused of killing the child.
[.....]
Isauro Aguirre, Gabriel's mother's boyfriend, is charged with capital murder in the case for his alleged role in the repeated abuse that led to Gabriel's death in Palmdale in May 2013.

The murder count includes the special circumstance allegation of murder involving the infliction of torture.

Aguirre, 37, who has pleaded not guilty, showed no emotion in court.
[.....]
Prosecutors say the little boy suffered a fractured skull, broken ribs and burns. They said the child was shot with a BB gun and also bound and forced to sleep in a cabinet while his brothers and sisters watched.
[......]
Gabriel's mother, 34-year-old Pearl Ferndandez, who is also charged with capital murder, will have a separate trial. Prosecutors are pursuing the death penalty for both Aguirre and Fernandez.



:rose: JUSTICE for GABRIEL :rose:


:judge:

 

[borndem]

I wont' be surprised at all if both these xxxxx's are given the Death Penalty. If ever there was a case for it, this is one. IMO. Inhuman.

 

[LaborDayRN]

Defendant Tortured Gabriel Fernandez to Death Because He Thought Child Was Gay, Prosecutor Alleges

A man who is accused of torturing his girlfriend's 8-year-old son to death killed the child because he thought the boy was gay, a Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office prosecutor said during opening statements Monday.

Isauro Aguirre's defense attorney said his client admits to causing the injuries on Gabriel Fernandez's body, but that it only happened because Aguirre exploded in rage after Gabriel told his mom to leave her boyfriend.

Aguirre, 32, is charged with murder with a special circumstance of torture.

The prosecutor said that Aguirre made Gabriel dress up in girls' clothes and go to school. He added that Aguirre just didn't like Gabriel and thought the boy was gay, and that was his motivation for his treatment of the child.

http://ktla.com/2017/10/16/attorneys-make-opening-statements-in-gabriel-fernandez-torture-case/

:furious:

 

[LaborDayRN]

“Gabriel’s last vision was that man over there standing over Gabriel, beating him to death,” Hatami said.

Six-foot-2-inch Aguirre weighed 270 pounds at the time of the death, the prosecutor said, comparing his size to that of Gabriel, who was 59 pounds and 4 feet 1 inch tall.

“The evidence will show that the defendant is nothing more than a bully," Hatami said. "He was a security guard who intentionally tortured and abused a helpless and innocent little boy.”

http://ktla.com/2017/10/16/attorneys-make-opening-statements-in-gabriel-fernandez-torture-case/

 

[katydid23]

I am not sure if I can make it through this trial----but I feel I owe it to this poor, sweet boy. :rose:

 

[LaborDayRN]

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Jurors gasped when prosecutors showed photos of an 8-year-old boy's battered body in court Monday during opening statements in the trial for a Palmdale man accused of killing the child.

Prosecutors said little Gabriel Fernandez was tortured and beaten up until his death.

Some family members sobbed or had to leave the room when the photos of Gabriel's body were shown.

http://abc7.com/court-photos-show-8-year-old-palmdale-boys-battered-body/2539589/

His poor family. It's just heartbreaking!

 

[katydid23]

They should sit some of the County DCFS workers at the defendants table, right alongside him. Some of them belong in :jail: too.

 

[LaborDayRN]

They should sit some of the County DCFS workers at the defendants table, right alongside him. Some of them belong in :jail: too.

I couldn't agree more. And I didn't realize that Gabriel missed school for three weeks before his death. We all know that in CA this absence would have been reported and being that the family already had an open case with DCFS's, I will never understand how they allowed it to get this far!

"In court papers filed last year, Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Hatami wrote that a first-grade teacher made a report to authorities about Fernandez allegedly hitting her son with the metal part of a belt, causing injury.

"This was essentially the beginning of the eight months of torture and abuse of Gabriel Fernandez by Pearl Fernandez and Isauro Aguirre in Palmdale," the prosecutor wrote, adding that the boy was "withheld from school by the defendants for the last three weeks before he was murdered."


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[katydid23]

I couldn't agree more. And I didn't realize that Gabriel missed school for three weeks before his death. We all know that in CA this absence would have been reported and being that the family already had an open case with DCFS's, I will never understand how they allowed it to get this far!

"In court papers filed last year, Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Hatami wrote that a first-grade teacher made a report to authorities about Fernandez allegedly hitting her son with the metal part of a belt, causing injury.

"This was essentially the beginning of the eight months of torture and abuse of Gabriel Fernandez by Pearl Fernandez and Isauro Aguirre in Palmdale," the prosecutor wrote, adding that the boy was "withheld from school by the defendants for the last three weeks before he was murdered."


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I cannot believe that missing school was not a HUGE RED FLAG--it should have set DCFS into emergency protocol.

I used to work for LAUSD, as a clerk in the admission's office. If a student misses more than 3 days of school in a row, calls go to the parents/carers and reports are filed. We required an explanation and a doctor's note if the absence was to continue. School's are concerned about communicable illnesses, and also the child's well being. Not to mention the loss of state funding for each day of absence.

There is no way we'd have let 3 weeks go by without sending someone to check on the child.

 

[LaborDayRN]

I cannot believe that missing school was not a HUGE RED FLAG--it should have set DCFS into emergency protocol.

I used to work for LAUSD, as a clerk in the admission's office. If a student misses more than 3 days of school in a row, calls go to the parents/carers and reports are filed. We required an explanation and a doctor's note if the absence was to continue. School's are concerned about communicable illnesses, and also the child's well being. Not to mention the loss of state funding for each day of absence.

There is no way we'd have let 3 weeks go by without sending someone to check on the child.

I agree.

 

[Niner]

Thanks all for the post discussions and articles to read! I guess no one is actually in the courtroom tweeting this trial..... nline:

See you all later today!

 

[LaborDayRN]

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-10/17/c_136684563.htm

Coverage from China!

 

[LaborDayRN]

Coverage from the UK!!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/man-forced-girlfriends-eight-year-11358999

 

[LaborDayRN]

Coverage from New York!

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/man-tortures-kills-boy-believed-child-gay-da-article-1.3568800

 

[LaborDayRN]

Nurse testifies that every inch of 8-year-old Palmdale boy's body was bruised, swollen.

Rebar was working on the overnight shift when CHLA received Gabriel for treatment. She became extremely emotional when describing the injuries in Gabriel's body. She said Gabriel was completely unresponsive, with a breathing tube and on life support.

As she testified, Gabriel's father's girlfriend could be heard sobbing in the courtroom.

Nurses, first responders and witness after witness described unimaginable injuries on the 8-year-old in day two of his murder trial.
http://abc7.com/every-inch-of-gabriels-body-was-bruised-nurse-testifies/2545567/

 

[Niner]

:tyou: LaborDayRN for keeping this thread updated! Very much appreciated! :wave:

 

[tlcya]

This child, little Gabriel, will forever live in my heart and the horrors he suffered can never be erased from my soul. It's been a long wait for #JusticeforGabriel

 

[tlcya]

He said once, his mother and Aguirre ordered him to punch his own brother. Ezequiel said it was difficult to explain how he felt at that time, telling the court that he whispered in his brother's ear to fall when he pretended to hit him.

http://abc7.com/palmdale-boy-was-forced-to-eat-cat-feces-brother-testifies/2549367/

Gabriel's siblings will ever be in my thoughts. I hope that they are able to move on from the trauma they witnessed and lived on a daily basis and can have happy productive lives. They are the living victims. Gabriel's suffering ended his last day on earth. But the sibs are the ones who must carry on, and live with what they witnessed for the rest of their lives.