Couple on Trial for Murder of 8 Year Old Called Him Gay, Tortured Him ‘More Severely Than Many POWs’
A mother and her boyfriend are on trial for murdering her 8-year old son. They allegedly called him gay, and abused, beat and tortured him “more severely than many prisoners of war.”
Pearl Fernandez, 30, and her boyfriend Isauro Aguirre, 34, are on trial in Los Angeles for the murder of her 8-year old son, Gabriel Hernandez. The details of the case are horrific, as are the accusations that young Gabriel “fell through the cracks” after case workers ignored clear warning signs, including a suicide note he had penned.“For eight straight months,” Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Hatami told a grand jury this week, Gabriel “was abused, beaten and tortured more severely than many prisoners of war.”
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