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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Oct 24, 2017, 04:40 PM Oct 2017

More horrific details emerge about tortured 'gay' child's last days during murder trial

Source: LGBTQNation




By Bil Browning · Tuesday, October 24, 2017



The shocking case of an 8-year-old boy murdered by his mother and her boyfriend because they thought he was gay has become even more disturbing. Gabriel Fernandez lived a life filled with pain and fear, prosecutors told the jury and witness after witness has documented the torture that consumed his life.

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Criminalist Tiffany Shew showed jurors photos of the apartment where hundreds of blood stains and indentations on the walls were found. The dents were from Aguirre slamming Fernandez’s head into the wall. There were so many marks on the wall, Shew testified that she ran out of evidence stickers to mark them all. Forensic testing found Fernandez’s blood on numerous items in the home, including a baseball bat, a wooden club, and computer cords. His DNA was also found inside a cupboard where the two adults kept him, bound and gagged for hours without food, water, or the ability to go to the bathroom.

Another criminologist, Stephan Schliebe, confirmed that Fernandez was fed cat feces, saying the contents of the boy’s stomach resembled a kitty litter sample with feces and litter mixed together to fill a large part of his abdomen.

Registered Nurse Alison Segal testified to the extent of Fernandez’s injuries when he was brought to the hospital after being beaten so badly he lost consciousness and didn’t wake up. She told the jury that she did not have time to do a “comprehensive assessment” because his injuries were so severe he was immediately rushed to a children’s hospital where he died.

Read more: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/10/horrific-details-emerge-tortured-gay-childs-last-days-murder-trial/




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More horrific details emerge about tortured 'gay' child's last days during murder trial (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2017 OP
Where is the humanity!!??!! secondwind Oct 2017 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Kittycow Oct 2017 #2
Almost enough to make me rethink my opposition to the DP GulfCoast66 Oct 2017 #3
Almost make me rethink my opposition to medieval torture as a punitive measure. Kablooie Oct 2017 #12
A life sentence, without possibility of parole, is too good for those evil, homicidal maniacs red dog 1 Oct 2017 #4
Exactly. They each will adapt QUITE WELL to prison life. It's not like they live now on Park Ave. WinkyDink Oct 2017 #15
Rest in peace, precious child. democrank Oct 2017 #5
I oppose the death penalty. RedSpartan Oct 2017 #6
I am with you genxlib Oct 2017 #7
You won't get it from me RhodeIslandOne Oct 2017 #8
Poor baby Bettie Oct 2017 #9
My God our society has to save these children. No neighbor, no teacher, no Doctor noticed anything? Sunlei Oct 2017 #10
Four social workers... DonViejo Oct 2017 #11
I hope they both get life without the possibility of parole. cstanleytech Oct 2017 #13
I would---IDGAD what anyone thinks---pull the switch, open the trap door, inject the needle, WinkyDink Oct 2017 #14
Stop and think, please. donotpissoffacow Oct 2017 #16
Gabriel Fernandezs Teacher Says He Told Her: Sometimes, My Mom Makes Me Bleed Judi Lynn Oct 2017 #17
Why did CPS do nothing???? EllieBC Oct 2017 #18
OMG, that poor child. area51 Oct 2017 #19
Second verse, same as the first jmowreader Oct 2017 #20
That poor little boy. What a horrific short life he had. smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #21

Response to DonViejo (Original post)

Kablooie

(18,634 posts)
12. Almost make me rethink my opposition to medieval torture as a punitive measure.
Tue Oct 24, 2017, 05:59 PM
Oct 2017

These people deserve more than the death penalty.

red dog 1

(27,817 posts)
4. A life sentence, without possibility of parole, is too good for those evil, homicidal maniacs
Tue Oct 24, 2017, 05:06 PM
Oct 2017

Imo, they both should get the death penalty!

 

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)
15. Exactly. They each will adapt QUITE WELL to prison life. It's not like they live now on Park Ave.
Tue Oct 24, 2017, 08:32 PM
Oct 2017

RedSpartan

(1,693 posts)
6. I oppose the death penalty.
Tue Oct 24, 2017, 05:19 PM
Oct 2017

But I would personally flip the switch for these bastards with no hesitation. Flame away, I don't care.

genxlib

(5,528 posts)
7. I am with you
Tue Oct 24, 2017, 05:36 PM
Oct 2017

I think it is vastly overrated and unnecessary as a protection for society. Nor do I think it has any deterrent value.

But in rare occasions, the bastards just flat out deserve it. They have just flat out forfeited their right to be a part of the human race.

 

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
8. You won't get it from me
Tue Oct 24, 2017, 05:39 PM
Oct 2017

Although death by shark or some other wild animal seems more fitting for these creatures.

Bettie

(16,110 posts)
9. Poor baby
Tue Oct 24, 2017, 05:53 PM
Oct 2017

I hear stories like this and I want to take these sweet children and let them know that there are loving people in the world.

Poor little guy. I have a child that age. I can't even imagine.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
10. My God our society has to save these children. No neighbor, no teacher, no Doctor noticed anything?
Tue Oct 24, 2017, 05:54 PM
Oct 2017

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
11. Four social workers...
Tue Oct 24, 2017, 05:58 PM
Oct 2017
In March, four social workers were charged with child abuse and other charges for their roles in allowing the boy to suffer and die. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mary Lou Villar said that “red flags were everywhere,” but the social workers failed to file timely reports and mishandled evidence. Villar described their actions as “criminal negligence.”

All four social workers, Aguirre, and the child’s mother have all pled not guilty. Aguirre and Fernandez’s could face the death penalty.
 

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)
14. I would---IDGAD what anyone thinks---pull the switch, open the trap door, inject the needle,
Tue Oct 24, 2017, 08:30 PM
Oct 2017

WHATEVER IT TOOK TO KILL THESE MONSTROUS SADISTS.

I don't revere Homo sapiens sapiens.

 

donotpissoffacow

(91 posts)
16. Stop and think, please.
Tue Oct 24, 2017, 10:32 PM
Oct 2017

How is what this sweet child suffered different from Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, Nazi death camps,
Somalia, burning witches and on and on.
This is what happens when power over another is absolute. Right and wrong no longer have meaning.

Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts)
17. Gabriel Fernandezs Teacher Says He Told Her: Sometimes, My Mom Makes Me Bleed
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 06:42 PM
Oct 2017

BY CHRIS HARRIS•@CHRISHARRISMENT

POSTED ON OCTOBER 27, 2017 AT 6:20PM EDT

Testimony continued this week in the murder trial of Isauro Aguirre, the California man accused of torturing and murdering Gabriel Fernandez, his girlfriend’s 8-year-old son, allegedly because he believed the boy was gay.

On Thursday, Jennifer Garcia, who was Gabriel’s first-grade teacher, took the witness sGabriel died in 2013 from a skull fracture, shattered ribs and severe burns. Burrowed into his skin were BB pellets; one was also found in his lung, according to local ABC affiliate KABC-TV. Aguirre, 37, and the boy’s 34-year-old mother, Pearl Fernandez, have both pleaded not guilty to his murder.tand and told the court the boy had once confided in her, allegedly telling her, “Sometimes, my mom makes me bleed,” reports NBC Los Angeles.

. . .

After the boy died, Garcia said she found a note he had written in the desk at school. It read, according to reports: “I love you, Mom. Gabriel is a good boy.”



More:
http://people.com/crime/gabriel-fernandez-murder-trial-teacher-testifies-alleged-abuse/

Gabriel Fernandez
Rest in Peace, little one.


EllieBC

(3,016 posts)
18. Why did CPS do nothing????
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 07:09 PM
Oct 2017

The caseworker and his or her supervisor should be on trial too.

That poor sweet baby.

jmowreader

(50,559 posts)
20. Second verse, same as the first
Sat Oct 28, 2017, 02:49 PM
Oct 2017

Let me guess: The mother and her boyfriend were devout Christians who were only trying to drive the devil out of him.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
21. That poor little boy. What a horrific short life he had.
Sat Oct 28, 2017, 03:03 PM
Oct 2017

I can't believe that people can be capable of such cruelty toward an innocent child. I hope they both burn in hell.

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