The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez

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Absolutely awful......that poor poor boy.....my heart broke thinking of how he must have felt. The brother and sister will never forget all they witnessed either.
And to think he made those Mothers Day cards and smiled for the camera covered in so many bruises and cuts......
 
I watch a lot of docs like this but this really broke my heart & left me feeling so angry. That poor boy & his brother & sister. I felt bad for the gay uncles who raised him also, that boy did feel love for some of his life. I wasn't sure how to feel about the teacher, I wonder why she didn't hold the kid back & get the police/agency in to see the boy & call the mother in. I wonder if he had lunches provided for him at school.
 
I have read about this case before, but I can’t bring myself to watch it. A waste of an innocent little life, everyone around that poor child failed him. Utterly heartbreaking. 💔
 
I was in tears all the way through parts1-2, Then it made me angry that this was allowed to happen, by all involved Family members, professionals different agencies they all failed him. How many others like Gabriel who have suffered or suffering this kind of torture & abuse by the 1s who are supposed to love & protect us
 
Barkin Mad said:
His biological father attends the trial tho & how he managed to keep calm with Isauro Aguirre sat there I don’t know, I would of been on a murder charge myself if it was me
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If he went after him in the courtroom the trial would stop and a mistrial declared. Unfortunately he has to restrain himself
Fucked up
I would have launched myself at the piece of utter tit and his father good god I feel so bad for him! The guilt he feels breaks my heart.
 
Web30 said:
I binged it in 2 days. So many questions... Did his uncles officially adopt him as a baby or did they just have him?

How did his mum come back in to his life? I might have missed that info.

The poor teacher did everything she could, which wasn't much thanks to the law!

Were his other siblings abused or was it just him that was targeted?
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I read he had other siblings other than the brother and sister a brother(taken into care)who was just a year older than gabriel and a baby sister, I don't understand if one child is taken from the mother, why the rest are left? I had lots of questions as surely they were well know to social services why they weren't visiting his school etc. I felt so sorry for his teacher, I think she tried with no support, the poor boy its unbearable to watch
 
orangelolly said:
I haven't finished watching it all yet but here's what I think the answers are
Pearl walked out of the hospital and left Gabriel when he was born so I think the Uncles took him on.
Gabriel went to live with his grandmother but then they said she was no longer able to care for him so I think that's when he went back to his Mum.
I'm sure they said the others weren't abused and that Pearl hit Virginia (I think that's his sisters name) once. Gabriel was the escape goat of the family.
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Escape goat 😂 sorry that made me chuckle in an otherwise very sad thread!

Just finished watching. My heart literally aches. I don’t agree with the death penalty though even in this case, I think life without parole should be the sentence.

Also whoever asked why Gabriel ended up back with his mum, it was because she demanded to have him back so she could claim child benefit, basically.
 
gigi_93 said:
Escape goat 😂 sorry that made me chuckle in an otherwise very sad thread!

Just finished watching. My heart literally aches. I don’t agree with the death penalty though even in this case, I think life without parole should be the sentence.

Also whoever asked why Gabriel ended up back with his mum, it was because she demanded to have him back so she could claim child benefit, basically.
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It's such a shame his uncles hadn't officially adopted him in the first place.
 
I understood where the juror was coming from. I wouldn’t want to agree to put someone to death either.

The teacher however...she pissed me off. The state of that poor child when she was taking photos of him for the Mother’s Day project...he was burned, battered and bruised and she let him go home time and time again
 
gigi_93 said:
I understood where the juror was coming from. I wouldn’t want to agree to put someone to death either.

The teacher however...she pissed me off. The state of that poor child when she was taking photos of him for the Mother’s Day project...he was burned, battered and bruised and she let him go home time and time again
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Ah yeah I can understand people contend the death penalty but in this case I would have no problem choosing it myself

And I totally agree about the teacher. Yes, technically it wasn't her job to save him, she's there to teach etc etc but how could she go home and sleep at night.
I also wondered whether the other teachers and the principal are mandated reporters? Surely they all noticed it. Or does it just work that you only report the kids in your class?
 
I genuinely think the teacher was afraid of the mother. No excuse though, I tried putting myself in her position and thinking could I send a child home who is clearly not only being abused, but crying out for help. There’s no way I could. He asked her if it was normal to be hit with a belt until you bleed. He held his hand up to the security guy to show his injuries. That poor lad knew how he was being treated wasn’t normal and wanted people to notice! My heart aches thinking about it! The Mother’s Day card and the little tokens he made that monster, his sister saying she felt bad because he spent all of his time in the dark in that cupboard. I was in tears watching. That documentary will stay with me forever, it was utterly harrowing!
 
I watched this and it was heart breaking. Seeing that he made a Mother’s Day card and saying those nice things about his mother broke my heart. Even though he was going through all that he still held out hope that his mother would love him back 😢. What he went through with not just his mother and her boyfriend but the authorities was disgusting. One police report said he’d come back in the morning and scare the poor boy off for lying. I mean wtf?! And I’m pretty sure the mother got off on the fact that her fella was so protective and kicked her sons ass for her. Absolutely raging at this. And after watching it all another little boy just died from the same circumstances. My mind is blown how these poor children are going through this, why would anyone want to hurt a defenceless child, why wouldn’t anyone want to help them??? So many children still out there that need help, it’s shocking 😢
 
karenjet said:
Has anyone watched? I watched yesterday and it is truly horrific. If you get very affected by stories and images of child abuse then you’d better avoid this one.

I can’t get it off my mind. It’s one of the worst cases of child abuse I’ve ever heard. And he was let down by the system time and time again. It’s just heartbreaking
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Just mid way through episode 3. Absolutely gutting. When the Grandfather was testifying in court and said he thought telling Gabriel he was coming home would wake him from the coma. That bit just really got to me. That poor beautiful boy. It's awful.
 
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