Nearly thirteen years after the death of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez, a Los Angeles County judge has slammed the door on his mother’s attempt to walk free. On March 30, 2026, Superior Court Judge ...
A Los Angeles judge Monday, March 30, denied a bid for resentencing by a Palmdale woman who pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of her 8-year-old son — who was routinely beaten, starved, forced ...
Pearl Fernandez enters her guilty plea on Feb. 15, 2018, in the death of her son. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Monday was an emotionally charged day for the relatives of Gabriel Fernandez, ...
A California mother who was convicted of first-degree murder after keeping her 8-year-old son locked in a box is petitioning for a resentencing after being previously denied. Pearl Fernandez, 42, of ...
Monday was an emotionally charged day for the relatives of Gabriel Fernandez, the 8-year-old boy who was brutally tortured to death by his mother, Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend in the worst child ...