Gabriel Fernandez: How a Child Asked for Help 60 Times and Was Ignored
10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories
Joe Kuner
4.8 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
In May 2013, eight-year-old Gabriel Fernandez was rushed to the hospital in Palmdale, California. His mother claimed he had an accident while playing with his brother. But when doctors saw the extent of his injuries—burns, broken bones, BB gun wounds, and signs of prolonged torture—they knew the truth. This was no accident.
For months, Gabriel had been subjected to unthinkable abuse at the hands of his mother, Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre. Family members, teachers, and neighbors had all tried to sound the alarm—over 60 reports were made to social services. Yet, nothing was done.
In this episode, we break down how Gabriel’s life went from love and security to absolute horror, why the system designed to protect him failed so catastrophically, and how his abusers were finally brought to justice. This is the tragic case of Gabriel Fernandez.
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| 0:00.0 | In 2013, an eight-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital in Palmdale, California. |
| 0:06.0 | His mother said he hit his head while playing with his brother. |
| 0:09.0 | That would have been tragic enough, except doctors took one look at him and knew she was lying. |
| 0:15.0 | His injuries weren't from roughhousing. |
| 0:17.0 | They were for something else entirely. |
| 0:20.0 | That night, paramedics didn't just respond to a medical |
| 0:22.9 | emergency. They walked straight into a crime scene, one that had been playing out for months, |
| 0:28.5 | ignored by the very people who were supposed to stop it. This is the story of Gabriel Fernandez, |
| 0:34.5 | a little boy who asked for help more than once and never got it, until it was too late. |
| 0:40.9 | Before we dive in, if you like your true crime brief and bingeable, you're in the right place. |
| 0:45.8 | Hit follow now for at least two episodes per week. |
| 0:49.0 | This is 10-minute murder. |
| 0:51.2 | Let's get into it. |
| 1:08.0 | Thank you. 10-minute murder. Let's get into it. On the night of May 22nd, 2013, paramedics in Palmdale, California, were dispatched to what they were initially told was a medical emergency involving an eight-year-old boy who had suffered a head injury while playing with his older brother. |
| 1:22.8 | But when they arrived, it was immediately clear, this was no accident. |
| 1:30.6 | Gabriel Fernandez lay unresponsive inside the apartment. His small body battered and broken. He wasn't breathing. He had no pulse. Blood |
| 1:38.1 | covered him. The paramedics worked quickly, loading him into the ambulance and performing CPR. Against the odds, they got his |
| 1:45.5 | heart beating again. It wasn't much, but it was enough for the ER doctors to try to save him. |
| 1:51.5 | Then, just minutes later, his heart stopped again. Doctors and nurses at the hospital fought |
| 1:58.4 | to stabilize Gabriel, and as they did, a horrifying reality |
| 2:02.4 | unfolded. His injuries weren't just severe. They didn't match the story they'd been given. A simple |
| 2:08.9 | head injury from playing too rough shouldn't come with cigarette burns, missing teeth, or deep |
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