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Mother's Bid for Re-Sentencing Denied in Torture-Death of 8-Year-Old Gabriel Fernandez
A judge Tuesday rejected a bid for re-sentencing by a Palmdale woman who pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of her 8-year-old son, who was routinely beaten, starved, forced to sleep in a closet and tortured until his death eight years ago. Pearl Fernandez, now 37, was sentenced in March 2018 to life in prison without the possibility of parole…
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Mother Charged in Death of 7-Month-Old Child
After ten months of investigation, authorities arrested and charged a 21-year-old mother in the death of her child from blunt force neck trauma.
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Relative Files Damages Claim Over Death of 4-Year-Old Palmdale Boy
The great-grandmother of a 4-year-old Palmdale boy whose death was originally reported as a drowning but has led to an investigation of possible child abuse filed a multimillion-dollar damages claims against the county, the first step toward a lawsuit, her attorney announced Wednesday.
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Palmdale 4-Year-Old Who Died Under Suspicious Circumstances Could Have Been Removed From Parents' Custody
A boy who died Saturday under suspicious circumstances in Palmdale could have been removed from the custody of his parents in May, the NBC4 I-Team has learned.
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Investigation Launched Into Death of 4-Year-Old Palmdale Boy
An investigation was underway Wednesday into the death of a 4-year-old Palmdale boy who was reported to have been injured in a near drowning but had trauma injuries that raised suspicion about how he died.
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Noose Photo Discussed at Special School District Meeting
A controversial photo showing teachers and school employees posing with a noose was at the center of a meeting with the school district in Palmdale.
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‘Nothing Short of Evil': Mother, Boyfriend Sentenced in Torture Death of 8-Year-Old Gabriel Fernandez
The mother of an 8-year-old Palmdale boy was sentenced to prison for life and her boyfriend will be sent to death row for the child’s torture death, a case that the judge called “nothing short of evil.”
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Mother Pleads Guilty in Torture-Death of 8-Year-Old Son Gabriel Fernandez
The mother of an 8-year-old Palmdale boy who was routinely beaten, starved, forced to sleep in a closet and tortured until his 2013 death pleaded guilty Thursday to a murder charge.
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Jury Recommends Death for 8-Year-Old's Killer
A jury recommended that a Palmdale man be sentenced to death for the May 2013 torture-murder of his girlfriend’s 8-year-old son. Ted Chen reports for NBC4 News on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017.
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Jurors Recommend Death Sentence for Man Convicted in Torture-Murder of 8-Year-Old Boy
A jury recommended Wednesday that a Palmdale man be sentenced to death for the torture-murder of his girlfriend’s 8-year-old son, who was repeatedly shot with a BB gun, beaten and forced to sleep in a small cabinet with his hands and feet bound and his mouth gagged.
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Jurors Consider Death Penalty in Torture-Murder of Palmdale Boy
Jurors began their first full day of deliberations Tuesday in the penalty trial of a Palmdale man convicted of the torture- murder of his girlfriend’s 8-year-old son.
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Man Convicted in Boy's Torture Death ‘Compassionate, Kind': Co-Workers Testify
One-time co-workers of a Palmdale man convicted of the torture-murder of his girlfriend’s 8-year-old son testified Monday that the man they knew was compassionate, kind and worth saving rather than condemned to death.
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Father of Slain 8-Year-Old Boy Gabriel Fernandez Testifies
A former security guard convicted of the torture-murder of his girlfriend’s 8-year-old son deserves “nothing less than death,” a prosecutor told jurors Monday, while a defense attorney said “there are reasons to spare his life.”
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Death or Life in Prison: Jury to Consider Penalty for Man Convicted in Torture-Murder of 8-Year-Old Gabriel Fernandez
A former security guard convicted of the torture-murder of his girlfriend’s 8-year-old son deserves “nothing less than death,” a prosecutor told jurors Monday, while a defense attorney said “there are reasons to spare his life.”
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‘He Got Justice': Man Found Guilty in Boy's Torture-Murder
A guilty verdict was handed down to the man responsible for torturing and killing his girlfriend’s 8-year-old son, Gabriel Fernandez. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017.
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Mother's Former Boyfriend Guilty in Torture-Murder of 8-Year-Old Gabriel Fernandez
A Palmdale man was convicted Wednesday of the torture- killing of his girlfriend’s 8-year-old son, whose short life and agonizing death also led to a murder charge against his mother and criminal counts against social workers accused of ignoring his plight.
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Jury Set to Deliberate in Trial of Man Charged in 8-Year-Old Gabriel Fernandez's Death
Jurors heard a gut-wrenching account of an 8-year-old boy’s final moments alive when attorneys delivered closing arguments Monday in the torture-murder trial of a Palmdale man accused in the child’s death.
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Brother of Slain 8-Year-Old Boy Recounts Harrowing Tale of Abuse
The older brother of an 8-year-old Palmdale boy who was allegedly tortured and killed by his mother and her boyfriend in May 2013 recounted a harrowing tale of abuse Wednesday, telling a jury that his sibling was forced to eat cat litter and cat feces and was repeatedly beaten in the months leading up to his death.
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Palmdale Man's Defense Attorney Admits Client Murdered 8-Year-Old Boy
An attorney acknowledged Monday that a Palmdale man committed “unspeakable acts of abuse” against his girlfriend’s 8-year-old son before “exploding into a rage of anger” that the defense maintains resulted in the boy’s unintentional death, but a prosecutor said the youngster was systematically tortured because the defendant believed the child was gay.
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Trial Begins in Torture Death of Gabriel Fernandez
A jury is set Monday to begin hearing the case against a Palmdale man who is charged, along with his girlfriend, with capital murder in the beating death of the woman’s 8-year-old son.