Isauro Aguirre

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

A jury recommended Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, that a Palmdale man be sentenced to death for the May 2013 torture-murder of his girlfriend’s 8-year-old son, who was repeatedly shot with a BB gun, beaten, fed car litter and forced to sleep in a small cabinet with his hands and feet bound and his mouth gagged.

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.

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.

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.”

The biological father of an 8-year-old boy who was tortured and beaten to death testified in court against the man convicted of killing his son. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017.

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.”

The man convicted of first-degree murder in the torture-death of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez returns to court for the penalty phase of the trial. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News at 11 a.m. on Monday Nov. 27, 2017.

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.

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.

Closing arguments were made on Monday in the trial of murdered 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez. The defense attorney concluded that the murder was driven by rage. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.