Gabriel Fernandez was an 8‑year‑old boy from Palmdale, California, who died on May 24, 2013, after months of severe abuse and torture by his mother, Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre.

Gabriel was repeatedly beaten, burned, starved, shot with a BB gun, and forced to sleep in a locked cabinet. Despite multiple reports to child protective services about suspected abuse, he remained in the home. He died from blunt force trauma to the head.