Man tortured girlfriends son to death because he thought child was gay, prosecutor says
Isauro Aguirre's defense attorney said his client admits to causing the injuries on Gabriel Fernandez's body, but that it only happened because Aguirre exploded in rage after Gabriel told his mom to leave her boyfriend, according to KTLA.
Aguirre, 32, is charged with murder with a special circumstance of torture.
Prosecutor Jon Hatami detailed the acts allegedly committed by Aguirre and the boy's mother, Pearl Fernandez, who also faces trial.
Hatami explained that the Palmdale couple beat Gabriel, bit him, burned him with cigarettes, whipped him, shot him with a B.B. gun, starved him, fed him cat litter, and kept him gagged and bound in a small cubby until he was found on May 22, 2013. The couple called first responders to treat Gabriel, but that was only in an attempt to mislead, the prosecutor said.
Six-foot-2-inch Aguirre weighed 270 pounds at the time of the death, the prosecutor said, comparing his size to that of Gabriel, who was 59 pounds and 4 feet 1 inch tall.
“The evidence will show that the defendant is nothing more than a bully," Hatami said. "He was a security guard who intentionally tortured and abused a helpless and innocent little boy.”
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...when Gabriel was murdered, and the "parents" arrested.
Today's testimony in the case against the monster Aguirre came from Gabriel's now 16 y.o. brother.
Aguirre was not alone in his savagery against a defenseless 49 pound child, apparently "mom" broke out Gabriel's teeth with a bat.
In 62 years on the planet, this is literally one of the most horrific and heinous acts of violence ever perpetrated on an innocent child that I have ever heard of (excluding criminal acts of war), and it went on for something like eight months.
There have been criminal arrests of child protective service workers for willfully ignoring the plight of Gabriel, I think their trials are upcoming, but don't know when.
who writes this shit? providing talking points for his supporters?
this 'bully' is a psychopath and a killer ffs
