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@Lala Taveras blueunicorn regrets to inform lala traverse that the court has decided in Deshayne vs Winnebago county, Gonzales vs castle rock, warren vs DC, Lozito vs NYC et al, that the state has no duty to protect and therefore they don't care . It is "justice on its head". Do not read those case laws unless you like boiling blood and steam out your ears. CPS is not in the business of saving children. Only adopting out the children that are not damaged. Food for further research.
@Lala Taveras in the immortal words of one C. Swanson, "you got it Toyota!" (Sorry, inside anecdote) but seriously, pitchforks and tar and feathers may be more affective. Using the state to fix a problem the state has no interest to solve is an exercise in Futility. What you did is heroic in an age of apathy. It takes a village and a village is made of us one at a time. Blueunicorn tips his hood for you. Keep fighting for what is right, Not what is "legal" the two things often are juxtaposed. Blueunicorn has been at the other end of one of those calls because blueunicorn looks like a hobo. One time someone called because blueunicorn's Weiner kid was running around a parking lot and blueunicorn was following him around discussing the relativity of "one foot" as compared to him and an ant. Some do gooder thought it odd that a hobo was following a kid in a parking lot[...] ("Autistic"" bs story) Blueunicorn was not happy with a sheriff on his doorstep. however, blueunicorn later understood that said caller was looking out for blueunicorn's Weiner kid so ... Road to hell. Keep up the good fight.
I watched this a while ago on Netflix and I can remember being so mad I shook!!! Also for that you’re who held out like that I really hope they went to his house to make sure that person wasn’t feeding somebody cat litter!!!
I agree, the grandparents are partially responsible for his death and clearly if he WAS gay, they wouldn't have loved him either. If it's even retrialed, I hope they slap them both with hate crime charges on top of what they already have.
Funny how the grandparents didn't want him to be with his uncles, but they raised him with far more love and affection than his mother and her boyfriend
It *REALLY* rubs me the wrong way if they where the grandparents that got his ashes like I think they did. If anything it's his dad that should have them but I know he was in prison he seemed to be the only one that felt true hurt/remorse for what happened to his son.
This story always makes me tear up, but the Mother’s Day card he wrote makes me weep. Fuck his “parents”, fuck everyone who saw the abuse and said nothing, fuck those Sheriffs and police, fuck CPS, and fuck social services for ignoring and neglecting this beautiful baby. Gabriel was an incredibly strong kid with a huge heart. God bless his teacher for trying to get him help, and God bless Arturo Martinez the security guard from the welfare office for putting his career and lively hood on the line to try to help and save Gabriel. It breaks my heart that there were so few people who actually loved and truly cared about him. If only he could have remained with his Uncles he would still be alive today
My father worked at the federal level investigating cases & CPS workers - yes they do get punished, it just isn't often news unfortunately. Now a lot of people say CPS is overworked. ROFL. As my father - a former government facility manager who oversaw 250+ staff - always said about social workers / CPS they're more concerned about yakking around the water cooler than they're concerned about doing their job. My father will be the first to tell you majority of social workers / CPS employees are useless & incompetent with little respect for their job, the people (/children) they're to be protecting, and worse for simple things like confidentiality.
I cried throughout the whole documentary. The only people that actually loved him were his uncles that he was taken from unnecessarily. Every body failed him.
@@dizzyd8754 and instead rhe kid got to eat shit, vomit,cat litter, he was beaten burned and then died. Did not know being rasied with love was "perversion"
@@dizzyd8754 the grandparents are sickos as well. Because of them, the kid ended up to his death with the hands of his own biological mother. The only photos of him smiling is when he's with his uncles.
@@scotttra83 i hope you carry that with you. as a future teacher (albeit aiming for high school) im trying to prepare myself to be able to report abusers. the bystander effect is real, and i dont want to fall victim to it.
This happened about ten miles from my home town. It was devastating for the entire valley. I wish you would have added the fact that the social worker who was in charge of attending this child fully failed him. At one point, instead of showing up in person, just asking to speak with him on the phone while these monsters were watching over him and intimidating him. Disgusting.
So, my child fell down and CPS was called, and my kids were placed with my sister in law, who called CPS, and it took me months to get them off my back and my kids back… and this little boy suffered actual abuse and nothing was done. Screw CPS. Poor little angel. This case is so frustrating and sad all at the same time. Nobody protected this little boy.
Same thing happened to me! Their foster "family" abused them. Fulton County, Ohio CPS Was never reprimanded!!! My children still go to therapy for PTSD. God help you if you if you don't have $ for an attorney when these pieces of sh*t [CPS] come knocking.
As someone who was tooken into the foster system at a very young age, im so happy the babies are back with mommabear... nothing is like the love from a mother period!
DCFS does this BS frequently that kids that aren't being abused have DCFS harrass the parents. And yet actual abuse like this goes so far neglectful. My friend is a lawyer in the Antelope Valley too and he had DCFS harrass them several times and no abuse. Like WTF I want these social workers to be personal sued and face criminal charges. They also need to lose their pensions and be immediately terminated.
Basically, same thing here. I spent about 4 years off and on in the system. My kids were never removed, but I fought tooth and nail to keep them. My husband at the time was a useless piece of shit, wouldn't keep a job and constantly had online affairs. I tried to leave him but had absolutely no help. I have 4 kids. There was no way I would have been able to keep them all if I left him. When my youngest were 16, twins, we finally split up. In the name of everything holy, please help people that need it! And stop harassing people who doing the best they can under the circumstances. Sorry for the rant! But this just really pisses me off!
they also defended there daughter and then tried to show they where not in the doc, the mother even said she thought her daughter wasint involved just horrible family they all should be locked up
I would like to believe that if he would have stayed with his uncles he would still be here but I think his evil mother would have gotten him back anyway.
The homophobic grandparents forced that baby boy into the grip of monsters. They are no less psychopaths in my opinion. To hate another person because they exist and you don't agree with them or their views (and they're not hurting Anyone), is mentally ill. They see other human beings as "less than" themselves. And that mentality got a child murdered. The grandparents probably still think they were right.
This poor baby. His story is so heartbreaking. I can't imagine how this poor boy felt trying to get help and everybody failed him. The fact that sheriffs called him a liar, and was made fun of by another adult, is sickening. Everytime I hear his name it breaks my heart. Rest easy sweet angel. You ARE LOVED and missed by many. ♥️
A guy, I had worked with, told me about his childhood. His father had beat him severely, so he went to the police, however, the police laughed, and told him to go home. They did nothing to help him.
This has got to be one of the saddest cases I have ever heard. The documentary honestly made me cry, just seeing the great uncle cry really makes you think. He was the one who gave Gabriel what was probably the best years of his life and it was due to having human decency.
Oh I know! Part way through I started crying & didn’t stop until well after it was over! I cannot understand how anyone can harm a child, but when it’s that child’s own parents/guardian it’s even harder for me to wrap my head around it. There are so many ppl in this world who would LOVE to have a child but can’t for various reasons… And then you have “parents” like this.. they don’t deserve the children they have/had!!!! Not at all. A child is a true gift & a miracle… I guess it’s a sensitive issue for me personally bc my hubby & I have been trying for 5yrs, and I’m not getting any younger lol 😏. And it hurts every time I see a poor child like baby Gabriel get treated so horribly by his parents…. Meanwhile I’m sitting over here like I’d do absolutely anything for my babies.. And spoiling my nieces and nephews I would say it’s not fair but tbh that’s life. It’s not fair. The world isn’t fair. It can truly be a very cruel & unforgiving b!tch ❤️❤️ Side note omfg sorry I went off one a rant!! I was just trying to say I agreed with you 😂😂😂😂
Me too. I’ll never forget this baby. I believe this is one of the worst cases of abuse ever…. It haunts my soul what they done to this baby. Pearls a monster and so is her boyfriend. But as a mother!! She is ultimate EVIL. Hands down.
She wished she had "made better choices". That's what you say when you make a mistake, NOT when you shoot your kid in the face with a BB gun. Or, make him eat cat litter. That's just evil.
Yeah a person who says "I wish I made better choices" is someone refusing to take responsibility for the absolutely evil and heinous acts they committed.
@@TheMiseryMachine they’re psycho and probably loved to torture this baby. I don’t want to ever understand this sickness. I wish I could have been there to hug that little boy.
This poor baby tried reaching out for help so many times. It breaks my heart how he was ripped from a loving home simply because his uncle was married to another man. I’m sure his uncle is wracked with guilt every day even though it isn’t his fault. My heart just breaks for Gabriel. I wish I could’ve taken him in and been a mother to him.
El tío murió un año luego que el bebé, murió odiando a la pearl y al grandulon ese, el lo dijo un dia (claro y no era para menos imposible no odiarlos) y el esposo del tío murió en el 2020 de covid, igual extrañaba mucho a gabriel y a su pareja y de paso se sentía muy solo
The Mother’s Day card was just a fun in class art project. It wasn’t an assignment for a grade. The teacher tried to discourage Gabriel from doing the Mother’s Day card. But he did anyways. When the teacher read the card he made, she knew what she was actually reading...he was begging his mother to love him.
Another case of Child Services failing a child.. .. the people from CPS who handled his case (or, actually, didn’t) should also be prosecuted .. .. disgusting
It's the same here in the UK. Social services are useless. Look up Baby P and another case Victoria Climbe. Both children were failed by everyone. Concerned child minders , neighbours ect were ignored when they flagged up concerns about these poor children.
They are doing a job with a long list of cases and severely underpaid! It was the parents fault and the grandparents. Kids are the responsibility of the family no one else. As a society yes, we have some checks but bottom line is that the person who brought those children into this life is responsible. We need to take accountability and stop placing blame on people who are overwork and underpaid. What happened to Gabriel should not have happened. His uncles should have gotten a written document stating they had custody. This case of mothers changing their mind are quite common. The uncle didn’t have that paper and the grandparents in efforts of bringing Gabriel up heterosexual took him away from a loving environment. There en lies the real culprits!
@@Emma-ct6dk Yes , but child protection services should have removed him from the family. They are paid to intervene on the childs behalf and place them in a safe enviroment.
I have known parents who have been almost harassed by DSS for their kids being absent from school for being sick. Then I see this case where they ignore horrible abuse multiple times. It's infuriating!! They should serve jail time for turning their heads! They should be held accountable!!
I took my my little girl to physical therapy for 2 years because she had arthritis in her knee at 7 years old and the school board made me stop taking her because it wasn't a doctor or a dentist and she needed that and they threat to put me in jail if I keep taking her so I had to stop taking her. They threatened to call DSS on me if I kept taking her. It was only an hour one day a week.
I have been sick to my stomach after I saw this documentary. Please do not call her a mother she because she opened her legs and gave birth to this little angel does not make her a mother you have to earn that title. The demons that did this and the people who failed him should all rot in hell but suffer before they get there just as Gabriel did. Rest in Peace sweet Gabriel you will never be forgotten.💔🙏
The fact he wrote his mom a Mother’s Day card with bruises and injuries all over him at his last day of school before his death is heartbreaking!! I just wanna hold this child & protect him from the evil he had to endure. This kind of torture would completely destroy an adult, much less a child 😭 The fact this kind of evil exists and that no one could help that child is horrifying.
I agree with you Hazel. I want to hold him too and say how sorry I am for what he went through.. but I know that he's in Heaven now.. and Jesus Christ is holding him in His arms..
That really puts in into perspective, how forgiving and caring he was. He probably didn't even understand what was happening to him and blamed himself. Heartbreaking isn't quite covering it, but that's the closest word we have I guess.
I just want to be in a room with Pearl for FIVE MINUTES… and I want her to keep that SAME energy she used to have with Gabriel so I can show her what he went through.
Me to and the social workers and cops that did NOT DO A DAMN THING to help that handsome sweet boy and allow it to continue. Now he is in Heaven unharmed happy and safe and no pain but what he had to go through to get there is horrific. I wish people that do that and allow it to be done to kids or animals the law should allow it to be done by them prison is to easy for them I mean hey they get tablets to TV radios food beds no bills no responsibility and a big cell compared to what that little angel had , and why give her a choice to live she did not give him one and death to easy to 5 min. and it's over that baby suffered along time they should to and everyone that did not help him. Maybe if that happened people would stop doing it to kids and animals
I usually don't get emotional all that often but this video had me full on sobbing throughout the entire thing and after it was finished also. What this poor child had to go through was just horrendous.
People like me aren’t physically able to have kids and would love to have a boy like Gabriel as a son. If u don’t love him, give them to someone like me. Don’t do this!
but those welfare checks have to go somewhere tho! disgusting people like them need to be instantly neutered! Or can't they be science experiments to research how good parents that can't have children be able to conceive? just saying
As much as that would be a perfect solution...it will not happen, because that way is the correct way! And humans don't follow the correct way...just the safest way for themselves to be as far away as possible from the inconvenience!
I 💯 percent agree with you Heather. I too cannot have children. I would have given Gabriel all the love he could've ever wanted! I just can't fathom how a mom could do this! Or watch her boyfriend do it! It's disgusting and I hope that what she did to him, gets done to her! God help me..
The society failed him so bad :( rest in peace Gabriel... such a hero he showed up for photos with his beautiful smile. And the innocence of him for loving his mother even after going through the hell she had given him... I'm in tears
Being a mandated reporter is incredibly frustrating when having to deal with all the agencies and b.s. I had to report one of my athlete's abusive father as a coach. It was immediately known that I was the one who reported. My boss (school athletic director) got in my face for making the call and being involved. Cops threatened me. I lost my job. The father tried turning it all on me. I had to defend all my values, the way I present myself, my personality, everything that makes me, me. It honestly broke me to the point of never being the same again. The only reprieve I have is that the kid involved is doing really well and has achieved many successes.
Yep, I agree! I actually waited to report it because I wasn't sure as to really go about it and all the kid initially said to me was that their dad touched them. I didn't want to cause issues or do something wrong, breaking up a family. All my superiors put me off when I brought up potentially needing to report. When I was actually witness to a couple very unsettling occasions and the kid emailed me to tell me their dad had touched them again. I called the school the second I read that email and so ensued the shit storm. I was yelled at for taking too long to report, I was told by other I shouldn't have and now a family is broken. There's no communication between agencies, the whole system is a damn mess.
@@emo_penguin420 blueunicorn is also a mandatory reporter and will say A: don't admit that you "waited" in a chat on innertoobs... And 2: you have 24 hours to report no matter what your bosses think. I had to call once to Wyoming because, [...] Reasons. And they did jack. And then they did poop. Because after all... Deshayne vs. Winnebago county was, Winnebago county Wyoming. But if I hadn't reported it, I might have faced repercussions. It's such nonsense.
Thank you for facing hell and saving that young boy. Mandated reporters rarely get any credit, and their livelihood is threatened for not just doing their duties, but for doing the morally right thing. Thank you as well to all mandated reporters in here (including Blueunicorn, be sure to subscribe to him)
I fully believe he told the paramedics Gabriel was gay because he didn't want them to treat Gabriel and he assumed telling them he was gay would make them less likely to help.
@@kt9527 homophobes dont understand these things. They assume that since they hate gay that the world will and that it justifys a crime. This is literally a hate crime
Late to commenting, but yes. He was such a homophobe that he assumed everyone else felt the same way. His homophobia combined with Gabriel's family's killed Gabriel. How can anyone think an 8 year old is gay?
@@shannaroe5189 Maybe they thing he gay because he was raised by his gay uncle. If they would let the boy to stay with his uncle it would have been best for his mom and the family.
That's honestly sickening. I remember always wanting to be a paramedic because I felt in my heart it was my purpose to heal and help EVERYONE no matter who they are. That should be their job first. Not to judge and decide who "deserves" to be helped. I'm so sad these idiots thought telling paramedics their kid was gay was an obligation first. These monsters aren't parents. They're low life scum who deserved the death penalty without a second thought. It's one thing to be mad at your kids for choosing a lifestyle that doesn't align with your beliefs, which in itself is so wrong, but to actually torture a defenseless child for basically NO reason at all is horrendous.
I started to watch the documentary, but I couldn’t find it in my heart to finish it because it was so damned heartbreaking. To know that GABRIEL had the courage to speak out about the abuse (most kids keep it to themselves for fear of NOT being believed, or being humiliated and embarrassed)HE had the courage to speak up, and still was NOT helped in any way absolutely breaks my heart ♥️. And to STILL love his mother, even though she was so many words that I cannot say on here, that speaks to this precious boys true character. And to be ripped away from his uncle who loved and cherished him just because he is GAY, seriously boils my blood. All I can say is R.I.P. beautiful boy. 😭💔😭💔
Someone should have risked kidnapping charges to get this kid out of that house. This is a shameful; the social workers need to be held accountable. Could the grandparents file wrongful death suits against them?
The grandparents don’t need a penny from the baby boy death they are part of why he was murder… if the uncle was still alive he would be the one to and should file and receive all that comes with it cause he loved him and that was the happiest part of that poor baby life❤️❤️❤️❤️
Once I was charged for trying to keep a kid safe. It was the worst!! And the kid turned out decent. But was a mom by 15, and now is like in 20s at mc d's. And told me they wish they never lied for their mom...... got me in a lot of trouble
I thought the same thing. I would hide him in a safe place w clean clothes and food, I would bathe and just hug this child till he felt love. I would have never told anyone where he was. He would be well fed and safe and I couldn’t give him back.
He would’ve been 17 this year. This is the saddest case I’ve heard. No matter how many times I hear this case it still bothers me to the core. 60 reports and nothing being done is wild to me. He seemed to be such a sweet boy. The part in the documentary when they said he made the Mother’s Day card absolutely sickened me. He was treated so poorly by her but still loved her and wanted her acceptance. Imagine posing with bruises inflicted by your mother to make her happy with your gift. Such a selfless little guy. He was failed by almost everyone. I feel so bad for the teacher and that she had to see new injuries on him daily but was helpless because the system didn’t care enough. I hope his siblings were able to get some therapy too. I can’t imagine their guilt
I agree about the mother's day card it made me so mad and sad at the same time...like that boy had to have so much love and empathy within him and didn't deserve to go the way he did 😭
My father worked at the federal level investigating cases & CPS workers - yes they do get punished, it just isn't often news unfortunately. Now a lot of people say CPS is overworked. ROFL. As my father - a former government facility manager who oversaw 250+ staff - always said about social workers / CPS they're more concerned about yakking around the water cooler than they're concerned about doing their job. My father will be the first to tell you majority of social workers / CPS employees are useless & incompetent with little respect for their job, the people (/children) they're to be protecting, and worse for simple things like confidentiality.
This is one of the worst cases I've ever heard, but unfortunately I'm not surprised. CPS doesn't help, I was taken from my safe home that my uncle whom lived with us committed suicide in the home- so they said I was in danger. CPS then took me from my loving family and put me with foster parents who consistently SA-d me and physically abused me, when I brought it up to my case worker they told me I was making it up for attention, so I stayed in that home for another year. I was 5 years old. Thank you for talking about how hard it is to charge social workers for crimes like that, I've tried. This shit is absolutely preventable and unacceptable. This is devastating. RIP Gabriel.
Similar to what happened to my family not too many people understand that. It ruined part of our lives and took away approx 2 years that we can never get back
Am so sry Rozi my baby nephew was beat to death at 21 months old by a bf of a niece who let him babysit I reported to cps who did nothing they did visits but each time she wasnt home and bf refuse to let them in. CPS is worthless. May God Bless you honey.
My father worked at the federal level investigating cases & CPS workers - yes they do get punished, it just isn't often news unfortunately. Now a lot of people say CPS is overworked. ROFL. As my father - a former government facility manager who oversaw 250+ staff - always said about social workers / CPS they're more concerned about yakking around the water cooler than they're concerned about doing their job. My father will be the first to tell you majority of social workers / CPS employees are useless & incompetent with little respect for their job, the people (/children) they're to be protecting, and worse for simple things like confidentiality.
As someone who really wants to foster in the future I am so sorry that happened to you, sick bastards sadly are everywhere, in our families and even some who proclaim to care about others. I hope one day I can help children to the best of my ability, it seems at times the whole system is against the most innocent beings, truly pathetic for our advanced society.
I watched a video of an interview with a woman who had been in prison with Gabriel's so called mother. She let it be known that she'd witnessed other inmates serve some harsh jailhouse justice to that monster. I'm talking hot coffee and all. Guards turned their backs for several minutes. I'll try to find a link and post when or if I can find.
If that dad and boyfriend weren't gay and didn't raise the kid as gay he wouldn't have been killed. An 8 year old isn't aware of its sexuality yet. By forcing him to be gay they killed him
@@jimmyjones5880 wtf are you stupid? If they didn’t take him from the uncle he wouldn’t of been killed. They would of abused him regardless! You’re just as sick as the parents 🤢
@@jimmyjones5880 stop talking shit they didn't bring him up to be gay. They loved Gabrielle and brought him up as every child should be. His supposed mother and her boyfriend had no right in this world to do what they did. You can't make somebody gay, he was tortured and murdered by sick fucks and let down by everybody around him. You need to learn what abuse is all about seeing as you haven't got a clue.
I watched the documentary and when I tell you I’ve not cried so much in a long time. God please cover little Gabriel’s soul and protect him in heaven. I pray his mom and her boyfriend suffer nothing but anguish and torture the rest of their natural lives.
It's so crazy that she fought for custody of him just to kill him. Why? Why did she fight for custody just to destroy him? Cause he was 8, and maybe gay? How can one even tell if an 8 year old is gay?
This is disgusting!!! Child services should be charged. It's their fault..WTF is wrong people ?? This is why people take the law into their own hands.. My heart breaks for that poor child. He's in a better place now..💜💚
@@melodiechartier5173 don’t twist The words. You know he blames the parents too. You must be a failed social worker? Why there are social workers if the don’t take any responsibility?
In the documentary a so called police officer or someone who worked for social services went to the house and Poison Pearl the demon told him Gabriel was out of town. The moron should have gone inside to check. WTF is wrong with people???????????????
Gabriel asking if it was "normal to bleed" is absolutely heartbreaking. Poor baby thought this must be how every kid had it. God bless the teacher and others who did all they could to try to get him help and SHAME on those who had nothing but excuses as to why they didn't. I hope they see his precious face every night and lose sleep.
They should have asked Gabriel where HE wanted to stay, and he was fine with his uncle, my god he was fine there...if no one had stirred the pot maybe he would still be there and senior in high school 😢this case has broken me completely, i find so stupid when people ask me why i love and trust animals WAY more than ANY human being. and dont even get me started about the abuse done to animals around this world by humans.
EXACTLY! Its time we start listening to children! Even a 4 year old can tell you who they feel safe with. Children are perfectly capable of choosing where they want to live. It goes against their freedom rights, in my opinion.
@@aquastar4336 so wrong. I disagree. The second that is made law, abusive parents will start pressuring and threatening kids to say that they want to stay with them. Nope. It needs to stay an adult decision.
I followed this case for years and it broke my heart to hear what that sweet boy went through...this affected me so much that I had a baby three years ago..unplanned, at 40, and to honor Gabriel i named my son after him...its was my way of honoring him.
That poor baby. He should have been able to stay with his great uncle and his partner. He was in a loving home. The family was homophobic and took that baby away from them. SMFH!
The moms “sorry” 🤔 no she’s sorry she got caught.. I don’t know why I watch the cases with children; I can’t stop crying.. What a beautiful boy, if they would have left him with his dads he’d be alive and well!
Damn dude that picture of him with that Mother's Day card hit home hard. I was that kid that still was more afraid of being taken away from my abusers then I was of staying with them. Stockholm syndrome is real.
@@cynthialesieur643 I know the feeling...like they condition you as if you're one of pavlovs dogs...or the mother monkey experiment (even though you're starving you prefer warmth). I hope you know you're not alone. You might think you're crazy and forget sometimes but the mask slips...it's because we want what we can't have.
@@whatislife1012 arthur labinjo hughes is such a horrifying case. that camera footage of him on his last day alive breaks my heart. the fact that after his stepmom called to report him unresponsive from a """head injury"""" she was just talking to the cops about what a difficult kid he was... fucks me up man. i don't understand how anyone can even feel hate for a little kid period, let alone enough hate that they want to hurt them.
I wrote suicide notes in elementary school. I was coming to school covered in flea bites, dirty and poorly dressed. My teachers knew all of this. Nothing ever changed in my home life even though I know DHS was called. These organizations need so much more help and oversight that just isn't there.
So sorry that you went through this. As a mother I wish I could have been there and protected you. I believe that we should protect all children even if they are not our own. Wishing you love and healing.
Thank you for the kind words! Also I have to say I'm quite happy to see you in the comments again. We actually were just talking the other day about how we haven't seen you pop up in a little while. Hope you're doing great ❤️
I just wanted to thank you both for being a voice for these kids. This can't be an easy job and I applaud your commitment and courage for doing these videos on a daily basis. You guys have such beautiful hearts and your love and respect for the kids comes through in your voices. Bless both of you.
This case is overwhelming proof that banning gay couples from adopting children ultimately hurts children the most. Because of a barbaric sense of homophobia, this little boy was taken away from two responsible adults who loved him, protected him, and took great care of him. Because even now, with gay marriage being legal in the US, the system still sees a lethally abusive heterosexual couple with no love in their hearts is somehow better than two adoptive fathers who would have raised him like their own flesh and blood. It kills me, knowing the kind of life Gabriel could be living now, today. But instead he’s dead, after a very slow and excruciating death that no child deserves. But the system always defaults to the biological parent(s), no matter how unfit they are.
This is a one in a million thing though. I get your point ☝️. And I'm with you. Devil's advocate would say this is anecdotal. That they practice that barbaric rule for a reason that would happen more often than would the child be in Gabriel's position.
@@CharlieApples KB is saying that the barbaric rule of not putting kids with gay couples is more frequent than the cruelty Gabriel endured. Took me a second too, lol.
@@smnewstead4093 Indeed. Gabriel was documented as having been called homophobic slurs by his mother and stepfather as a result of having been cared for by two gay guardians.
I’d never heard of this case. I popped onto to Netflix and was crying after the first few minutes as that trauma nurse talked about what that poor child went through. Anyone who is capable of doing such things to a child don’t deserve the air they breathe. They are rotten to their core and no good can come from letting people like that exist a moment longer. Thank you guys for shedding light on these very difficult cases and covering them with honesty and care. It’s achingly hard to hear what happened to Gabriel but I feel more light needs shed upon these kinds of crimes because it’s happening more than we realise. More needs to be done, not only at system level but societally too, to protect our children.
YES!! A committee of some sort needs to be established, to take these cases off of the CFS hands! They don't have the guts to do what needs to be done!
There is another case that broke my heart just like this one. It’s Baby Brianna , a young infant who was severely abused by her father, Uncle, Mother and grandparents who all lived in the same run down trailer 😭😭😭
This case breaks my heart. I live not far from where this took place. The Ca child services department is understaffed and there are plenty of case workers just don't care. He never should have been placed back into his birth givers home. Disgusting
Under-staffed sure, in clearly serious cases of abuse, especially coming from those like the teacher, the child should have been removed until they knew where every injury came from. This was not a one time bump on the head that could have happened during play, inflicted by another child. I am not in favor of removing children from their parents, foster homes can be just as torturous, minus the sick-love some parents have but damn, this child had ongoing injuries, over a period of time.
@@mamabear52 he was in a home with 2 adults who loved and cared for him. He was not in the foster care system. He was ripped from a loving family because of homophobia. Once he was back with the birth giver he was extremely abused and it was obvious to everyone. This was ongoing and progressed over time. He never should have been taken from his uncle's at all. He had a chance at a happy childhood, having experiences growing up and becoming a man but it was ripped from him and he was brutally ripped from this world.
@@heather4074 My focus was on the reported abuse, of course he was safe with his great-uncle. Understanding that most courts will try to unite a child with their parents, they should not have in this case, and should have taken even greater care to oversee Gabriel's welfare since he had been removed previously
@@heather4074 No worries and I agree with you, birth parents are not always the best place for a child, especially as he was previously removed and was in a stable home for years. I didn't think through my comment concerning foster parents either. A aunt and uncle, the teacher and others reporting abuse, should have been cause for immediate removal. Those who had the power failed Gabriel as much as those two beasts who tortured him to death.
I cannot believe I haven’t watched this documentary on Netflix yet. I usually watch them all. I am 5 mins in on the first episode and I’m already SOBBING. THE FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE SHOWN HIM MORE LOVE AND COMPASSION THAN ANYONE BESIDES HIS UNCLES. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? I will be back to finish watching this after I finish the Netflix series. I’m absolutely sick to my stomach. Thank you for covering this 🙏🏼 RIP GABRIEL I’m so sorry you didn’t get the love and affection you deserved until after your death.
Brennon A. Morley, aged 2, was abused to death and left in his bed to rot while his father, Jacob Morley, scrubbed the house for two days before reporting the death to the police. This took place in Salem, Arkansas in 2011. Almost no one has ever talked about this death. The father got away with these unspeakable actions and was gleeful over escaping justice. People who do these things to children deserve to never see the light of day again. Please, if you know of a case, share it. These children deserve to have their voices heard, even if they are no longer around to speak.
It's not as bad as Gabriel or the case you talked about, but there was this girl in South Dakota, who wasn't treated very nicely at home and was forced to live in a group home instead of just taking her to a psychologist, and she ran away from the group home and almost certainly froze to death. Serenity Dennard. I just feel sad about her because no one seems to care that she's gone.
There was a case in USA of baby Brianna Lopez who was tortured and killed by parents too. She was just over 5 months old. Tossed upto the ceiling repeatedly and landed on the floor and her abusers found it hilarious and laughed everytime she landed due to the sound of the thud that the fall made. It was horrific but there was hardly any media attention to it. Some complete evil sickos out there
@@KeepingTheFaith123 wtf?? Seriously! Wtf is wrong with these people?? Are they psychopaths? Do they lack empathy and emotion? Who could do something like that to a defenseless little baby? I couldn't even do something like that to my cat! Cases like that really make me understand the quote, "hell is empty and all the devils are here."
@@veronica-mew I know, it was horrible, it always stuck with me. Especially coz she was so defenceless as she was literally only a baby and cudnt speak to even tell anybody wat was going on and cry out for help. Arthur Hughes case and Star Hobson in the UK were horrible too. It's as if all these child abusers and killers are in competition with each other to see who can inflict the most pain and suffering and go to the highest level of notoriety and cruelness as they love the media attention of being infamous
I just want to cuddle this precious child and tell him he is loved and precious and needed. This is gut wrenching and heartbreaking. I am so terribly sorry Gabriel. 💐💝
I remember when this happened I lived in the same area and my youngest son actually had the same teacher he had when he passed away. His family and cps are disgusting and every single one of them should be held accountable. Around this time I actually had cps wasting their time investigating me because my son's had perfectly legal pocket knives because we like to camp and fish and my one son was a cub scout. They wasted their time calling my boys out of class multiple times over this but then they let this poor baby fall through the cracks so horribly. My heart aches for what he must have endured. What a gross example of complete negligence.
When I lived in California I worked at a youth shelter and worked with social workers often. It was truly disgusting and tragic to see the cases where children were sent home. But I also witnessed children being unjustly taken away. One in particular really sticks with me because the choice to remove this 17 year old girl from her mom dying of cancer ruined this girls future. She was months from a full ride to college and then removing her from her mom and school took that from her and her last moments with her mom. The system is broke.
Everybody dropped the ball on this poor little boy, with the exception of a couple people. Dept. of Children and Family services needs to be prosecuted in many of these cases.
Absolutely horrific...that poor innocent child. This actually made me cry, vomit and rant at my PC! Great channel...I just subscribed! Thank you for sharing!
I’ll never understand how those supervisors and cops and social workers can sleep peacefully at night knowing they failed a child and that child is now dead because they didn’t do their job right. They seemed pleased when children die cause it’s another case they don’t have to deal with.
As a double how can parents live happily knowing their child is dead because of them? They wanted money not a loving child. If you don’t want to put in the work to love a child then don’t be a parent. You can find other ways to make money but you’re only gonna lose money cause you use a child to get to it
@@Njeri3344 Oh for sure, same for CPS workers, just lying and saying "they went to look" when they didn't. Imagine how many parents are out there and free for doing the same to their children. Children just sadly do not have any voice.
@@Njeri3344 What's worse is apparently at least 3 other children have died due to the SAME workers, 1 case even got famous for it but not the fact it was the same worker . And they still are working to this day
Gabriel is in my heart and thoughts everyday since I have watched the documentary. My nephews pray for him at night with their regular prayers. Thank u so much for doing this video. Everyone should know his story. Even days before he died he still had love for his mother. He just wanted love from his mother. Now he will have all the love he needs and wants❤️❤️❤️
The documentary and reporting on Gabriel's story certainly brings it to the level of awareness it deserves. but every single child suffering similar fate do as well. Thank you for doing your absolute best, despite the effects I have to imagine doing this work HAS to have on everyone involved in this amazing channel. Thank you for what you do, RIP sweet Gabrielle and please ensure everyone behind and in front of the scene hydrate, rest & get appropriate mental & physical care as needed 💞💞💞💞
This made my heart drop. Hearing what they did to Gabriel, seeing his smile and kind eyes. It brought me to tears. I wish someone helped him, so many opportunities to help this poor boy.. so many concerned people yet the system still failed and even mocked him. This is horrible... I wish things were different. This world is so cruel. He was a small innocent boy with unconditional love..
I've never been able to listen to Gabriel's story without crying- it's one of the worst cases of child abuse, torture, and ultimately murder that I have ever heard (and you don't know how much I'd love to say "or will ever hear", but I can't because there will _always_ be evil people like this in the world. I really hate it.) The woman who gave birth to him & her boyfriend are two of the worst people I've ever seen. I'll never understand how anyone could hurt a kid- and I mean _any_ kid, but especially when it's your own. That's a whole other level of depraved. You're right though: Gabriel's case isn't "unique" so much as it's just one of the few that have come to light. God only knows how many more kids just like Gabriel are out there suffering *right now* that we either haven't heard about yet, or may never hear about *at all.* That's a _really_ hard thing to think about, but it's the truth; and it always makes it so much worse when you hear about all these people that failed them along the way. His death could have absolutely been prevented if only these totally worthless social services people would have taken child abuse seriously, or put a little boys needs above their own (that "overtime excuse" made me so mad dude.) Like, seriously man: *what do we even have these people for? What do they actually do?* Every child abuse case I've ever heard about, social services / child welfare (I'm not 100% sure what it's called) has done nothing to help these kids. I'm sure there *are* good case workers out there who really care about the children they're supposed to be looking out for, but they seem way too few and far between for it to make a difference in the majority of these cases. The fact that they're so rarely prosecuted (or convicted) for their involvement in these crimes is only sending the message that they don't _really_ have to do their jobs, or even take their... clients (is that the right word?) seriously- when really, their total lack of care & empathy for these kids is a major part of what allows their abuse to continue. It's the same with these stupid cops too, and that horrible 911 dispatcher (wtf do you mean it's not an emergency?!) but this comment is already _wayyy too long_ -and I don't think there's anything more I need to say about those fools than I already have about the social services people. Plus I'm all upset and sleepy now 😤 🥱 anyways, great video you two! _RIP Gabriel_ 🙏🏻🕊
I totally agree with everything you stated here. My heart breaks for these senseless tragedies that could had been prevented had the social services did their jobs that they get paid to do. These people (case workers) are so pathetic and worthless that they need to be held accountable for their lack of concern. You said this is the worst case you ever seen? I don't think you heard about Takota Collins from Dayton Ohio. He was 10 y.o. brutally murdered by his own father in 2019. His story will make you vomit given all the torture he suffered repeatedly for 6 years. He was even raped with a wooden chair leg that his monster father plunged into his rectum. Words cannot describe the pain I felt for that child. Their stories are the same wherein the social workers did nothing to help.
@@Palmetto-J No I sure haven't heard of him, but given what you've just said I can only imagine how horrible his little life must have been... 😢 I'll never understand how or why anyone can hurt a kid- *any kid* -but especially their own. It makes me sick. Anyone who hurts or kills children, the elderly, or animals... those are the worst three things in the world to me. Anytime I hear about someone who's hurt or killed any of those three I lose more and more faith in humanity. I mean I feel that way about *any* murder or abuse... but I'm sure you understand what I mean. I don't know why and I'll never be able to, but for whatever reason it seems like so many social workers anymore just *do not care whatsoever* for the children that they're supposed to be protecting. Why? Why get involved in a field where you're responsible for someone's life if you believe that their life holds no value? I just don't understand... it's the same for doctors and nurses who do this shit too. My sister is a nurse and she has told me some horrible stories.... especially concerning the elderly and how they're mistreated. Some of these people just don't have any love at all for anyone other than themselves... RIP to these poor kids. Thank you very much for your comment, and thank you for spreading awareness. I'm gonna look up Takota's case now (I live in Columbus, Ohio myself; I have for all my life.) I hope you have a good rest of your day / night! 🙂
@@justinburchette Good evening Justin Burchette. Peace and grace be unto you in the name of Yahshua Ha'Machiach. Yes I saw you had replied before it's just NOW that I'm able to respond; hopefully it's not too late. Funny how a week after I mentioned here about the case of Takota Collins, it so happens that they feature his story. Did you check it out? I do understand what you mean. We share the same sentiments when it comes to abusing the vulnerable i.e. children, elderly and animals. I have to say especially, in all due respect to the children. A lot of those precious little ones who are abused are treated as if they were animals forced to live in cages or chained to a chair and made to sleep in their own excrement as in another horrifying tragedy of Nixmary Brown here in Nyc in 2006. This case made national news bringing to the light how corrupt and heartless the nyc's Administration for Children Services really is. When i looked into those reports i think they said this case file is over 600 pages. About 20 employees were fired or transferred after the investigation proved that all the documented reports had been fabricated by the so-called case workers claiming they were doing period checks on the family when they weren't. I see they presented her story here couple weeks ago too. I've lost all faith in humanity many long years ago and now that this "hocus pocus" thing hit two years ago, it all just took a downward plunge. I believe these heartless, psycho-sociopaths take these jobs cuz usually their easy to get and they don't require much training and student loan debts. They do it for the sole purpose of paying their mortgage and saving up for their lavish vacations. It's just employment what care could they have for the children they work for when they own family lives are a complete train wreck, as they see it. Check out AFC PODCAST channel. He's one of the only voices I know out there fighting for crimes against children. Why can't we collectively come up with viable strategies to help prevent more and more of these innocents having to die before the authorities are called. In most cases by the time the authorities get involved it's a little too late. We, as our neighbors, need to be more mindful of one another and call out of concern immediately when you see or hear something suspicious from our communities. Of course the health care industry is all about the money. A regular m.d. makes a standard salary of $140,000. Specialist start at the minimum $225 Gs. It's never been about health care unless you wanna call "pill pushing" = (pharmekia) as an act of care. My name is Angela Hernandez in NY if you want to converse more about these topics or anything else don't hesitate to leave your comments. 😉 They will be appreciated. Take heart and remember that The Messiah Yeshua has already overcome the world. Peace
@@smnewstead4093 I think about Takoda almost everyday. 💔 Broke my heart to pieces when I learned about his situation and how he was kept locked away. What’s crazy is the Monsters guilty still get to live a better life in prison than what Takoda did in that attic. Adrian Jones was kept a prisoner as well. Abuse d and starve d at 7yo. Then fed to pigs once he was k ill ed. smh 🤦🏾♂️ Takoda Collins❤️ Adrian Jones❤️ Gabriel Fernandez❤️ I hope they’re somewhere getting the love and attention they deserve. 😇
I'm half way through and can't watch anymore. I'm disgusted by his so called family. I'm pleased you guys have brought this to light. That poor boy. My heart breaks for him. I'm in England but wherever we are we have a duty as a community and human beings to speak up when we see things that aren't right. Rest in peace all the abused kids that didn't make it 😘
I am a pretty tough guy that isn't very emotional, however after watching the Netflix series or whoever produced the series spreading knowledge about poor Gabriel i must say i was very emotional and not just with the angry or violent emotions although they were ever so present the others were also present and i admit i cried like a baby for that innocent little boy!!
You guys are the best true crime channel HANDS DOWN. I love that the woman actually tears up at the same times as me. You guys actually CARE about the cases you talk about, especially when it comes to children. You guys make me love my own son 10x harder than I already do. You guys are awesome, never stop. You're so much better than the JCS or EWU style videos
This is the one that killed me. I hate people. I hate kids even. I hated kids and people when I was a kid. This little boy deserved so much better from the world. Growing up I suffered horrible abuse, not unlike what Gabriel did. But my dad didn’t kill me. It’s the card, it’s the Mother’s Day card from a little boy who still loved his mum after all she had done. I recognize the quiet desperation of a child who wants so badly to hear a kind word. Even just one. The constant fear and confusion of not understanding why you made them so angry. Anyone that tried to help me was driven away, not allowed to see me. If I seemed to improve CPS would say I was fine. He just hid it better. I cried and cried and cried when I heard his story. Hearing it again has me in pieces. I know that I survived, not because anyone helped me, but I did it on my own. People SAW this little boy. THEY SAW HIM. THEY SAW HIM. HOW DID THEY LET HIM DIE? How do you fail these children over and over and over? The saddest part is that he died loving the mother who killed him. Abuse is the tie that binds. I’m going to be a mess for at least a week now. Gabriel brings back too many memories. I used to make cards for my dad. I learned to cook at 9 so I could make him dinner. I tried. I was the adopted one that my dead mother wanted, he never told me that he never wanted me until after she died. I had to try extra hard to make him love me. He never did. Eventually I was placed in a psych hospital years later. There’s a staff member there named Annette and I remember her staring at me when I first got there and she came out to me later and she said I live next-door to you and I used to hear you cry. I wanted to go over because I knew something was wrong, she said I kept telling my boyfriend somethings wrong with that house somethings wrong with that house that little girl. I didn’t know that anyone heard me. Are used to sneak outside and cry on the balcony at night talk to my mom, never knowing that there was someone watching. She said one day you were gone and nobody seemed bothered, but it bothers me. She says looking at you now and reading your file now I know what happened to you and I’m sorry I didn’t come and save you.
Hi, I want to say I am very touched by your words and I am so sorry you went through that. I know it doesn't change anything, but I'm so sorry. And I'm happy you're still here.
I'm literally shaking at the shocking disgusting treatment of this beautiful child. I'm baffled at the sheer cruelty of his parents. I truly truly hope they pay the price for their heinous acts. I honestly think he would have flourished by staying with his uncle and his partner. Gabriel, godspeed sweet boy. May you rest in peace 🙏
So many grown ass adults failed this sweet little boy. I cannot imagine being in the shoes of those that tried to save him and were blocked from doing so time after time. And they just had to watch and wait for him to die a horrible death. His abusers were the ones protected instead of this innocent victim. ABSOLUTELY SICKENING.
I can relate to an aspect of this case. My parents got divorced when I was 4 and everyone, including my grandparents on both sides, said my father was the better parent. He did all the cooking and cleaning and gave me my baths and put me to bed, my mom was not very hands on. My Dad is bisexual and during the divorce my mom and grandparents on both sides blasted him for being gay. He started dating another man and at that point everyone was united against him, despite knowing he was the better parent. My mom got full custody. After that my mother moved me across the country away from my dad and family and proceeded to neglect and abuse me until I escaped her. She always treated me like I was a burden and allowed men to be inappropriate with me when I was under age. My dad begged and begged my mom to let him have custody. She traveled for months at a time and dumped me off on baby sitters and neighbors. He begged her to let him take care of me, but she was so selfish and controlling and wanted the child support money for herself. Now all this time later I wonder how much better things would have been if my dad and his partner had raised me. His partner was a second parent to me. They were together 20 years before his partner died. My mom acted like my dad was so horrible despite the fact that she cheated on him (with married a married man) dated THREE married men, breaking up two marriages. I tried for years to work things out with my mom, to get her to do therapy with me to repair our relationships. She still treated me like crap and never acknowledged her abuse or apologized for letting men do what they did to me. She got drunk and told me she wished she never had me. So I finally said that's it. We are done. I haven't seen her in 6 years. Six years ! It's been so worth it even though it's very hard. I have nightmares about her and the men , I'm in therapy doing emdr and I'm on medicine. Wish that my gay dad's could have raised me but we can't turn back time.
I'm so sorry you had such a horrendous mother, and that she kept you from living with your Dad and his partner, who loved you. Good for you for going no-contact with your Mom. I know how hard it can be to divorce yourself from family, but also how amazing it is to free yourself from the incredibly toxic influence of a family member. Please remember that it isn't your fault in any way, nor is the shame yours to bear. I hope you're healing now.
I'm a new subscriber from the UK. This channel is great and very clear and concise (easy to follow) at first i thought it was the mystery machine 🙈. I also wanted to let you know that it came up recommended so other people can/will find you. This case is absolutely heartbreaking. After all he went through he still loved that monster whom birthed him. She is no mother. So many people tried to intervene but their efforts were in vain. RIP Gabriel ❤
When i watched the documentary about this boy in Netflix, i cried and had a range of anger against everybody who failed him….but not his uncle who truly cared and loved Gabriel… it truly hurts my heart how a fully grown adult can inflict harm to a child who is barely half his size and applied every abuse possible to him…there is a special place in hell for his own mom and stepfather!
The first time I’ve ever heard Jessica’s voice waver. Peace be with you two for covering all these cases. Thank you for giving so much love & respect to the victims. You two are truly some of the best.
I'm glad you guys stressed that this is not an isolated case of extreme child abuse. There are so many that they are uncountable, and many never make it to the news much less a documentary. I think I read somewhere that over half of all instances of child abuse don't even get reported. And that was only counting the US. I don't understand how abusers don't realize at some point they're crossing a very thin line that shouldn't be toed in the first place.
Social services FAIL these children in every country every day!! They need better training, more staff, and more funding, and the laws need to be improved to protect these children!!! The police need to be involved in these cases, not just family services!!!
Good morning from the UK..Thank you for saying about this documentary on Netflix. I just started watching it. Great channel & I always look forward to what you 2 put out ❤
This is one of the saddest cases I’ve ever seen. That baby was let down so bad. This should’ve never happened, there were enough signs that that boy should’ve been saved. A disgrace and the biggest failure I’ve ever seen from the system. Netflix has a great docuseries on this. I cried through it all. 😢 So heartbreaking. ❤️🩹
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@Lala Taveras blueunicorn regrets to inform lala traverse that the court has decided in Deshayne vs Winnebago county, Gonzales vs castle rock, warren vs DC, Lozito vs NYC et al, that the state has no duty to protect and therefore they don't care . It is "justice on its head". Do not read those case laws unless you like boiling blood and steam out your ears. CPS is not in the business of saving children. Only adopting out the children that are not damaged. Food for further research.
@Lala Taveras in the immortal words of one C. Swanson, "you got it Toyota!" (Sorry, inside anecdote) but seriously, pitchforks and tar and feathers may be more affective. Using the state to fix a problem the state has no interest to solve is an exercise in Futility.
What you did is heroic in an age of apathy. It takes a village and a village is made of us one at a time. Blueunicorn tips his hood for you. Keep fighting for what is right, Not what is "legal" the two things often are juxtaposed.
Blueunicorn has been at the other end of one of those calls because blueunicorn looks like a hobo. One time someone called because blueunicorn's Weiner kid was running around a parking lot and blueunicorn was following him around discussing the relativity of "one foot" as compared to him and an ant. Some do gooder thought it odd that a hobo was following a kid in a parking lot[...] ("Autistic"" bs story)
Blueunicorn was not happy with a sheriff on his doorstep. however, blueunicorn later understood that said caller was looking out for blueunicorn's Weiner kid so ... Road to hell. Keep up the good fight.
@Lala Taveras (heart emoji)
Good on that journalist from The LA Times. More of these cases NEED to be made piblic
I watched this a while ago on Netflix and I can remember being so mad I shook!!! Also for that you’re who held out like that I really hope they went to his house to make sure that person wasn’t feeding somebody cat litter!!!
His remains should lay with the ONLY adults who gave him kindness, the "unfit" gay uncle and his partner.
Unfortunately, his uncle passed away I believe, and his partner got deported
@@puffstabby He (they) STILL would make better and more loving relatives in death, than did the ones who gave him life to begin with!
@@A.Girl.Has.No.Name. okay thanks captain obvious
I agree, the grandparents are partially responsible for his death and clearly if he WAS gay, they wouldn't have loved him either. If it's even retrialed, I hope they slap them both with hate crime charges on top of what they already have.
Agreed.
Funny how the grandparents didn't want him to be with his uncles, but they raised him with far more love and affection than his mother and her boyfriend
the grandparents also defended her through most of the trial, so now you know why she turned out that way horrible people
It *REALLY* rubs me the wrong way if they where the grandparents that got his ashes like I think they did. If anything it's his dad that should have them but I know he was in prison he seemed to be the only one that felt true hurt/remorse for what happened to his son.
@@averymartin1327 didn't care enough to stay out of prison and be there for his kid. Poor child was really let down!
My thoughts exactly!
So sick that's crazy tho how that shit happened
This story always makes me tear up, but the Mother’s Day card he wrote makes me weep. Fuck his “parents”, fuck everyone who saw the abuse and said nothing, fuck those Sheriffs and police, fuck CPS, and fuck social services for ignoring and neglecting this beautiful baby. Gabriel was an incredibly strong kid with a huge heart. God bless his teacher for trying to get him help, and God bless Arturo Martinez the security guard from the welfare office for putting his career and lively hood on the line to try to help and save Gabriel. It breaks my heart that there were so few people who actually loved and truly cared about him. If only he could have remained with his Uncles he would still be alive today
So very well said!!! 💯💯
Yeah he was better LOVED and PROTECTED BY his Gay Uncles!!! ❤
Fr this yong boy shouldn’t have died poor child his uncle knew his mom was abusive poor poor kid :(
Im so with you. This case haunts me... I daily think about it. The stupid rules that keeps people from taking action... It's unbearable.
My father worked at the federal level investigating cases & CPS workers - yes they do get punished, it just isn't often news unfortunately. Now a lot of people say CPS is overworked. ROFL. As my father - a former government facility manager who oversaw 250+ staff - always said about social workers / CPS they're more concerned about yakking around the water cooler than they're concerned about doing their job. My father will be the first to tell you majority of social workers / CPS employees are useless & incompetent with little respect for their job, the people (/children) they're to be protecting, and worse for simple things like confidentiality.
I cried throughout the whole documentary. The only people that actually loved him were his uncles that he was taken from unnecessarily. Every body failed him.
@@dizzyd8754 and instead rhe kid got to eat shit, vomit,cat litter, he was beaten burned and then died. Did not know being rasied with love was "perversion"
@@dizzyd8754 the grandparents are sickos as well. Because of them, the kid ended up to his death with the hands of his own biological mother. The only photos of him smiling is when he's with his uncles.
@@dizzyd8754 I guess eating shit and feces isnt perversion
His grandparents loved him too but pearl took Gabriel back
@@lisa-annen.7867 His grandparents defended his mother the whole trial. They were just as vile as his mother.
the mother's day project just made me weep. the fact that an abused child still showed so much love to his abuser and future killer just kills me.
I have a feeling that he did that in hopes that it would stop the beatings
Like any abuse victim, Gabriel thought it was his fault that he was being abused. He felt he was bad
That killed me. 🥺 He just wanted his Mommy to love him. Literally heartbreaking.
@@scotttra83 i hope you carry that with you. as a future teacher (albeit aiming for high school) im trying to prepare myself to be able to report abusers. the bystander effect is real, and i dont want to fall victim to it.
It was hard to watch, I cried so much listening to this 😪😭
This happened about ten miles from my home town. It was devastating for the entire valley. I wish you would have added the fact that the social worker who was in charge of attending this child fully failed him. At one point, instead of showing up in person, just asking to speak with him on the phone while these monsters were watching over him and intimidating him. Disgusting.
So, my child fell down and CPS was called, and my kids were placed with my sister in law, who called CPS, and it took me months to get them off my back and my kids back… and this little boy suffered actual abuse and nothing was done. Screw CPS. Poor little angel. This case is so frustrating and sad all at the same time. Nobody protected this little boy.
Same thing happened to me! Their foster "family" abused them. Fulton County, Ohio CPS Was never reprimanded!!! My children still go to therapy for PTSD.
God help you if you if you don't have $ for an attorney when these pieces of sh*t [CPS] come knocking.
I swear it's like they want kids to be abused...
As someone who was tooken into the foster system at a very young age, im so happy the babies are back with mommabear... nothing is like the love from a mother period!
DCFS does this BS frequently that kids that aren't being abused have DCFS harrass the parents. And yet actual abuse like this goes so far neglectful. My friend is a lawyer in the Antelope Valley too and he had DCFS harrass them several times and no abuse. Like WTF I want these social workers to be personal sued and face criminal charges. They also need to lose their pensions and be immediately terminated.
Basically, same thing here. I spent about 4 years off and on in the system. My kids were never removed, but I fought tooth and nail to keep them. My husband at the time was a useless piece of shit, wouldn't keep a job and constantly had online affairs. I tried to leave him but had absolutely no help. I have 4 kids. There was no way I would have been able to keep them all if I left him. When my youngest were 16, twins, we finally split up. In the name of everything holy, please help people that need it! And stop harassing people who doing the best they can under the circumstances. Sorry for the rant! But this just really pisses me off!
The grandparents homophobia are partially to blame for their grandchild's death!
they also defended there daughter and then tried to show they where not in the doc, the mother even said she thought her daughter wasint involved just horrible family they all should be locked up
I would like to believe that if he would have stayed with his uncles he would still be here but I think his evil mother would have gotten him back anyway.
That and the department of child services
So much narcissistic enabling throughout this entire horrific situation
The homophobic grandparents forced that baby boy into the grip of monsters. They are no less psychopaths in my opinion. To hate another person because they exist and you don't agree with them or their views (and they're not hurting Anyone), is mentally ill. They see other human beings as "less than" themselves. And that mentality got a child murdered. The grandparents probably still think they were right.
This poor baby. His story is so heartbreaking. I can't imagine how this poor boy felt trying to get help and everybody failed him. The fact that sheriffs called him a liar, and was made fun of by another adult, is sickening. Everytime I hear his name it breaks my heart. Rest easy sweet angel. You ARE LOVED and missed by many. ♥️
A guy, I had worked with, told me about his childhood. His father had beat him severely, so he went to the police, however, the police laughed, and told him to go home. They did nothing to help him.
@@SusanHolbert Some people shouldn't be police officers
@@zierragacha5089 So true.
This has got to be one of the saddest cases I have ever heard. The documentary honestly made me cry, just seeing the great uncle cry really makes you think. He was the one who gave Gabriel what was probably the best years of his life and it was due to having human decency.
Oh I know! Part way through I started crying & didn’t stop until well after it was over!
I cannot understand how anyone can harm a child, but when it’s that child’s own parents/guardian it’s even harder for me to wrap my head around it.
There are so many ppl in this world who would LOVE to have a child but can’t for various reasons… And then you have “parents” like this.. they don’t deserve the children they have/had!!!! Not at all. A child is a true gift & a miracle… I guess it’s a sensitive issue for me personally bc my hubby & I have been trying for 5yrs, and I’m not getting any younger lol 😏. And it hurts every time I see a poor child like baby Gabriel get treated so horribly by his parents….
Meanwhile I’m sitting over here like I’d do absolutely anything for my babies.. And spoiling my nieces and nephews I would say it’s not fair but tbh that’s life. It’s not fair. The world isn’t fair. It can truly be a very cruel & unforgiving b!tch ❤️❤️
Side note omfg sorry I went off one a rant!! I was just trying to say I agreed with you 😂😂😂😂
This Happens way to much
O ZZ fz I
Me too. I’ll never forget this baby. I believe this is one of the worst cases of abuse ever…. It haunts my soul what they done to this baby. Pearls a monster and so is her boyfriend. But as a mother!! She is ultimate EVIL. Hands down.
What's the documentary name
She wished she had "made better choices". That's what you say when you make a mistake, NOT when you shoot your kid in the face with a BB gun. Or, make him eat cat litter.
That's just evil.
Yeah a person who says "I wish I made better choices" is someone refusing to take responsibility for the absolutely evil and heinous acts they committed.
@@TheMiseryMachine they’re psycho and probably loved to torture this baby. I don’t want to ever understand this sickness. I wish I could have been there to hug that little boy.
she shot Gabriel in the balls I personally know someone who did his autopsy in LA
In her courtroom apology, she didn't even apologize to Gabriel, only the other kids.
It takes a real evil witch to say something like that after what she’s done.
the fact you can hear you crying is heart wrenching. we all appreciate you bringing light to these stories. otherwise they'd might not be known.
This poor baby tried reaching out for help so many times. It breaks my heart how he was ripped from a loving home simply because his uncle was married to another man. I’m sure his uncle is wracked with guilt every day even though it isn’t his fault. My heart just breaks for Gabriel. I wish I could’ve taken him in and been a mother to him.
Very sad.
I know, it's hideous
It's absolutely sickening. I cried when I first watched the documentary on Netflix. It tore me up inside.
El tío murió un año luego que el bebé, murió odiando a la pearl y al grandulon ese, el lo dijo un dia (claro y no era para menos imposible no odiarlos) y el esposo del tío murió en el 2020 de covid, igual extrañaba mucho a gabriel y a su pareja y de paso se sentía muy solo
The Mother’s Day card was just a fun in class art project. It wasn’t an assignment for a grade. The teacher tried to discourage Gabriel from doing the Mother’s Day card. But he did anyways. When the teacher read the card he made, she knew what she was actually reading...he was begging his mother to love him.
This is horrible
That's even sadder, oh my god
😔
yeap, thats what children do, they say things, begging to be treated right, to be love, to be treated fairly
poor gabriel ☹️ r.i.p, he’s in a better place now. no abuse or suffering anymore. fly high, Gabriel Fernandez. 🕊️
How can so many people FAIL the same child? 💔
Another case of Child Services failing a child.. .. the people from CPS who handled his case (or, actually, didn’t) should also be prosecuted .. .. disgusting
It's just so sick. I can't stop wondering just how many kids out there are in Gabriel's situation but we'll never ever hear about them
It's the same here in the UK. Social services are useless. Look up Baby P and another case Victoria Climbe. Both children were failed by everyone. Concerned child minders , neighbours ect were ignored when they flagged up concerns about these poor children.
The CPS workers were charged but eventually the charges were dropped.
They are doing a job with a long list of cases and severely underpaid! It was the parents fault and the grandparents. Kids are the responsibility of the family no one else. As a society yes, we have some checks but bottom line is that the person who brought those children into this life is responsible. We need to take accountability and stop placing blame on people who are overwork and underpaid. What happened to Gabriel should not have happened. His uncles should have gotten a written document stating they had custody. This case of mothers changing their mind are quite common. The uncle didn’t have that paper and the grandparents in efforts of bringing Gabriel up heterosexual took him away from a loving environment. There en lies the real culprits!
@@Emma-ct6dk Yes , but child protection services should have removed him from the family. They are paid to intervene on the childs behalf and place them in a safe enviroment.
I have known parents who have been almost harassed by DSS for their kids being absent from school for being sick. Then I see this case where they ignore horrible abuse multiple times. It's infuriating!! They should serve jail time for turning their heads! They should be held accountable!!
Yes, I have too
@Stephanie Gill you just explained Indiana DCF 😭
I took my my little girl to physical therapy for 2 years because she had arthritis in her knee at 7 years old and the school board made me stop taking her because it wasn't a doctor or a dentist and she needed that and they threat to put me in jail if I keep taking her so I had to stop taking her. They threatened to call DSS on me if I kept taking her. It was only an hour one day a week.
I live in South Carolina
@@stephaniegill5771 They're evil, they shouldn't be able to do that, I personally could never allow that.
I have been sick to my stomach after I saw this documentary. Please do not call her a mother she because she opened her legs and gave birth to this little angel does not make her a mother you have to earn that title. The demons that did this and the people who failed him should all rot in hell but suffer before they get there just as Gabriel did. Rest in Peace sweet Gabriel you will never be forgotten.💔🙏
The fact he wrote his mom a Mother’s Day card with bruises and injuries all over him at his last day of school before his death is heartbreaking!! I just wanna hold this child & protect him from the evil he had to endure. This kind of torture would completely destroy an adult, much less a child 😭 The fact this kind of evil exists and that no one could help that child is horrifying.
I agree with you Hazel. I want to hold him too and say how sorry I am for what he went through.. but I know that he's in Heaven now.. and Jesus Christ is holding him in His arms..
That really puts in into perspective, how forgiving and caring he was. He probably didn't even understand what was happening to him and blamed himself. Heartbreaking isn't quite covering it, but that's the closest word we have I guess.
The poor boy was an angel. These monsters did not deserve him.
@@nightmarishcompositions4536 that is so true what you said but right now he is resting in peace God bless him he's with the angels now so sad
I just want to be in a room with Pearl for FIVE MINUTES… and I want her to keep that SAME energy she used to have with Gabriel so I can show her what he went through.
Me to and the social workers and cops that did NOT DO A DAMN THING to help that handsome sweet boy and allow it to continue. Now he is in Heaven unharmed happy and safe and no pain but what he had to go through to get there is horrific. I wish people that do that and allow it to be done to kids or animals the law should allow it to be done by them prison is to easy for them I mean hey they get tablets to TV radios food beds no bills no responsibility and a big cell compared to what that little angel had , and why give her a choice to live she did not give him one and death to easy to 5 min. and it's over that baby suffered along time they should to and everyone that did not help him. Maybe if that happened people would stop doing it to kids and animals
I JUST NEED 5 SECONDS AND IT WOULD BE THE MOST PAINFULL 5 SECONDS OF THAT ANIMAL S LIFE.
I want to join you. I heard she is getting the you know what kicked out of her everyday GOOD.
I’ll bring the bolt cutters and adrenaline don’t want her falling asleep before the real fun
I will gladly join you. This is so heartbreaking I am so angry and sad at the same time
I usually don't get emotional all that often but this video had me full on sobbing throughout the entire thing and after it was finished also. What this poor child had to go through was just horrendous.
People like me aren’t physically able to have kids and would love to have a boy like Gabriel as a son. If u don’t love him, give them to someone like me. Don’t do this!
but those welfare checks have to go somewhere tho!
disgusting people like them need to be instantly neutered!
Or can't they be science experiments to research how good parents that can't have children be able to conceive? just saying
As much as that would be a perfect solution...it will not happen, because that way is the correct way! And humans don't follow the correct way...just the safest way for themselves to be as far away as possible from the inconvenience!
@@yup_its_ME.512 I so Agree!!!
I agree with you, am unable to have kids either and this documentary makes me so upset! 😞
I 💯 percent agree with you Heather. I too cannot have children. I would have given Gabriel all the love he could've ever wanted! I just can't fathom how a mom could do this! Or watch her boyfriend do it! It's disgusting and I hope that what she did to him, gets done to her! God help me..
60 complaints!?!? Disgusting they really let this poor boy down so sad. Rip young man 😔
And it’s STILL happening all over the world...😔💙
This is the way I think, every child is an adults child. I will not let a child leave w out medial help and cops called.
And CPS workers said “they never seen it coming” what a crock. They should have been charged
Look up baby p who was sent to hospital with a broken spine and the hospital and social workers missed it and he was sent back home ….
The society failed him so bad :( rest in peace Gabriel... such a hero he showed up for photos with his beautiful smile. And the innocence of him for loving his mother even after going through the hell she had given him... I'm in tears
Being a mandated reporter is incredibly frustrating when having to deal with all the agencies and b.s. I had to report one of my athlete's abusive father as a coach. It was immediately known that I was the one who reported. My boss (school athletic director) got in my face for making the call and being involved. Cops threatened me. I lost my job. The father tried turning it all on me. I had to defend all my values, the way I present myself, my personality, everything that makes me, me. It honestly broke me to the point of never being the same again. The only reprieve I have is that the kid involved is doing really well and has achieved many successes.
Yet had something happened and you knew about it, you then would have been asked why you didn’t do something!!!
And, as a mandatory reporter if you _had not_ reported it, it would be on you. It's a double edged sword.
Yep, I agree! I actually waited to report it because I wasn't sure as to really go about it and all the kid initially said to me was that their dad touched them. I didn't want to cause issues or do something wrong, breaking up a family. All my superiors put me off when I brought up potentially needing to report. When I was actually witness to a couple very unsettling occasions and the kid emailed me to tell me their dad had touched them again. I called the school the second I read that email and so ensued the shit storm. I was yelled at for taking too long to report, I was told by other I shouldn't have and now a family is broken. There's no communication between agencies, the whole system is a damn mess.
@@emo_penguin420 blueunicorn is also a mandatory reporter and will say A: don't admit that you "waited" in a chat on innertoobs... And 2: you have 24 hours to report no matter what your bosses think.
I had to call once to Wyoming because, [...] Reasons. And they did jack. And then they did poop. Because after all... Deshayne vs. Winnebago county was, Winnebago county Wyoming. But if I hadn't reported it, I might have faced repercussions. It's such nonsense.
Thank you for facing hell and saving that young boy. Mandated reporters rarely get any credit, and their livelihood is threatened for not just doing their duties, but for doing the morally right thing. Thank you as well to all mandated reporters in here (including Blueunicorn, be sure to subscribe to him)
I fully believe he told the paramedics Gabriel was gay because he didn't want them to treat Gabriel and he assumed telling them he was gay would make them less likely to help.
Meanwhile he was living in the state of California which is one of the main places the LGBTQ+ community gathers....
@@kt9527 homophobes dont understand these things. They assume that since they hate gay that the world will and that it justifys a crime. This is literally a hate crime
Late to commenting, but yes. He was such a homophobe that he assumed everyone else felt the same way. His homophobia combined with Gabriel's family's killed Gabriel. How can anyone think an 8 year old is gay?
@@shannaroe5189 Maybe they thing he gay because he was raised by his gay uncle. If they would let the boy to stay with his uncle it would have been best for his mom and the family.
That's honestly sickening. I remember always wanting to be a paramedic because I felt in my heart it was my purpose to heal and help EVERYONE no matter who they are. That should be their job first. Not to judge and decide who "deserves" to be helped. I'm so sad these idiots thought telling paramedics their kid was gay was an obligation first. These monsters aren't parents. They're low life scum who deserved the death penalty without a second thought. It's one thing to be mad at your kids for choosing a lifestyle that doesn't align with your beliefs, which in itself is so wrong, but to actually torture a defenseless child for basically NO reason at all is horrendous.
I started to watch the documentary, but I couldn’t find it in my heart to finish it because it was so damned heartbreaking. To know that GABRIEL had the courage to speak out about the abuse (most kids keep it to themselves for fear of NOT being believed, or being humiliated and embarrassed)HE had the courage to speak up, and still was NOT helped in any way absolutely breaks my heart ♥️. And to STILL love his mother, even though she was so many words that I cannot say on here, that speaks to this precious boys true character. And to be ripped away from his uncle who loved and cherished him just because he is GAY, seriously boils my blood. All I can say is R.I.P. beautiful boy. 😭💔😭💔
Is it the Netflix documentary?
@@blakegammon1023 yes
That's all they do is let everyone down
Someone should have risked kidnapping charges to get this kid out of that house. This is a shameful; the social workers need to be held accountable. Could the grandparents file wrongful death suits against them?
The grandparents don’t need a penny from the baby boy death they are part of why he was murder… if the uncle was still alive he would be the one to and should file and receive all that comes with it cause he loved him and that was the happiest part of that poor baby life❤️❤️❤️❤️
True
Once I was charged for trying to keep a kid safe. It was the worst!! And the kid turned out decent. But was a mom by 15, and now is like in 20s at mc d's. And told me they wish they never lied for their mom...... got me in a lot of trouble
You mean sue the authorities?……….. money means f** k all in cases like this for gods sake !!!
I thought the same thing. I would hide him in a safe place w clean clothes and food, I would bathe and just hug this child till he felt love. I would have never told anyone where he was. He would be well fed and safe and I couldn’t give him back.
He would’ve been 17 this year. This is the saddest case I’ve heard. No matter how many times I hear this case it still bothers me to the core. 60 reports and nothing being done is wild to me. He seemed to be such a sweet boy. The part in the documentary when they said he made the Mother’s Day card absolutely sickened me. He was treated so poorly by her but still loved her and wanted her acceptance. Imagine posing with bruises inflicted by your mother to make her happy with your gift. Such a selfless little guy. He was failed by almost everyone. I feel so bad for the teacher and that she had to see new injuries on him daily but was helpless because the system didn’t care enough. I hope his siblings were able to get some therapy too. I can’t imagine their guilt
I agree me too 😢
I agree about the mother's day card it made me so mad and sad at the same time...like that boy had to have so much love and empathy within him and didn't deserve to go the way he did 😭
My father worked at the federal level investigating cases & CPS workers - yes they do get punished, it just isn't often news unfortunately. Now a lot of people say CPS is overworked. ROFL. As my father - a former government facility manager who oversaw 250+ staff - always said about social workers / CPS they're more concerned about yakking around the water cooler than they're concerned about doing their job. My father will be the first to tell you majority of social workers / CPS employees are useless & incompetent with little respect for their job, the people (/children) they're to be protecting, and worse for simple things like confidentiality.
He would have been 19
Foreversimgirl828 right
This poor sweet boy! My gods…💔😭 these “parents” should not be allowed to be see the light of day ever again…I’m sobbing with heartbreak and rage…
This is one of the worst cases I've ever heard, but unfortunately I'm not surprised. CPS doesn't help, I was taken from my safe home that my uncle whom lived with us committed suicide in the home- so they said I was in danger. CPS then took me from my loving family and put me with foster parents who consistently SA-d me and physically abused me, when I brought it up to my case worker they told me I was making it up for attention, so I stayed in that home for another year. I was 5 years old. Thank you for talking about how hard it is to charge social workers for crimes like that, I've tried. This shit is absolutely preventable and unacceptable. This is devastating. RIP Gabriel.
Similar to what happened to my family not too many people understand that. It ruined part of our lives and took away approx 2 years that we can never get back
Am so sry Rozi my baby nephew was beat to death at 21 months old by a bf of a niece who let him babysit I reported to cps who did nothing they did visits but each time she wasnt home and bf refuse to let them in. CPS is worthless. May God Bless you honey.
I'm so sorry that happened to you. Hugs
My father worked at the federal level investigating cases & CPS workers - yes they do get punished, it just isn't often news unfortunately. Now a lot of people say CPS is overworked. ROFL. As my father - a former government facility manager who oversaw 250+ staff - always said about social workers / CPS they're more concerned about yakking around the water cooler than they're concerned about doing their job. My father will be the first to tell you majority of social workers / CPS employees are useless & incompetent with little respect for their job, the people (/children) they're to be protecting, and worse for simple things like confidentiality.
As someone who really wants to foster in the future I am so sorry that happened to you, sick bastards sadly are everywhere, in our families and even some who proclaim to care about others. I hope one day I can help children to the best of my ability, it seems at times the whole system is against the most innocent beings, truly pathetic for our advanced society.
Rest in heaven with no memory of the horrors you experienced sweet innocent baby boy
Oh, he is. I'd like to see the wrath of God handed down on them 2, that is disgusting
I have cried when they showed the documentary. I really can't believe adults would do this to an innocent child
I watched a video of an interview with a woman who had been in prison with Gabriel's so called mother. She let it be known that she'd witnessed other inmates serve some harsh jailhouse justice to that monster. I'm talking hot coffee and all. Guards turned their backs for several minutes. I'll try to find a link and post when or if I can find.
whoo-hoo great news!! i hope this is true
Good deal... 👌👌👌
I hope that blob keeps looking over her shoulder!!!
Theres a special place in hell for the people who did this & the people who allowed it by not doing anything. That poor baby
I can say they don’t play about that type of crime in jail. You will be tortured by them people
GOOD!!!
WTF does someone (especially a parent) gain from doing horrific shit like this. This is soooooooo sad. May his soul rest in peace.
psychopathy
If that dad and boyfriend weren't gay and didn't raise the kid as gay he wouldn't have been killed. An 8 year old isn't aware of its sexuality yet. By forcing him to be gay they killed him
@@jimmyjones5880 wtf are you stupid? If they didn’t take him from the uncle he wouldn’t of been killed. They would of abused him regardless! You’re just as sick as the parents 🤢
@@jimmyjones5880 stop talking shit they didn't bring him up to be gay. They loved Gabrielle and brought him up as every child should be. His supposed mother and her boyfriend had no right in this world to do what they did. You can't make somebody gay, he was tortured and murdered by sick fucks and let down by everybody around him. You need to learn what abuse is all about seeing as you haven't got a clue.
@@jimmyjones5880 okay you’re an evil pos. So evil. How dare you? What’s wrong with you!? My god.
I watched this documentary on Netflix during the pandemic. I never cried so hard in my life. That poor baby! 🕊️
I watched the documentary and when I tell you I’ve not cried so much in a long time. God please cover little Gabriel’s soul and protect him in heaven. I pray his mom and her boyfriend suffer nothing but anguish and torture the rest of their natural lives.
I can't watch it. This makes me hurt so bad for this poor baby.
Pearl regularly gets the shit beaten out of her in prison, which warms my heart to no end.
@@PhoenixRising87 I wish I could watch.
there is no god
If there was a god then he actively allowed this boy to endure every second of torture he received.
I wish I could have bundled him up in my arms, and give him the love he deserved. Thanks for sharing his story, guys.
It's so crazy that she fought for custody of him just to kill him.
Why? Why did she fight for custody just to destroy him? Cause he was 8, and maybe gay? How can one even tell if an 8 year old is gay?
@@ljeans531the father meant to be straight of his son willing him to hide his emotional and it gets worse for the father
@@ljeans531 kids could be gay its something you are born with
@@nickdelaney6953 kids don't have a sexuality until they hit puberty. I don't think of children that way at all.
@@ljeans531 they can explore at a younger age I did when I was 9.
What the actual…how do you work in domestic violence and make fun of a child (or anyone) …
This is disgusting!!! Child services should be charged. It's their fault..WTF is wrong people ?? This is why people take the law into their own hands.. My heart breaks for that poor child. He's in a better place now..💜💚
They were charged at first but the case of the 4 social workers was dropped.
The parents killed the boy not social services, blames the killers first!!! 🤦🏼♀️
Exactly!
@@melodiechartier5173 don’t twist The words. You know he blames the parents too. You must be a failed social worker? Why there are social workers if the don’t take any responsibility?
In the documentary a so called police officer or someone who worked for social services went to the house and Poison Pearl the demon told him Gabriel was out of town. The moron should have gone inside to check. WTF is wrong with people???????????????
Gabriel asking if it was "normal to bleed" is absolutely heartbreaking. Poor baby thought this must be how every kid had it.
God bless the teacher and others who did all they could to try to get him help and SHAME on those who had nothing but excuses as to why they didn't. I hope they see his precious face every night and lose sleep.
They should have asked Gabriel where HE wanted to stay, and he was fine with his uncle, my god he was fine there...if no one had stirred the pot maybe he would still be there and senior in high school 😢this case has broken me completely,
i find so stupid when people ask me why i love and trust animals WAY more than ANY human being.
and dont even get me started about the abuse done to animals around this world by humans.
EXACTLY! Its time we start listening to children! Even a 4 year old can tell you who they feel safe with. Children are perfectly capable of choosing where they want to live. It goes against their freedom rights, in my opinion.
@@aquastar4336 so wrong. I disagree. The second that is made law, abusive parents will start pressuring and threatening kids to say that they want to stay with them. Nope. It needs to stay an adult decision.
@@aquastar4336 100% agree!
The state of Colorado gives children no choice on where they want to live and it’s heartbreaking
@@vampireslayer3821 they asked me and I thank god said my mother, but this was in Portugal where laws for children are ENFORCED, I disagree
I followed this case for years and it broke my heart to hear what that sweet boy went through...this affected me so much that I had a baby three years ago..unplanned, at 40, and to honor Gabriel i named my son after him...its was my way of honoring him.
That’s very sweet if you
That’s so lovely x
So nice
That is so lovely! 💔❤
You should adopt a kid like Gabriel from the system, too. I think your unplanned baby needs a sibling! ;)
This poor baby,hats off to those who tried to help him with no avail.Good job guys well done MM
That poor baby. He should have been able to stay with his great uncle and his partner. He was in a loving home. The family was homophobic and took that baby away from them. SMFH!
The moms “sorry” 🤔 no she’s sorry she got caught.. I don’t know why I watch the cases with children; I can’t stop crying.. What a beautiful boy, if they would have left him with his dads he’d be alive and well!
She only wishes he was alive so she could beat him again.
Sorry for "what happened" not even for "what I did". Pathetic pos
@@smileymctrashbag
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Damn dude that picture of him with that Mother's Day card hit home hard. I was that kid that still was more afraid of being taken away from my abusers then I was of staying with them. Stockholm syndrome is real.
My adoptive mom was an abusive narcissist
@@cynthialesieur643 I know the feeling...like they condition you as if you're one of pavlovs dogs...or the mother monkey experiment (even though you're starving you prefer warmth).
I hope you know you're not alone. You might think you're crazy and forget sometimes but the mask slips...it's because we want what we can't have.
@@beastly.warner thank you
There was another little boy that died just like Gabriel just about a week after the trial was done. This is heartbreaking.
@Nyarli • 14 years ago Anthony Avalos. Look it up it was almost just like Gabriel 🥺
Yes 💔 Noah Cuatro also. Another baby girl (damn, I forgot her name). In the U.K- Arthur Labinjo Huges and Starr Hobson 😢😢💔💔💔🙏🏻
Please look up Takoda Collins. What is wrong w ppl?.
@@SandraW6988also, Caliyah McNabb
@@whatislife1012 arthur labinjo hughes is such a horrifying case. that camera footage of him on his last day alive breaks my heart. the fact that after his stepmom called to report him unresponsive from a """head injury"""" she was just talking to the cops about what a difficult kid he was... fucks me up man. i don't understand how anyone can even feel hate for a little kid period, let alone enough hate that they want to hurt them.
I wrote suicide notes in elementary school. I was coming to school covered in flea bites, dirty and poorly dressed. My teachers knew all of this. Nothing ever changed in my home life even though I know DHS was called. These organizations need so much more help and oversight that just isn't there.
So sorry for the loss of this child unreal how this can happen to any child.
I'm so sorry you went through all that. Hugs
@@jodyallen7662 I agree. So awful
So sorry that you went through this. As a mother I wish I could have been there and protected you. I believe that we should protect all children even if they are not our own. Wishing you love and healing.
😞
The real definition of Every Child deserves a parent but not every parent deserves a child
And just like that, I'm crying at work.
Thank you for always giving the victims the respect they should've recieved when they were alive.
Thank you for the kind words! Also I have to say I'm quite happy to see you in the comments again. We actually were just talking the other day about how we haven't seen you pop up in a little while. Hope you're doing great ❤️
@@TheMiseryMachine I suppose it's, um... a memorable name.
I just wanted to thank you both for being a voice for these kids. This can't be an easy job and I applaud your commitment and courage for doing these videos on a daily basis. You guys have such beautiful hearts and your love and respect for the kids comes through in your voices. Bless both of you.
Thank you so much for the kind words Sally! We very much appreciate it
CPS should ALWAYS BE HELD RESPONSIBLE if their negligence leads to a child being murdered.
This case is overwhelming proof that banning gay couples from adopting children ultimately hurts children the most. Because of a barbaric sense of homophobia, this little boy was taken away from two responsible adults who loved him, protected him, and took great care of him. Because even now, with gay marriage being legal in the US, the system still sees a lethally abusive heterosexual couple with no love in their hearts is somehow better than two adoptive fathers who would have raised him like their own flesh and blood.
It kills me, knowing the kind of life Gabriel could be living now, today. But instead he’s dead, after a very slow and excruciating death that no child deserves. But the system always defaults to the biological parent(s), no matter how unfit they are.
This is a one in a million thing though. I get your point ☝️. And I'm with you. Devil's advocate would say this is anecdotal. That they practice that barbaric rule for a reason that would happen more often than would the child be in Gabriel's position.
@@kingbaby5192 I’m not sure what the last part of your comment is supposed to mean?
@@kingbaby5192 I think it happens more than we think. Many of these killed kids are called homophobic slurs during these acts.
@@CharlieApples KB is saying that the barbaric rule of not putting kids with gay couples is more frequent than the cruelty Gabriel endured. Took me a second too, lol.
@@smnewstead4093 Indeed. Gabriel was documented as having been called homophobic slurs by his mother and stepfather as a result of having been cared for by two gay guardians.
I’d never heard of this case. I popped onto to Netflix and was crying after the first few minutes as that trauma nurse talked about what that poor child went through. Anyone who is capable of doing such things to a child don’t deserve the air they breathe. They are rotten to their core and no good can come from letting people like that exist a moment longer. Thank you guys for shedding light on these very difficult cases and covering them with honesty and care. It’s achingly hard to hear what happened to Gabriel but I feel more light needs shed upon these kinds of crimes because it’s happening more than we realise. More needs to be done, not only at system level but societally too, to protect our children.
Me too.
I'm taking a break before venturing to the 2nd episode.
YES!!
A committee of some sort needs to be established, to take these cases off of the CFS hands!
They don't have the guts to do what needs to be done!
@@sallyozuna3883 good idea this distressing content can affect your mental health watch comedy for a bit give your brain a vacation from the morbidity
cases lke this is why i believe in the death penalty
There is another case that broke my heart just like this one. It’s Baby Brianna , a young infant who was severely abused by her father, Uncle, Mother and grandparents who all lived in the same run down trailer 😭😭😭
Just seeing this but yes!!! Baby Brianna… didn’t think it was worse than Gabriel..it is
This case breaks my heart. I live not far from where this took place. The Ca child services department is understaffed and there are plenty of case workers just don't care. He never should have been placed back into his birth givers home. Disgusting
Under-staffed sure, in clearly serious cases of abuse, especially coming from those like the teacher, the child should have been removed until they knew where every injury came from. This was not a one time bump on the head that could have happened during play, inflicted by another child. I am not in favor of removing children from their parents, foster homes can be just as torturous, minus the sick-love some parents have but damn, this child had ongoing injuries, over a period of time.
@@mamabear52 he was in a home with 2 adults who loved and cared for him. He was not in the foster care system. He was ripped from a loving family because of homophobia. Once he was back with the birth giver he was extremely abused and it was obvious to everyone. This was ongoing and progressed over time. He never should have been taken from his uncle's at all. He had a chance at a happy childhood, having experiences growing up and becoming a man but it was ripped from him and he was brutally ripped from this world.
@@heather4074 My focus was on the reported abuse, of course he was safe with his great-uncle. Understanding that most courts will try to unite a child with their parents, they should not have in this case, and should have taken even greater care to oversee Gabriel's welfare since he had been removed previously
@@mamabear52 I misunderstood your point I do apologize for not clarifying before I responded the way that I did. I do tend to do that at times
@@heather4074 No worries and I agree with you, birth parents are not always the best place for a child, especially as he was previously removed and was in a stable home for years. I didn't think through my comment concerning foster parents either. A aunt and uncle, the teacher and others reporting abuse, should have been cause for immediate removal. Those who had the power failed Gabriel as much as those two beasts who tortured him to death.
That poor little boy 😭 Death must have been a merciful relief. I've never heard a case were social workers failed a child so catastrophically.
I cannot believe I haven’t watched this documentary on Netflix yet. I usually watch them all.
I am 5 mins in on the first episode and I’m already SOBBING. THE FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE SHOWN HIM MORE LOVE AND COMPASSION THAN ANYONE BESIDES HIS UNCLES.
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
I will be back to finish watching this after I finish the Netflix series. I’m absolutely sick to my stomach.
Thank you for covering this 🙏🏼 RIP GABRIEL I’m so sorry you didn’t get the love and affection you deserved until after your death.
Brennon A. Morley, aged 2, was abused to death and left in his bed to rot while his father, Jacob Morley, scrubbed the house for two days before reporting the death to the police. This took place in Salem, Arkansas in 2011. Almost no one has ever talked about this death. The father got away with these unspeakable actions and was gleeful over escaping justice. People who do these things to children deserve to never see the light of day again. Please, if you know of a case, share it. These children deserve to have their voices heard, even if they are no longer around to speak.
It's not as bad as Gabriel or the case you talked about, but there was this girl in South Dakota, who wasn't treated very nicely at home and was forced to live in a group home instead of just taking her to a psychologist, and she ran away from the group home and almost certainly froze to death. Serenity Dennard. I just feel sad about her because no one seems to care that she's gone.
@@smnewstead4093 as bad? A 2 year old was murdered, it's bad.
There was a case in USA of baby Brianna Lopez who was tortured and killed by parents too. She was just over 5 months old. Tossed upto the ceiling repeatedly and landed on the floor and her abusers found it hilarious and laughed everytime she landed due to the sound of the thud that the fall made. It was horrific but there was hardly any media attention to it. Some complete evil sickos out there
@@KeepingTheFaith123 wtf?? Seriously! Wtf is wrong with these people?? Are they psychopaths? Do they lack empathy and emotion? Who could do something like that to a defenseless little baby? I couldn't even do something like that to my cat! Cases like that really make me understand the quote, "hell is empty and all the devils are here."
@@veronica-mew I know, it was horrible, it always stuck with me. Especially coz she was so defenceless as she was literally only a baby and cudnt speak to even tell anybody wat was going on and cry out for help. Arthur Hughes case and Star Hobson in the UK were horrible too. It's as if all these child abusers and killers are in competition with each other to see who can inflict the most pain and suffering and go to the highest level of notoriety and cruelness as they love the media attention of being infamous
Pearl-“But we didn’t mean to kill him, force feed him cat shit, blah blah blah”
Executioner: “Face the wall ma’am”
Yeah, and I'm sure her cellmates don't mean to regularly beat the shit out of her, but it's still happening.
Warms my heart....
@PhoenixRising87 i hope she begs to be put in isolation and i hope shes denied every time and put in genpop instead
Parasite
Not ma’am
Wow, nasty🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
my ancestors are smiling at me, imperials. can you say the same?
I just want to cuddle this precious child and tell him he is loved and precious and needed. This is gut wrenching and heartbreaking. I am so terribly sorry Gabriel. 💐💝
I remember when this happened I lived in the same area and my youngest son actually had the same teacher he had when he passed away. His family and cps are disgusting and every single one of them should be held accountable. Around this time I actually had cps wasting their time investigating me because my son's had perfectly legal pocket knives because we like to camp and fish and my one son was a cub scout. They wasted their time calling my boys out of class multiple times over this but then they let this poor baby fall through the cracks so horribly. My heart aches for what he must have endured. What a gross example of complete negligence.
Yeah this case crushed my heart. This amazing beautiful little boy was as precious as they come. I will never forget him! Great job you two!
I watched the series on Netflix and it was very sad but it made me angry at the same time for how the system fail him.
When I lived in California I worked at a youth shelter and worked with social workers often. It was truly disgusting and tragic to see the cases where children were sent home. But I also witnessed children being unjustly taken away. One in particular really sticks with me because the choice to remove this 17 year old girl from her mom dying of cancer ruined this girls future. She was months from a full ride to college and then removing her from her mom and school took that from her and her last moments with her mom. The system is broke.
Crazy she a nut thats a fucki ass boyfriend monsters
Good what that fucking deserve he must rot in he'll so call boyfriend
I 😢 when heard hhis
I cry it so hard it's was so bad
He was such a handsome young man. What happened to him is so heartbreaking.
Pearl needs jail time for her eyebrows alone.
All the child protective services people who exnore the calls should have lost their jobs
Everybody dropped the ball on this poor little boy, with the exception of a couple people. Dept. of Children and Family services needs to be prosecuted in many of these cases.
I cannot listen to this case without crying no matter how many times I listen to it. It’s so heartbreaking.
I can't make it through this one, but thank you for making it. Gabriel, you are loved. ❤️
I couldn't make it past the 1/2 mark. This is just insanity.
Same💯😪😪😪💔 RIP sweet little Gabriel🌹❤
...I'm speechless and in tears💯😪
As an abused child myself, I had to cry as I heard that. Poor boy.. I hope you can find peace
Absolutely horrific...that poor innocent child. This actually made me cry, vomit and rant at my PC! Great channel...I just subscribed! Thank you for sharing!
I’ll never understand how those supervisors and cops and social workers can sleep peacefully at night knowing they failed a child and that child is now dead because they didn’t do their job right.
They seemed pleased when children die cause it’s another case they don’t have to deal with.
As a double how can parents live happily knowing their child is dead because of them? They wanted money not a loving child. If you don’t want to put in the work to love a child then don’t be a parent. You can find other ways to make money but you’re only gonna lose money cause you use a child to get to it
and imagine how many more gabriels are there?! i cannot trust police officers 😟
@@Njeri3344 Oh for sure, same for CPS workers, just lying and saying "they went to look" when they didn't. Imagine how many parents are out there and free for doing the same to their children. Children just sadly do not have any voice.
@@zeldagamelover24 it’s so so sad. it’s why i will never do social work 🫤
@@Njeri3344 What's worse is apparently at least 3 other children have died due to the SAME workers, 1 case even got famous for it but not the fact it was the same worker . And they still are working to this day
Gabriel is in my heart and thoughts everyday since I have watched the documentary. My nephews pray for him at night with their regular prayers. Thank u so much for doing this video. Everyone should know his story. Even days before he died he still had love for his mother. He just wanted love from his mother. Now he will have all the love he needs and wants❤️❤️❤️
You might be interested in the case of Takoda Collins. Thanks for caring about little Gabriel.
The documentary and reporting on Gabriel's story certainly brings it to the level of awareness it deserves. but every single child suffering similar fate do as well. Thank you for doing your absolute best, despite the effects I have to imagine doing this work HAS to have on everyone involved in this amazing channel. Thank you for what you do, RIP sweet Gabrielle and please ensure everyone behind and in front of the scene hydrate, rest & get appropriate mental & physical care as needed 💞💞💞💞
This made my heart drop. Hearing what they did to Gabriel, seeing his smile and kind eyes. It brought me to tears. I wish someone helped him, so many opportunities to help this poor boy.. so many concerned people yet the system still failed and even mocked him. This is horrible... I wish things were different. This world is so cruel. He was a small innocent boy with unconditional love..
I've never been able to listen to Gabriel's story without crying- it's one of the worst cases of child abuse, torture, and ultimately murder that I have ever heard (and you don't know how much I'd love to say "or will ever hear", but I can't because there will _always_ be evil people like this in the world. I really hate it.) The woman who gave birth to him & her boyfriend are two of the worst people I've ever seen. I'll never understand how anyone could hurt a kid- and I mean _any_ kid, but especially when it's your own. That's a whole other level of depraved.
You're right though: Gabriel's case isn't "unique" so much as it's just one of the few that have come to light. God only knows how many more kids just like Gabriel are out there suffering *right now* that we either haven't heard about yet, or may never hear about *at all.* That's a _really_ hard thing to think about, but it's the truth; and it always makes it so much worse when you hear about all these people that failed them along the way.
His death could have absolutely been prevented if only these totally worthless social services people would have taken child abuse seriously, or put a little boys needs above their own (that "overtime excuse" made me so mad dude.) Like, seriously man: *what do we even have these people for? What do they actually do?* Every child abuse case I've ever heard about, social services / child welfare (I'm not 100% sure what it's called) has done nothing to help these kids. I'm sure there *are* good case workers out there who really care about the children they're supposed to be looking out for, but they seem way too few and far between for it to make a difference in the majority of these cases. The fact that they're so rarely prosecuted (or convicted) for their involvement in these crimes is only sending the message that they don't _really_ have to do their jobs, or even take their... clients (is that the right word?) seriously- when really, their total lack of care & empathy for these kids is a major part of what allows their abuse to continue.
It's the same with these stupid cops too, and that horrible 911 dispatcher (wtf do you mean it's not an emergency?!) but this comment is already _wayyy too long_ -and I don't think there's anything more I need to say about those fools than I already have about the social services people. Plus I'm all upset and sleepy now 😤 🥱 anyways, great video you two!
_RIP Gabriel_ 🙏🏻🕊
I totally agree with everything you stated here. My heart breaks for these senseless tragedies that could had been prevented had the social services did their jobs that they get paid to do. These people (case workers) are so pathetic and worthless that they need to be held accountable for their lack of concern.
You said this is the worst case you ever seen? I don't think you heard about Takota Collins from Dayton Ohio. He was 10 y.o. brutally murdered by his own father in 2019. His story will make you vomit given all the torture he suffered repeatedly for 6 years. He was even raped with a wooden chair leg that his monster father plunged into his rectum.
Words cannot describe the pain I felt for that child.
Their stories are the same wherein the social workers did nothing to help.
@@Palmetto-J No I sure haven't heard of him, but given what you've just said I can only imagine how horrible his little life must have been... 😢 I'll never understand how or why anyone can hurt a kid- *any kid* -but especially their own. It makes me sick. Anyone who hurts or kills children, the elderly, or animals... those are the worst three things in the world to me. Anytime I hear about someone who's hurt or killed any of those three I lose more and more faith in humanity. I mean I feel that way about *any* murder or abuse... but I'm sure you understand what I mean.
I don't know why and I'll never be able to, but for whatever reason it seems like so many social workers anymore just *do not care whatsoever* for the children that they're supposed to be protecting. Why? Why get involved in a field where you're responsible for someone's life if you believe that their life holds no value? I just don't understand... it's the same for doctors and nurses who do this shit too. My sister is a nurse and she has told me some horrible stories.... especially concerning the elderly and how they're mistreated. Some of these people just don't have any love at all for anyone other than themselves... RIP to these poor kids.
Thank you very much for your comment, and thank you for spreading awareness. I'm gonna look up Takota's case now (I live in Columbus, Ohio myself; I have for all my life.) I hope you have a good rest of your day / night! 🙂
@@justinburchette Good evening Justin Burchette. Peace and grace be unto you in the name of Yahshua Ha'Machiach.
Yes I saw you had replied before it's just NOW that I'm able to respond; hopefully it's not too late.
Funny how a week after I mentioned here about the case of Takota Collins, it so happens that they feature his story.
Did you check it out?
I do understand what you mean. We share the same sentiments when it comes to abusing the vulnerable i.e. children, elderly and animals. I have to say especially, in all due respect to the children. A lot of those precious little ones who are abused are treated as if they were animals forced to live in cages or chained to a chair and made to sleep in their own excrement as in another horrifying tragedy of Nixmary Brown here in Nyc in 2006. This case made national news bringing to the light how corrupt and heartless the nyc's Administration for Children Services really is. When i looked into those reports i think they said this case file is over 600 pages. About 20 employees were fired or transferred after the investigation proved that all the documented reports had been fabricated by the so-called case workers claiming they were doing period checks on the family when they weren't. I see they presented her story here couple weeks ago too.
I've lost all faith in humanity many long years ago and now that this "hocus pocus" thing hit two years ago, it all just took a downward plunge.
I believe these heartless, psycho-sociopaths take these jobs cuz usually their easy to get and they don't require much training and student loan debts. They do it for the sole purpose of paying their mortgage and saving up for their lavish vacations. It's just employment what care could they have for the children they work for when they own family lives are a complete train wreck, as they see it.
Check out AFC PODCAST channel. He's one of the only voices I know out there fighting for crimes against children. Why can't we collectively come up with viable strategies to help prevent more and more of these innocents having to die before the authorities are called. In most cases by the time the authorities get involved it's a little too late. We, as our neighbors, need to be more mindful of one another and call out of concern immediately when you see or hear something suspicious from our communities.
Of course the health care industry is all about the money. A regular m.d. makes a standard salary of $140,000. Specialist start at the minimum $225 Gs. It's never been about health care unless you wanna call "pill pushing" = (pharmekia) as an act of care.
My name is Angela Hernandez in NY if you want to converse more about these topics or anything else don't hesitate to leave your comments. 😉 They will be appreciated.
Take heart and remember that The Messiah Yeshua has already overcome the world.
Peace
Poor Gabriel is not the worst. Takoda Collins is. I'm sorry to tell you this. It's all so grotesque.
@@smnewstead4093 I think about Takoda almost everyday. 💔
Broke my heart to pieces when I learned about his situation and how he was kept locked away. What’s crazy is the Monsters guilty still get to live a better life in prison than what Takoda did in that attic.
Adrian Jones was kept a prisoner as well. Abuse d and starve d at 7yo. Then fed to pigs once he was k ill ed. smh 🤦🏾♂️
Takoda Collins❤️
Adrian Jones❤️
Gabriel Fernandez❤️
I hope they’re somewhere getting the love and attention they deserve. 😇
This one made me throw up. There are some extremely sick people in this world.
I'm half way through and can't watch anymore. I'm disgusted by his so called family. I'm pleased you guys have brought this to light. That poor boy. My heart breaks for him. I'm in England but wherever we are we have a duty as a community and human beings to speak up when we see things that aren't right. Rest in peace all the abused kids that didn't make it 😘
I am a pretty tough guy that isn't very emotional, however after watching the Netflix series or whoever produced the series spreading knowledge about poor Gabriel i must say i was very emotional and not just with the angry or violent emotions although they were ever so present the others were also present and i admit i cried like a baby for that innocent little boy!!
You guys are the best true crime channel HANDS DOWN. I love that the woman actually tears up at the same times as me. You guys actually CARE about the cases you talk about, especially when it comes to children. You guys make me love my own son 10x harder than I already do. You guys are awesome, never stop. You're so much better than the JCS or EWU style videos
Lil Gabe was a superhero. Fighting evil every single day of his life.
This is the one that killed me. I hate people. I hate kids even. I hated kids and people when I was a kid. This little boy deserved so much better from the world. Growing up I suffered horrible abuse, not unlike what Gabriel did. But my dad didn’t kill me. It’s the card, it’s the Mother’s Day card from a little boy who still loved his mum after all she had done. I recognize the quiet desperation of a child who wants so badly to hear a kind word. Even just one. The constant fear and confusion of not understanding why you made them so angry. Anyone that tried to help me was driven away, not allowed to see me. If I seemed to improve CPS would say I was fine. He just hid it better.
I cried and cried and cried when I heard his story. Hearing it again has me in pieces. I know that I survived, not because anyone helped me, but I did it on my own. People SAW this little boy. THEY SAW HIM. THEY SAW HIM. HOW DID THEY LET HIM DIE? How do you fail these children over and over and over?
The saddest part is that he died loving the mother who killed him. Abuse is the tie that binds. I’m going to be a mess for at least a week now. Gabriel brings back too many memories. I used to make cards for my dad. I learned to cook at 9 so I could make him dinner. I tried. I was the adopted one that my dead mother wanted, he never told me that he never wanted me until after she died. I had to try extra hard to make him love me.
He never did. Eventually I was placed in a psych hospital years later. There’s a staff member there named Annette and I remember her staring at me when I first got there and she came out to me later and she said I live next-door to you and I used to hear you cry. I wanted to go over because I knew something was wrong, she said I kept telling my boyfriend somethings wrong with that house somethings wrong with that house that little girl. I didn’t know that anyone heard me. Are used to sneak outside and cry on the balcony at night talk to my mom, never knowing that there was someone watching. She said one day you were gone and nobody seemed bothered, but it bothers me. She says looking at you now and reading your file now I know what happened to you and I’m sorry I didn’t come and save you.
Hi, I want to say I am very touched by your words and I am so sorry you went through that. I know it doesn't change anything, but I'm so sorry. And I'm happy you're still here.
I'm literally shaking at the shocking disgusting treatment of this beautiful child. I'm baffled at the sheer cruelty of his parents. I truly truly hope they pay the price for their heinous acts. I honestly think he would have flourished by staying with his uncle and his partner. Gabriel, godspeed sweet boy. May you rest in peace 🙏
So many grown ass adults failed this sweet little boy. I cannot imagine being in the shoes of those that tried to save him and were blocked from doing so time after time. And they just had to watch and wait for him to die a horrible death. His abusers were the ones protected instead of this innocent victim. ABSOLUTELY SICKENING.
I can relate to an aspect of this case. My parents got divorced when I was 4 and everyone, including my grandparents on both sides, said my father was the better parent. He did all the cooking and cleaning and gave me my baths and put me to bed, my mom was not very hands on. My Dad is bisexual and during the divorce my mom and grandparents on both sides blasted him for being gay. He started dating another man and at that point everyone was united against him, despite knowing he was the better parent. My mom got full custody. After that my mother moved me across the country away from my dad and family and proceeded to neglect and abuse me until I escaped her. She always treated me like I was a burden and allowed men to be inappropriate with me when I was under age. My dad begged and begged my mom to let him have custody. She traveled for months at a time and dumped me off on baby sitters and neighbors. He begged her to let him take care of me, but she was so selfish and controlling and wanted the child support money for herself. Now all this time later I wonder how much better things would have been if my dad and his partner had raised me. His partner was a second parent to me. They were together 20 years before his partner died. My mom acted like my dad was so horrible despite the fact that she cheated on him (with married a married man) dated THREE married men, breaking up two marriages. I tried for years to work things out with my mom, to get her to do therapy with me to repair our relationships. She still treated me like crap and never acknowledged her abuse or apologized for letting men do what they did to me. She got drunk and told me she wished she never had me. So I finally said that's it. We are done. I haven't seen her in 6 years. Six years ! It's been so worth it even though it's very hard. I have nightmares about her and the men , I'm in therapy doing emdr and I'm on medicine. Wish that my gay dad's could have raised me but we can't turn back time.
Your gonna pull through the storm and be great
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Thank you both for your kindness ❤
I'm so sorry you had such a horrendous mother, and that she kept you from living with your Dad and his partner, who loved you.
Good for you for going no-contact with your Mom. I know how hard it can be to divorce yourself from family, but also how amazing it is to free yourself from the incredibly toxic influence of a family member.
Please remember that it isn't your fault in any way, nor is the shame yours to bear. I hope you're healing now.
Im so sorry. I hope you the very best in life ❤❤❤❤❤
Failed by every service that's meant to protect him. This brought tears to my eyes, RIP sweetheart ❤️
I'm a new subscriber from the UK. This channel is great and very clear and concise (easy to follow) at first i thought it was the mystery machine 🙈. I also wanted to let you know that it came up recommended so other people can/will find you.
This case is absolutely heartbreaking. After all he went through he still loved that monster whom birthed him. She is no mother. So many people tried to intervene but their efforts were in vain. RIP Gabriel ❤
When i watched the documentary about this boy in Netflix, i cried and had a range of anger against everybody who failed him….but not his uncle who truly cared and loved Gabriel… it truly hurts my heart how a fully grown adult can inflict harm to a child who is barely half his size and applied every abuse possible to him…there is a special place in hell for his own mom and stepfather!
The first time I’ve ever heard Jessica’s voice waver. Peace be with you two for covering all these cases. Thank you for giving so much love & respect to the victims. You two are truly some of the best.
I'm glad you guys stressed that this is not an isolated case of extreme child abuse. There are so many that they are uncountable, and many never make it to the news much less a documentary. I think I read somewhere that over half of all instances of child abuse don't even get reported. And that was only counting the US. I don't understand how abusers don't realize at some point they're crossing a very thin line that shouldn't be toed in the first place.
Social services FAIL these children in every country every day!! They need better training, more staff, and more funding, and the laws need to be improved to protect these children!!! The police need to be involved in these cases, not just family services!!!
Social services , social workers and child protective services are a joke!…they don’t care about the kids , it’s all bureaucracy and bullshit…
@@nancydann60 ABSOLUTELY Nancy!!
It's not training, it that pos people apply for those jobs.
They use a for profit system there should be no for profit companies involved in this, there are so many people involved in this awful case?
Good morning from the UK..Thank you for saying about this documentary on Netflix. I just started watching it. Great channel & I always look forward to what you 2 put out ❤
This is one of the saddest cases I’ve ever seen. That baby was let down so bad. This should’ve never happened, there were enough signs that that boy should’ve been saved. A disgrace and the biggest failure I’ve ever seen from the system. Netflix has a great docuseries on this. I cried through it all. 😢 So heartbreaking. ❤️🩹
Thank you for honoring this child with the sharing of his story. It is so sad ,such a tragedy. Failed by so many.
NOW I understand your mission !!! Thank YOU for all you do !!!
I can’t even look at his face without tearing up. He had such a sweet smile, and those monsters took it away.