Is Pearl Fernandez still in jail? This article covers everything we know about the Gabriel Fernandez murderer.
Pearl Fernandez is one of the murderers of Gabriel Fernandez.
After her arrest in 2018, she apologized for the incident. On 8 April 2021, she filed a petition requesting a re-sentence. However, the Los Angeles Superior Court Judge George G. Lomeli. Lomeli dismissed it.
Is Pearl Fernandez Still In Jail? – Was She Beat Up In Prison?
Pearl Fernandez is still alive, serving a life sentence for the first-degree murder of her son, Gabriel Fernandez.
The incident took place on 24 May 2013. Reportedly, she and her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre, participated in the abuse, torture, and eventual murder, of her eight-year-old son for months.
Gabriel stayed with his mother and her partner for eight months – during which many people reported signs of abuse to the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services social workers and the Sheriff’s Department.
Bone-breaking physical beatings were among the many exploits done by Pearl and Isauro. They made the child eat cat litter and feces, vomit, and expired or spoiled food. Further, they used to burn the kid with cigarettes, pepper spray him, make him wear women’s clothes and sleep in a small cupboard, and shoot him with a BB gun in various body parts such as face and groin.
However, the county’s social services didn’t take any action, leading to several concerns about their effectiveness and efficiency. Whatsmore, the Supreme Court criminally charged four social members.
In 2018, Pearl pleaded guilty to first-degree murder with special circumstances of torture. On 21 June, she came to the Chowchilla State Women’s Prison in Central California. Since then, she has been serving her time there.
As for her boyfriend, he went to a trial and ultimately received a death sentence. Currently, he is on death row at San Quentin.
Following her conviction, there have been rumors of Pearl getting beaten in prison and burned with hot coffee. Many on Twitter claimed so, but the official confirmation hasn’t come.
Pearl Fernandez IQ
A clinical psychologist Deborah S. Miora claimed that Pearl Fernandez had a low IQ and an eighth-grade education.
Reportedly, the medical practitioner interviewed Pearl after the arrest. The accused was nine when she started drinking and using methamphetamine. Further, she had a chaotic upbringing – her father made frequent visits to the jail while her mother beat her up. She fled the household at 11.
Furthermore, she previously had depressive disorder, developmental disability, possible personality disorder, and possibly post-traumatic stress disorder.
However, prosecutors and the others refuted it, saying the accused was intelligent enough to fool the child services.