Two of Gabriel’s cousins spoke at a Los Angeles Superior Court hearing to demand that the mother’s resentencing petition be denied. AdvertisementFernandez’s boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre, was sentenced to death in 2018, and his automatic appeal petition is currently pending in California Supreme Court. He just wanted them to love him, and they tortured and murdered him.”Gabriel Fernandez was killed in 2013 by his mother and her boyfriend. “The torture and murder of Gabriel was never a case of felony murder or natural and probable consequences,” he wrote in his opposition. He also thinks there should be stricter limits on how many times SB 1437 can be used to challenge a conviction, noting that each time a resentencing petition is filed, it takes a toll on the victim’s relatives.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 31, 2026 15:26 UTC