Gabriel Fernandez (February 20, 2005 – May 24, 2013) was an eight-year-old boy from Palmdale, California, who was abused and tortured over a period of months that ultimately ended in his fatal beating on May 22, 2013. Throughout Fernandez's eight month stay with his mother and Aguirre, multiple people reported signs of abuse to social workers with the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Servicesand the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. However, Fernandez was never removed from the household. This led to several concerns over the effectiveness and efficiency of social services in Los Angeles County, and ultimately led to four social workers being criminally charged in Los Angeles Superior Court. As of 07/16/2020 the judge dropped all charges against them. The social workers who were involved need to be charged not just fired for falsifying Gabriels records of abuse. Stefanie Rodriguez, 34, and Patricia Clement, 69, and two supervisors, Kevin Bom, 40, and Gregory Merritt, 64, Children are precious and need adults to protect them because they cannot protect themselves. Holding these former social workers accountable will teach other social workers to stop turning a blind eye to mistreatment of innocent children!!!!