Hundreds gathered in Palmdale to honor 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez,
, Fernandez was left in the care of his mother and her boyfriend who tortured him to death. Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Hatami who prosecuted his killers, said since his death, state legislators have also failed him.
"Children don’t have anybody supporting them in Sacramento, they don’t have any money’" he said. They don’t have a political party, they are not Democrats or Republicans." At Gabriel’s birthday celebration he called for laws to hold social workers and police accountable when they fail to protect kids.Others are calling for the passage of "Gabriel’s Law," which would require all counties to input suspected child abuse reports into a central system, so different agencies can share information and have access to them.
For the Avalos family who came to honor Gabriel, it is deeply personal. Five years after Gabriel was killed, 10-year-old Anthony Avalos was also failed by the system in the Antelope Valley. Anthony’s mother and her boyfriend are now
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