UGabriel Daniel Fernandez (ngoFebhuwari 20, 2005 - Meyi 24, 2013) wayengumfana oneminyaka eyisishiyagalombili wasePalmdale, eCalifornia owahlukunyezwa futhi wahlukunyezwa isikhathi esiyizinyanga okwagcina ngokushaywa kwakhe ngoMeyi 22, 2013, okwaholela ekufeni kwakhe ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva. Umama wakhe, uPearl Fernandez, nesoka lakhe, u-Isauro Aguirre, bobabili babekwe amacala futhi batholwa benecala lokubulala ngezimo ezikhethekile zokuhlukunyezwa. UPearl Fernandez ugwetshwe udilikajele ngaphandle kokuthola ushwele kwathi u-Isauro Aguirre wagwetshwa intambo. Kuzo zonke izinyanga eziyisi-8 zokuhlala kukaFernandez nonina no-Aguirre, abantu abaningi babike izimpawu zokuhlukunyezwa kwabasebenzi bezenhlalakahle noMnyango Wezingane Nezinsizakalo Zomndeni eLos Angeles County kanye noMnyango weSheriff County Los Angeles. Kodwa-ke, uFernandez akazange asuswe ekhaya. Lokhu kwaholela ekukhathazekeni okuningana ekusebenzeni nasekusebenzeni kahle kwezinsizakalo zenhlalo eLos Angeles County, futhi ekugcineni kwaholela ekutheni abasebenzi bezenhlalakahle abane bathweswe amacala obugebengu eNkantolo Ephakeme yaseLos Angeles. UGabriel Daniel Fernandez [1] wazalwa ngoFebhuwari 20, 2005 ngu-Arnold Contreras noPearl Fernandez. [2] [3] Ngokushesha ngemuva kokuzalwa, uGabriel wagcinwa ngumalume wakhe omkhulu ohlangothini lukanina, uMichael Lemos Carranza, kanye nomlingani wakhe uDavid Martinez.