Michael Lemos Carranza and his partner David Martinez had custody of Gabriel Fernandez for the first four years of his life.
investigates the failure of the social care system in the months leading up to Gabriel Fernandez's death. After months of abuse, Gabriel was killed by his mother, Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre. But before Gabriel Fernandez moved in with his mother, he lived with his uncle, Michael Lemos Carranza.
Michael Lemos Carranza was Gabriel Fernandez's great-uncle, with whom Gabriel lived with for the first four years of his life, along with Michael's partner, David Martinez., it is explained that Pearl didn't want the pregnancy and that she gave custody of Gabriel to Michael Lemos Carranza and David Martinez. David said that Pearl told Michael to"come and get his kid" because [Gabriel] was getting on her nerves, when he was three days old.
"You see his pictures as a baby, he was always smiling. They loved being with him and raising him, and Gabriel loved them both very much." There was an allegation of molestation made against Michael Lemos Carranza, but Martinez has denied it. It is mentioned in the series that the allegation affected the case, because Aguirre and Pearl Fernandez called Gabriel gay and punished him for acting in ways they deemed feminine.
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