Family Crimes

Bobby Cagle, the Director of Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, claims that drastic changes have been made since Gabriel Fernandez died.  

“I can tell you that he feels it’s his fault and if he was out of custody, he would have saved Gabriel," prosecutor Jon Hatami said of Arnold Contreras

"There is a broad body of literature that we’ve seen to suggest that humans are not particularly good crystal balls,” expert Emily Putnam-Hornstein said of using predictive risk modeling to identify abused children.

Maximus, a for-profit company that helps run government services, comes under fire in Netflix's new documentary, “The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez"

Noah Cuatro's parents are accused of torturing the 4-year-old for months leading up to his death, as noted in Netflix's "The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez."

Isauro Aguirre and his girlfriend Pearl Fernandez abused and tortured her son, Gabriel Fernandez, and forced him to sleep inside a locked cabinet, often while bound and gagged.

“I think I became a DA for that case,” prosecutor Jon Hatami said after recounting his own childhood abuse.

Cigarettes were put out on Gabriel Fernandez, he was shot in the face with a BB gun, and he was made to eat cat litter.

"The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez" show how prosecutors didn't just go after the couple who murdered the little boy, but the social workers they claimed failed him as well.

Loved ones of Shanann Watts, who was brutally murdered along with her two daughters by her husband Chris Watts, share their memories of her in the Lifetime special “Beyond The Headlines: The Watts Family Tragedy.”