Gabriel Fernandez Rape

I don’t believe there was a specific view the reporter wanted the reader to find other than the effects of how bad a child abuse can go if not taken care off. The reporter didn’t mention any solutions in the article, but did mention that the case was reviewed many times in order to serve Liam his justice.
The third article involves a young boy named Gabriel Fernandez who was only 8-years-old at the time. His mother’s name was Pearl Fernandez who lived with her boyfriend Isauro Aguirre. Pearl had two older boys as well but they were never abused only 8-year-old Gabriel. This case took place in Palmdale in May 2013. Gabriel was beat with stuffed sock, metal part of belt, bb guns, bats, and a club in which knocked his teeth out. He was forced

to sleep in a tiny cabinet with handcuff despite the room having two bed. The mom’s boyfriend would do most of the beating to the poor child. The impact this article has on the reader is also very horrifying and sad to read because such an innocent child lost his life over abusive actions from those who are suppose to protect and love him. This article did use value laden words one specifically broke my heart. The mom’s boyfriend would lift the boy by chocking him and pushing him against the wall. “Gabriel would gasp of air,” the most heartbreaking to hear that a child has to go through through such pain. The reporters view on the people involved was correct. The reporter stated how the parent’s actions affected the child and how the child was treated. I didn’t feel any bias comments from the reporter. The reporter did appeal to the reader by giving the message that child abuse and neglect is not ok and should not be happening. In this article I did not see any solutions being offered by the reporter.
The fourth case has to do with a three-year-old little girl in Meza Arizona in January 2016.

Her mothers name was Mayra Solis who was homeless and often left her daughter to be cared by a man named Francisco Rios-Covarrubias. The three-year-old girl was stuffed in a closet with duct tapped around her arms, legs, and mouth. She would be offered up for sex by Francisco who took care of her while mom was at work. She was found in bad full of feces by police. Mother was charged with child abuse and Rios was charged with sex trafficking, kidnapping, and sexual conduct of a minor along with child abuse. The impact this article has on the reader is sad and interesting to think about. People need to be aware that there are cases like these in where thankful children do not die. We need to be aware of solutions to help these children who are abused daily. A value laden word/phrase that caught my attention was, “neglect so harsh she could not stand on her own,” that is difficult to hear that a child has been so deprived she had no more strength. The reporters view on people involved was clear as the reporter mentioned how each suspect was charged and how the child was rescued. The reporter does appeal to the reader by adopting the view that child abuse neglect is unacceptable. The solution the reporter offers is that people need to be more aware about sex trafficking and child abuse so that cases like this one don’t

repeat.
The fifth case involves a fifteen-year-old girl who was abused and neglected by her father and stepmother. Her fathers name was Chad Chritton and stepmothers was Melinda Drabek. This case took place in Madison on Feburary 2012. The young girl was beat by her step mom, dad and step brother. Her stepbrother would sexually abuse her and started when she was only ten. She was about seventy pounds, very underweight. She lived in the basement by herself while the rest of the family lived upstairs. This case was impactful to me as the reader because it doesn’t matter what age a child is abuse still happens. It was sad to hear that a little girl who is in her transformation of becoming a young lady goes through such harsh abuse. I didn’t catch any value laden words in this article, but the details of her grabbing food from the trash cans outside was emotionally impacting to hear.