The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez is a 2020 American true crime documentary television series about the 2013 murder and abuse of Gabriel Fernandez, an eight-year-old boy from Palmdale, California.
[2][3][4] The series features interviews with Los Angeles Times journalists, attorneys Jon Hatami and Scott Andrew Yang, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey, and others.
[5][6] Knappenberger has stated that, during the two years of production on the series, producers kept a therapist on call because of the disturbing nature of the content.
[7] The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez has received generally positive reviews from critics.
Writing for CNN.com, Brian Lowry called the series "compelling but structurally messy".