Gabriel was an 8 year old boy who died from child abuse. Through the documentary, he was such a sweet, lovely boy who only wanted to be love by his mum. But I don't know what was going through his mum's mind that she left him in the hospital after giving birth to him. He was well taken care of by his uncles followed by his grandparents until his mum decided to take him in. The reason why his mum took him in was only because of his fortunes. His money. Unfortunately, he got abused by his own mum and his mum's boyfriend. It was to the extend where he was given cat litter to eat, beaten by a baseball bat till 2 of his front teeth came off, and slept in a small cupboard. Honestly, I was very affected by the way he was abuse and how he was helpless. Nobody helped him and the social workers even said that it was beyond their control on the family background. At some point, I understand them but the boy was helpless. There was something that they could've done but they didn't render their help to the poor boy who was badly abuse. They even felt like they shouldn't be involve in the family problems BUT...... You guys are social workers. You are supposed to help the boy. You are supposed to do their job. Even if so, generally, as a stranger, you should stand up for the boy, at least. He was badly abuse and they did nothing about it. Some of them were even selfish because they knew if they render their help, they will not be paid overtime. WHO CARES? GABRIEL WAS BADLY ABUSE. If any of your cousins were badly abuse by their own family member, are you going to say that you're not going to help them because it's beyond your control?? USE YOUR BRAIN TO THINK.
I felt sorry for his teacher who called the social workers a couple of times but they did not even help Gabby. She was somewhat disappointed in herself for not helping him more. I generally felt that she has done her best but the social workers was just not doing their job. I also felt sorry for Pearl's sister cos she was still young at that point of time and she didn't know who to turn to when Gabby was abuse. She even slept over just to make sure that Gabby wouldn't get abuse. What affected me was... Gabby was only 8 years old... All he wanted was to feel loved by his mum. He even did the Mother's Day card for his mum.... Astaghfirullah hal adzim... But god, why? Why did his mum and his mum's boyfriend did that? They even called him gay just because he loved his uncles who loves him more than anything in the world, who took a very, very good care of him. They would beat him, kick him and call him gay every single time. As much as his mum has mental issues, that shouldn't be an excuse this shouldn't even happen in the first place. They shove off his head and even had cigarette burns on his skins. 1 of the interviewee even said that his body was calling for help. His injuries was calling out for help... Pearl could have just take his money and give him back to his uncles or his grandparents AND LET HIM LIVE A NORMAL LIFE. You brought him into this world and you freaking killed him. I was devastated. I was so afraid about all this that I even told my boyfriend that I didn't want to get married or I didn't want to have kids. I can say so so much about Pearl but again, generally (I'm not saying i will abuse my future kids) but, as much as you judge someone, you don't really know what are their intentions, what were they even thinking and what was going through their mind. I told my boyfriend that what if one day, I got so mad at our kids in the future and I beat the hell out of them? I mean, you will never know. Like I said, you can say so much about other people and how you would prevent it from happening to you and your kids. But again, WHO WILL EVER KNOW? I'm very thankful of my boyfriend for constantly assuring me that everything will be okay and we will not be those monster parents. insyaAllah, amin. Protect us from any harms and from doing such actions, Ò Allah... :(
It affected me badly that it affects my daily life, my depression came back and strike me the whole week till I finished the documentary. I didn't want to socialise that much other than my colleagues but I remembered going home after work and feeling shitty as I watch the documentary. I understand that my surroundings told me to stop watching (to the extend where I got emotional at every single thing that I felt went wrong in my daily life) but I guess that satisfaction feeling was haunting me to continue the documentary till I finish it because I was dying to know how it ended and what was the sentence given for both Pearl & Isauro. Sure, Isauro was a loving man but again, just like 1 of the interviewee said in the documentary, somewhere along the line of, when Isauro got a girlfriend like Pearl, he felt like he should listen to whatever Pearl said or asked him to do just so that Pearl wouldn't leave him. But god.... You're a 'macho' man, freaking big as to compare to Gabby and you have the cheek to torture the kid and it was obviously premeditated. 1 of the juror disagree of the sentence given to Isauro which made me wonder so much during that last episode. Like what he said, if it was premeditated, he would've killed Gabby from the first day he tortured him. I kinda agree at first on that point about torturing Gabby but I wonder to myself. If he was just torturing Gabby, to which point did he want to actually torture him? Obviously, till Gabby died. So obviously, that is equivalent to premeditated. Even when the medics came to take Gabby to the hospital, both Pearl and Isauro did not followed him to the hospital. They did not even do CPR on him. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT WAS PREMEDITATED. If Isauro was only planning to torture him and not made him die, HE WOULD'VE FOLLOWED GABBY TO THE HOSPITAL TO CHECK UP ON HIM. Plus, during his court hearings, he did not even show an emotion of remorseful. No tears, nothing. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??? IT WAS FREAKING PREMEDITATED OH MY GOD.
After knowing their sentences, I felt and hope that both of them wakes up everyday and has Gabby's injuries haunt them every single freaking day. I wouldn't say "get what they deserve" because God is Great and they'll have their own karma. I just felt that if anyone were to help him get out of that house, Gabby would still be alive. May Gabby rest in peace and I am very eager to know the date for Isauro's execution. Thank you everyone for reading my 20cents thoughts on Gabriel's trial.
*WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK. NOT SUITABLE FOR THOSE WHO CAN GET THEIR EMOTIONS AFFECT EASILY.*
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