In this episode (extended, ~60-minute edition): the case of Gabriel Fernandez, an eight-year-old boy tortured to death in Palmdale, California, in May 2013. Before his death, his first-grade teacher called the county's child abuse hotline repeatedly, and a social worker who visited the home three times in four months rated him "very high risk" of abuse — then closed the case anyway.

We cover:

• Gabriel's background and the decade of prior history — over 60 complaints and 8 investigations connected to his mother's household before he ever moved in
• A detailed, dated chronology of teacher Jennifer Garcia's hotline calls and social worker Stefanie Rodriguez's three home visits, including the missed protocol step and the risk assessment that was never escalated
• The abuse itself, and the other professionals who did, and d ...