Mom pleads guilty to torturing, killing son she thought was gay

A 34-year-old mum pleaded guilty to first degree murder after torturing her 8-year-old son to death because she thought he was gay.

A CALIFORNIA mum pleaded guilty to torturing to death her 8-year-old son because she thought he was gay.

Pearl Sinthia Fernandez, 34, agreed to a plea deal Thursday for first-degree murder in the 2013 death of her son Gabriel Fernandez, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The Palmdale mom also confessed to a special circumstance allegation of murder involving torture.

Prosecutors alleged that Fernandez routinely beat, starved and tortured the child with the intention of killing him.

The 8-year-old boy died in May 2013 after he was discovered unconscious with a cracked skull, broken ribs, missing teeth and BB pellets in his groin, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami accused Fernandez of abusing the boy because she suspected that he was gay.

“No human with a heart and soul could do that to an innocent little boy,” Hatami said at the Thursday hearing.

Fernandez is set to be sentenced June 7. Under the plea agreement, she is expected to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

— This story was originally published in the New York Post and has been republished with permission.