A 13-year-old Solar Valley boy who was allegedly murdered by his soccer coach died of acute alcohol poisoning, in accordance with a civil legal professional for the sufferer’s household.
The discovering raises new questions on what occurred within the hours earlier than seventh-grader Oscar Omar Hernandez, often called Omar, was discovered useless — time allegedly spent along with his soccer coach, a person beforehand accused of sexually abusing a teen.
“It’s so many puzzle items which are coming collectively,” stated civil legal professional Michael Carrillo, “however on the finish of the day, [the Hernandezes’] son is gone without end.”
Youth soccer coach Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino, 43, was charged with homicide with particular circumstances in early April, making him eligible for the loss of life penalty.
Makes an attempt to succeed in the Ventura County health worker’s workplace on Sunday have been unsuccessful, however Carrillo confirmed that they have been advised Omar’s reason for loss of life was “acute alcohol intoxication.”
“The tragedy and trauma with the discharge of data continues for this household. First he was lacking then he was present in a ditch and now they arrive to find it was alcohol intoxication,” Carrillo stated.
Omar took a prepare to the Antelope Valley in late March to go to Garcia-Aquino at his Lancaster dwelling. The Salvadoran nationwide was a youth journey soccer coach with the Hurricane Valley boys soccer membership within the Sylmar space. When Omar did not return dwelling, his household reported him lacking. Los Angeles Police Division murder detectives, working in tandem with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, discovered his physique in a roadside ditch in Oxnard in early April.
On April 7, Garcia-Aquino was charged with homicide, together with a particular circumstance allegation of homicide through the fee or tried fee of lewd acts with a toddler. Officers declined to state how Omar was killed on the time.
Garcia-Aquino pleaded not responsible throughout a quick court docket look earlier this month. He’s due again in court docket in August, in accordance with court docket information.
He’s represented by the Los Angeles County public defender’s workplace, which didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark Sunday.
Subsequent reporting revealed that Garcia-Aquino was the topic of two earlier investigations into alleged misconduct with kids.
He was not charged in a 2022 allegation of sexual assault as a result of the alleged sufferer declined to testify towards him, legislation enforcement sources advised The Occasions.
Nonetheless, almost a 12 months earlier than Garcia-Aquino was charged with murdering Omar, he was accused of sexual abuse by one other teen. However he wasn’t charged in that case for 10 months, and an arrest warrant wasn’t searched for Garcia-Aquino till three days earlier than Omar was slain.
The delay in submitting fees was blamed on a backlog of almost 10,000 instances due to a court docket staffing disaster in addition to a choice by former Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascon to centralize prison filings electronically, in accordance with present Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman and Deputy Dist. Atty. Ryan Erlich, the president of the union that represents rank-and-file prosecutors.
