Overview

• The body of a 13-year-old boy matching the description of Oscar Omar Hernandez was discovered in Ventura County, 70 miles from his San Fernando Valley home.
• Oscar’s family alleges that his soccer coach, Mario Edgardo Garcia Aquino, was the last person to see him alive and answered his phone on the day of his disappearance.
• The coach has been arrested on an unrelated sexual assault charge from a 2024 case but has not been named a suspect in Oscar's death.
• Oscar’s family held a vigil at the site where the body was found, expressing grief and suspicion about the coach’s involvement.
• The LAPD, working with the FBI, continues to investigate the case, with the identity of the body and the cause of death still unconfirmed.