A 13-year-old Solar Valley boy who was allegedly murdered by his soccer coach died of acute alcohol poisoning, in line with a civil lawyer for the sufferer’s household.
The discovering raises new questions on what occurred within the hours earlier than seventh-grader Oscar Omar Hernandez, often known as Omar, was discovered lifeless — 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,” mentioned civil lawyer Michael Carrillo, “however on the finish of the day, [the Hernandezes’] son is gone endlessly.”
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 had been unsuccessful, however Carrillo confirmed that they had been advised Omar’s reason behind loss of life was “acute alcohol intoxication.”
“The tragedy and trauma with the discharge of knowledge 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 mentioned.
Omar took a prepare to the Antelope Valley in late March to go to Garcia Aquino, a youth journey soccer coach with the Hurricane Valley boys soccer membership within the Sylmar space, at his Lancaster residence. When Omar didn’t return residence, 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 throughout 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 line 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 Instances.
Nonetheless, practically 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 hunted for Garcia Aquino till three days earlier than Omar was slain.
The delay in submitting prices was blamed on a backlog of practically 10,000 instances due to a court docket staffing disaster in addition to a call by former Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascon to centralize legal filings electronically, in line with present Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman and Deputy Dist. Atty. Ryan Erlich, the president of the union that represents rank-and-file prosecutors.
