Chilling new details have emerged in the tragic death of 13-year-old Oscar Omar Hernandez, whose body was found dumped in a California ditch earlier this year. Authorities have now revealed that the boy died from acute alcohol intoxication—and ruled the case a homicide.
Oscar was first reported missing on March 28 when he didn’t return home, according to the LAPD. His body was discovered days later, on April 2, in Oxnard, California. The Ventura County Medical Examiner confirmed that his death was caused by extreme alcohol intoxication, with the manner listed as homicide, multiple outlets report.
The prime suspect? His own soccer coach.
Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino, 43, was the last person seen with Oscar before the boy vanished. The coach now faces charges of murder with special circumstances, including allegations that the killing occurred during the commission of lewd acts with a child. Prosecutors allege Garcia-Aquino killed the teen on the same day he went missing.
Oscar’s sister Alejandra told CBS News that her brother had left with Garcia-Aquino under the pretense of helping him “make soccer jerseys.” But when the family tried to reach him later that day, the coach answered Oscar’s phone, claiming his hands were “full of paint.” The next day, the family received disturbing texts from Oscar’s number—one saying he was “going to a party,” and another insisting he didn’t want to be picked up.
Authorities believe the texts may have been sent by Garcia-Aquino to mislead the family.
Making the case even more disturbing, Garcia-Aquino is also facing charges in two other unrelated sexual assault cases involving teenage boys—one in 2022 and another as recently as February 2024. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and is due back in court in August.
Oscar’s devastated family is still reeling. “First he was missing, then he was found in a ditch, and now they come to discover it was alcohol intoxication,” the family’s attorney, Michael Carrillo, told the L.A. Times. “It’s so many puzzle pieces that are coming together, but at the end of the day, their son is gone forever.”
If convicted, Garcia-Aquino could face life in prison without parole—or even the death penalty.
The investigation is ongoing.
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