Teen allegedly killed by soccer coach died of acute alcohol poisoning, family's attorney says
A 13-year-old Sun Valley boy who was allegedly murdered by his soccer coach died of acute alcohol poisoning, according to a civil attorney for the victim’s family.The finding raises new questions about what happened in the hours before seventh-grader Oscar Omar Hernandez, known as Omar, was found dead — time allegedly spent with his soccer coach, a man previously accused of sexually abusing a teen.“It’s so many puzzle pieces that are coming together,” said civil attorney Michael Carrillo, “but at the end of the day, [the Hernandezes’] son is gone forever.”Youth soccer coach Mario Edgardo Garcia Aquino, 43, was charged with murder with special circumstances in early April, making him eligible for the death penalty.
California The youth soccer coach who was charged in a 13-year-old’s death has also been arrested on suspicion of a separate 2024 sexual assault.Attempts to reach the Ventura County medical examiner’s office on Sunday were unsuccessful, but Carrillo confirmed that they were told Omar’s cause of death was “acute alcohol intoxication.”“The tragedy and trauma with the release of information continues for this family.First he was missing then he was found in a ditch and now they come to discover it was alcohol intoxication,” Carrillo said.
Omar took a train to the Antelope Valley in late March to visit Garcia Aquino, a youth travel soccer coach with the Hurricane Valley boys soccer club in the Sylmar area, at his Lancaster home.When Omar failed to return home, his family reported him missing.
Los Angeles Police Department homicide detectives, working in tandem with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, found his body in a roadside ditch in Oxnard in early April.On April 7, Garcia Aquino was charged with murder, including a special circumstance allegation of murder during the commission or attempted commission of lewd acts with a child.Officials declined to state how Omar was killed at the time.Garcia Aquino pleaded not guilty ...