Body of missing Oscar Hernandez,13, found in Southern California [Oxnard] - Soccer coach charged

[mickey2942]

More details about the death of Oscar Omar Hernandez, the 13-year-old North Hollywood boy whose body was found off a road in Oxnard, have been revealed.


Hernandez died due to acute ethanol intoxication, according to the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office.

Medical examiner reveals cause of death for Oscar Omar Hernandez

More details about the death of Oscar Omar Hernandez, the 13-year-old North Hollywood boy whose body was found off a road in Oxnard, have been revealed. Hernandez died due to acute ethanol intoxication, according to the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office. Mario Edgardo Garcia Aquino, 43...

www.nbclosangeles.com

Interesting. The Prosecution wants Capitol Murder. Murder done to cover up another felony. Ethanol poisoning? Interesting.

This is why everyone working with kids needs a full background check.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

The boy's accused killer, 43-year-old Mario Garcia Aquino, was charged with one count of murder with the special circumstance allegation of murder during the commission or attempted commission of lewd acts with a child.

In May, Eyewitness News learned a backlog of cases at the district attorney's office may have led to Garcia Aquino being free rather than facing charges for two other alleged sexual assaults

Cause of death released for 13-year-old boy allegedly murdered by soccer coach

We're learning more about the death of a 13-year-old Sun Valley boy who was allegedly murdered by his soccer coach.

abc7.com

Aquino is being charged with murder, which includes a special circumstance allegation that would make the 43-year-old accused killer eligible for a potential death sentence or life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Autopsy Report for Oscar Omar Hernandez Reveals Cause of Death - The San Fernando Valley Sun

The Ventura County Medical Examiner’s office autopsy revealed that Oscar Hernandez’s death was a “homicide” from “acute ethanol intoxication,” or alcohol poisoning. The 13-year-old from Sun Valley was tragically found […]

sanfernandosun.com

On March 28, the teen was reported missing by his family after he boarded a train to Lancaster to visit Garcia-Aquino and wasn’t heard from again. Garcia-Aquino is accused of killing Oscar and then dumping his body in Oxnard.

The complaint was amended on April 8 to include one felony count each of assault with the intent to commit a sexual offense and lewd act upon a child 14 or 15 years old. On Dec. 10, 2022, Garcia-Aquino allegedly sexually assaulted a teenager at his then-home in Sylmar.

Garcia-Aquino faces a possible maximum sentence of death or life in prison without the possibility of parole. A decision on whether to seek the death penalty will be made at a later date.

He also has been charged in case 25AVCF00432 with one felony count of assault with the intent to commit a sexual offense. Garcia-Aquino is accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy in Palmdale on Feb. 22, 2024. If convicted as charged, he faces a possible maximum sentence of six years in state prison on that case.

https://da.lacounty.gov/media/news/district-attorney-hochman-announces-soccer-coach-charged-murdering-13-year-old-boy

*Amended Complaint*

https://da.lacounty.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/040825-Garcia-AquinoAmended.pdf

 

[imstilla.grandma]

The National Institutes of Health states on its website that acute ethanol intoxication results from the ingestion of large amounts of ethanol, usually in the form of alcoholic beverages, and that the demographic most likely to present for acute alcohol intoxication is adolescents and young adults.

The death report did not provide further intel as to how Oscar may have been killed by ethanol intoxication, such as if he was forced to drink alcohol to the point of poisoning, etc. However, on April 7, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced that Oscar’s youth soccer coach — a traveling soccer coach with the Hurricane Valley boys soccer club near Sylmar — had formally been charged with murder in the 13-year-old’s death.

“The charges allege that Mario Edgardo Garcia Aquino, on the date of March 28, 2025, murdered Omar Hernandez in Lancaster,” D.A. Nathan Hochman said, adding that he was killed during the “commission or attempted commission of lewd acts with a child.”

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/cause-of-death-revealed-for-13-year-old-boy-allegedly-killed-by-southern-california-soccer-coach/

 

[Knox]

How much alcohol would a young man of Ocsar’s size have to consume to die of ethanol poisoning? I assume we’re talking about hard alcohol.

 

[iamshadow21]

How much alcohol would a young man of Ocsar’s size have to consume to die of ethanol poisoning? I assume we’re talking about hard alcohol.

No idea. The only other case I'm following with the same COD is China Record, and she was much younger, five, I think. Her mother and grandmother forced her to drink a whole bottle of whiskey as punishment for an imagined 'theft'.

MOO

 

[Kittypoo]

No idea. The only other case I'm following with the same COD is China Record, and she was much younger, five, I think. Her mother and grandmother forced her to drink a whole bottle of whiskey as punishment for an imagined 'theft'.

MOO

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[wendybtn]

Sadly, I dont think the process can truly change.

In the end, background checks are based on public data. Arrests, charges, and convictions are public data. As a result, background checks of varying depths will uncover these types of information.

Accusations, whether founded, or unfounded, are not public information in and of themselves. As a result, background checks will not catch those.

In the end, arrests, charges and convictions are all based on something tangible and articulated facts. Accusations, however, can be made by anybody for any reason and do not have to be supported by facts. Thus, making accusations received by the police part of a public data base is unlikely to happen.

There could be privately maintained data bases that record information like: Youth Pastor "YP" or Coach "C" were previously booted from a church or youth team due to accusations of various sorts, strange coincidences, creepy vibes etc.

But, background check companies may be hesitant to link to these private sits due for accuracy concerns. They would know what arrests are based on, but dont know what "bad vibes", "strange coincidences" are based on, or if accusations were founded or unfounded.

As I understand it, background checks for a job are only for the current state they live in. They are not nation wide.

 

[Knox]

From ChatGPT.

In California, anyone working or volunteering with children in schools must undergo a fingerprint-based background check that includes both state and federal (FBI) criminal history, along with a child abuse registry check. Here’s how it breaks down:

⸻

What the Background Check Covers
1. Live Scan fingerprinting
• Applicants provide fingerprints through Live Scan. The California DOJ uses these to check the state criminal database and forwards them to the FBI for a nationwide criminal history search .
2. Child Abuse Central Index (CACI)
• Required for anyone working with children. This check specifically looks for entries in California’s child abuse registry .
3. Out‑of‑State Child Abuse Check
• If you’ve lived outside California in the past 5 years and are involved in children’s residential or foster care, the school must check the child abuse registry in those other states too .

⸻

Why Both State and Federal Checks?
• The California DOJ holds a statewide criminal history repository.
• The FBI check expands that to include any criminal records across the U.S..
• Schools and agencies must be DOJ-authorized to request both levels of checks, depending on statutory authority  .

 

[TMich6811]

From ChatGPT.

In California, anyone working or volunteering with children in schools must undergo a fingerprint-based background check that includes both state and federal (FBI) criminal history, along with a child abuse registry check. Here’s how it breaks down:

⸻

What the Background Check Covers
1. Live Scan fingerprinting
• Applicants provide fingerprints through Live Scan. The California DOJ uses these to check the state criminal database and forwards them to the FBI for a nationwide criminal history search .
2. Child Abuse Central Index (CACI)
• Required for anyone working with children. This check specifically looks for entries in California’s child abuse registry .
3. Out‑of‑State Child Abuse Check
• If you’ve lived outside California in the past 5 years and are involved in children’s residential or foster care, the school must check the child abuse registry in those other states too .

⸻

Why Both State and Federal Checks?
• The California DOJ holds a statewide criminal history repository.
• The FBI check expands that to include any criminal records across the U.S..
• Schools and agencies must be DOJ-authorized to request both levels of checks, depending on statutory authority  .

Was this a school funded program?

 

[wendybtn]

From ChatGPT.

In California, anyone working or volunteering with children in schools must undergo a fingerprint-based background check that includes both state and federal (FBI) criminal history, along with a child abuse registry check. Here’s how it breaks down:

⸻

What the Background Check Covers
1. Live Scan fingerprinting
• Applicants provide fingerprints through Live Scan. The California DOJ uses these to check the state criminal database and forwards them to the FBI for a nationwide criminal history search .
2. Child Abuse Central Index (CACI)
• Required for anyone working with children. This check specifically looks for entries in California’s child abuse registry .
3. Out‑of‑State Child Abuse Check
• If you’ve lived outside California in the past 5 years and are involved in children’s residential or foster care, the school must check the child abuse registry in those other states too .

⸻

Why Both State and Federal Checks?
• The California DOJ holds a statewide criminal history repository.
• The FBI check expands that to include any criminal records across the U.S..
• Schools and agencies must be DOJ-authorized to request both levels of checks, depending on statutory authority  .

I don't think all states do that.

 

[Jo in Calif]

Missed this.

LOS ANGELES - A youth soccer coach pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he murdered a 13-year-old boy who had traveled to Lancaster to see him, along with charges that he assaulted two other teenage boys.





What we know:


A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ordered Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino, 43, to remain jailed without bail while awaiting his next appearance Aug. 18 in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom.

SoCal youth soccer coach pleads not guilty to murder of 13-year-old boy

Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino pleaded not guilty to the murder of 13-year-old Oscar "Omar" Hernandez.

www.foxla.com

 

[nao]

How much alcohol would a young man of Ocsar’s size have to consume to die of ethanol poisoning? I assume we’re talking about hard alcohol.

Moo.. I am sure it was, high proof hard liquor . Mix it with Pepsi, get Omar to chug it fast. Male bonding game ? Poor kid. Omar looked very healthy, not like a party kid. Omar probably had no alcohol tolerance built up.

 

[Knox]

I don't think all states do that.

Likely not, but it would beneficial if they did.

 

[formerlyme]

Staff Background Checks | Childcare.gov

Learn how federal law requires states to ensure that licensed child care providers have criminal background checks to ensure the safety of children in care.

childcare.gov

all states do but if you don't get caught nothing will pop up on a background check

 

[mickey2942]

Staff Background Checks | Childcare.gov

Learn how federal law requires states to ensure that licensed child care providers have criminal background checks to ensure the safety of children in care.

childcare.gov

all states do but if you don't get caught nothing will pop up on a background check

There are different levels of background checks.

1. Name checks, which if you just use a fake name, or even someone's name, all that comes up is what is attached to that name and date of birth.

2. Fingerprint with name checks, this is where the FBI background check comes in, and no matter what name you gave, if your prints are in the system, it will come up. With the name used at the time of being printed.

And, if nothing had ever been reported, there would be nothing to find. The more often you have been fingerprinted, and had a background check, the faster the results are. Because everything is already there. A new background check with fingerprints can take up to 2 weeks. Which is why it takes that long for new employee boarding process at some jobs.

 

[TMich6811]

Staff Background Checks | Childcare.gov

Learn how federal law requires states to ensure that licensed child care providers have criminal background checks to ensure the safety of children in care.

childcare.gov

all states do but if you don't get caught nothing will pop up on a background check

He wasn’t providing childcare

 

[Knox]

Are there any updates on the August 18th hearing? Did it take place?

 

[Knox]

LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) - The family of a 13-year-old Los Angeles boy, who was allegedly murdered and sexually assaulted by his soccer coach, has filed a lawsuit against the city and county, claiming simple background checks could have prevented his death.

Attorneys for Oscar’s family have filed a legal claim for negligence against the City and County of Los Angeles. They say Garcia-Aquino ran the Huracan Valley Boys Soccer Club, which practiced at various parks across the city. The lawsuit claims that if the city and county performed a background check when he applied for permits, Oscar’s life could have been spared.

“If the city and the county had done thorough background checks, we would not be here today. If the district attorney didn’t have 13,000 unfiled arrests, we would not be here today,” said Luis Carrillo, one of the family’s attorneys at a Monday news conference.

Family of 13-year-old claims background check on soccer coach could have prevented his murder

The family of a 13-year-old Los Angeles boy, who was allegedly murdered by his soccer coach, has filed a lawsuit against the city and county.

www.kplctv.com

 

[Knox]

They argue that even though Garcia-Aquino was not an employee of the city or county, both entities were responsible for properly vetting him before allowing him to coach on their properties.

"When a coach has to use the fields, he has to fill out certain paperwork, permits, insurance and things like that," said Michael Carrillo, one of the family's attorneys. "The city and county did not do enough in their oversight and supervision."

The family is also pointing the finger at the DA's office, saying it was slow to investigate the other complaints against Garcia-Aquino, including a sex abuse claim in 2022 and another criminal allegation made against him in 2024.

"That case was not filed until 11 months later, when Oscar Omar had already gone missing," said Carrillo. "If that backlog would have been taken care of, this family might not be here suffering this immense trauma and tragedy."

Family files legal claim against city and county of LA over 13-year-old boy's murder

The family of a 13-year-old boy from the San Fernando Valley who was murdered earlier this year has filed a legal claim against the city and county of Los Angeles.

abc7.com

 

[Knox]

This isn't related to Oscar's case, it happened in Modesto. Supposedly no child was harmed, but my God - how is this continuing to happen? These predator's are finding an easy path to get close to our children, it's so frightening!!

https://www.kcra.com/article/second...rested-child-🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬-ajax-united/68083403