Cause of Death Revealed for 13-year-old Found in Ventura County

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. – The Ventura County Medical Examiner has revealed 13-year-old Oscar Omar Hernandez died of ethanol poising, or alcohol poisoning. The death of 13-year-old has been deemed a homicide.

The young boy’s remains were found near McGrath State Beach in Oxnard back in April. His former soccer coach, Mario Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino was charged with murder with special circumstances in the death of missing teenager.

Garcia-Aquino faces additional, unrelated felony charges for the sexual assaults of two separate minors: a 16-year-old who was coached by Garcia-Aquino, and allegedly sexually assaulted at his home in the Antelope Valley in February 2024 and a 2022 sexual assault of another minor at his former Sylmar residence…

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