Teen Boy's Body Found 70 Miles From Home, Soccer Coach Suspect|Crime Alert Recap Saturday 04.12.25
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🗓️ 12 April 2025
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Here's some of our top stories this week:
Teen Oscar Omar Hernandez's body found over 70 miles away, dumped in a wooded area off a road near Leo Carillo State Beach.
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| 0:00.0 | Crime alert, hourly update. Breaking Crime News now. I'm Jackie Howard. Four days after 13-year-old |
| 0:06.8 | Oscar Omar Hernandez is reported missing, a body is found over 70 miles away, dumped in a wooded |
| 0:13.1 | area off a road near Leo Corrello State Park. The remains are confirmed to be Hernandez. |
| 0:20.4 | The same day, Oscar Hernandez's body is discovered, |
| 0:23.5 | his soccer coach, 43-year-old Mario Garcia Aquino, is arrested, but not in connection to Oscar. |
| 0:30.4 | Garcia Aquino is accused of attempting to molest a 16-year-old boy. The teen spent the night with |
| 0:36.2 | Garcia Aquino and felt extremely sleepy after |
| 0:39.8 | drinking an orange juice offered him. He told police, Garcia Aquino twice tried to pull down his |
| 0:45.9 | pants, but he fought the man off and called 911. The incident occurred more than a year ago |
| 0:52.0 | in February of 2024. We now learn more about Hernandez's |
| 0:56.8 | relationship with Garcia Aquino. Hernandez is out playing soccer when the coach approaches the |
| 1:02.7 | boy, telling him he's impressed with his skills. When Garcia Aquino offers him one-on-one |
| 1:08.1 | lessons without charge, Oscar jumps at the chance. |
| 1:11.5 | The two meet for lessons at least once a week. |
| 1:14.2 | Just before Hernandez goes missing, Coach Garcia Aquino gives his star student a call, |
| 1:19.5 | inviting Oscar to make some money doing a few odd jobs at his Lancaster home. |
| 1:24.5 | Oscar, a hard worker, jumps at the chance. |
| 1:27.1 | Before getting permission from his family, |
| 1:29.5 | Oscar hops on the next train to Lancaster, a two-hour trip. Oscar facetimes his brother from the |
| 1:35.3 | train, telling him, coach will drop him home tomorrow morning. But Oscar doesn't come home and |
| 1:41.0 | isn't answering his phone. When Hernandez family finally gets Coach Garcia Aquino on the phone, |
| 1:47.3 | he says he dropped Oscar off that afternoon in North Hollywood, |
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