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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Cavallier

13-year-old soccer player allegedly killed by coach died from alcohol poisoning, report says

A California boy allegedly killed by his soccer coach died from acute alcohol poisoning, according to the family’s civil attorney, raising new questions about the final hours of his life.

Oscar “Omar” Hernandez, 13, was reported missing in late March after he traveled from his Sun Valley home to the Antelope Valley to visit his coach, reportedly to help make soccer jerseys. Days later, his body was discovered in a roadside ditch in Oxnard.

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