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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Bedigan

Coach suspected of killing teen boy was in the US illegally and has been tied to older sex abuse cases, authorities say

A youth soccer coach charged with the murder of a 13-year-old Los Angeles boy was living in the U.S. illegally and now faces charges of child sexual abuse on another boy that happened years earlier.

Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino, 44, was charged Monday with murder with the special circumstance allegation of murder during the commission or attempted commission of lewd acts with a child. That was in connection to the death of Oscar “Omar” Hernandez, whose body was found by the side of the road in Ventura County, California, last week.

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