The family of the 13-year-old who was allegedly killed by his soccer coach is suing Los Angeles County and the City of Los Angeles for failing to perform a background check on the coach who is said to have subjected the boy to grooming and sexual abuse.

Oscar Omar Hernandez was initially reported missing earlier this year on March 28 after he failed to return to his San Fernando Valley home from visiting his soccer coach in Lancaster. His body was found days later in a ditch off the side of Harbor Boulevard in Oxnard.

The 7th grader's family was quick to point to the coach, Mario Edgardo Garcia Aquino, as a suspect, since he was the last person known to be with him. Garcia Aquino, 43, was later arrested for an unrelated sexual assault case, and on April 7, L.A. County District Attorney N

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