LOS ANGELES — The family of a 13-year-old Sun Valley boy who was sexually abused and killed, allegedly by a youth soccer coach, announced the filing of damages claims Monday against the city and county of Los Angeles.

Attorneys for the family of Oscar “Omar” Hernandez claim the city and county failed to conduct background checks on the suspect, Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino before allowing him to work as a coach with access to young boys.

Garcia-Aquino was charged in April with murder in connection with the death of the boy, whose body was found by the side of a road in Oxnard. Authorities say the teen traveled March 28 to Lancaster to see his soccer coach and was never seen again. He was reported missing March 30, and his body was found just days later.

The murder charge includes the spe

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