Family identifies child's body discovered along Ventura County road

The missing 13-year-old whose body was discovered along a Ventura County road near a local beach has been identified by his family as Oscar Omar Hernandez.

Investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department and FBI discovered the child's body, matching the description of a missing 13-year-old, on Wednesday. 

LAPD officials said Hernandez's family reported him missing on Sunday when he did not come home after visiting an acquaintance in Lancaster.

"The family was aware of his destination, and I'm going to leave it at that," LAPD Chief of Detectives Alan Hamilton said. "As part of the investigation, we're establishing a timeline of the travels of the subject and that timeline is not complete."

LAPD's elite Robbery-Homicide Division took over the missing person's investigation two days after Omar's disappearance, which led them to the small woodland area along N. Harbor Boulvard, adjacent to the McGrath State Beach. 

There, detectives, with help from the FBI, discovered a body matching the description of Omar. As the investigation is ongoing, a cause of death has not been provided.

"We've developed a lot of information that is not really publically releasable at this time," Hamilton said. "We're going to make sure that we conduct a thorough investigation, that we determine all the facts, and if we do identify somebody, we're going to bring them to justice."