Investigation underway after body found during search for missing 13-year-old

An investigation is underway after the authorities have opened an organ that corresponds to the description of the missing 13-year-old boy, police in Los Angeles said.

Oscar Omar Hernandez of the San Fernando Valley was reported to have disappeared from his family on Sunday after “failed to return home from a visit to a acquaintance in Lancaster,” Captain Scott Williams said in a statement.

The Los Angeles Police Department of the Los Angeles took the lead on Tuesday in the investigation, which subsequently led them to an “area of ​​interest” in Oxnard, west of Los Angeles, Williams said.

“In collaboration with our FBI partners, a coordinated leg search of this area was held,” Williams said. “During the search, a body was found corresponding to the description of the missing teenager.”

The identity of the deceased has not been officially confirmed and the cause of death remains indefinitely, police said.

Detectives are leading to “determining the cause of death and identifying any persons who can be included or possess information related to this investigation,” Williams said.

Lapd’s deputy, Alan Hamilton, told reporters at the scene in Oxnard on Wednesday, working to establish a time line in the case.

“The family was aware of their destination and I will leave it as part of the investigation,” he said.

Police would not say what led them to Oxnard.

“All we can say is that our investigation brought us to this point here … in the unaccorporated area of ​​Ventura County,” Hamilton said.

Oscar’s family and friends paid tribute to the teenager on Thursday where the body was found on the side of Oxnard.

“He doesn’t have to be treated as an animal. It was my son,” his mother Gladys Bautista called in Spanish, ABC News Kabc said Los Angeles.

The loved ones also gathered in front of his home in the North Hollywood area, where friends remembered him as the “nicest man” who was “always scrape” and a great dancer.

Police had no update on the investigation on Friday.

“Anyone who thinks that they will escape any kind of fake play or malicious activity or criminal activity will learn that the Los Angeles police station will stop at nothing to bring people to court,” Hamilton said on Wednesday.