Body matching missing teen's description found near beach in Oxnard

Body found matches missing teen's description

An investigation continues after a body was discovered near a beach in Oxnard on Wednesday evening. Investigators said the body matches the description of a teen who vanished from LA County last weekend.

OXNARD. Calif. - A beach in Oxnard is at the center of a local and federal investigation after a body, believed to be of a teen boy, was found on Wednesday.

What we know:

The Los Angeles Police Department and FBI responded to a search call at Harbor Boulevard near McGrath State Beach and the Santa Clara River in Ventura County on the evening of Wednesday, April 2.  Upon arrival, they made a heartbreaking discovery and found a body matching the description of a missing teenager.

 The LAPD launched a widespread investigation with the help of the FBI for a person or persons of interest. 

His family reported him missing on Sunday after he failed to return home from a visit with a friend in Lancaster. 

"A number of areas that we searched within the region, and I'm saying region loosely as the Southern California area. So, in the search of those locations we came upon this location and we made a determination that there was someone here that closely matched the description of the subject that was reported missing in the city of Los Angeles," said LAPD Chief Alan Hamilton. 

What we don't know:

The details and clues that led investigators to Oxnard have not been released.

Officials have not released the identity of the person found dead.

The news of the death investigation comes as the public have been asked to be on the lookout for Oscar Omar Hernandez, a missing 13-year-old last seen in Lancaster on Sunday, March 30.