LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A family is desperately searching for justice after their 13-year-old son was murdered, allegedly by his soccer coach. They want the city and county to be held accountable, saying the coach never went through a background check that would have exposed prior sex abuse allegations.

The family of a 13-year-old boy from the San Fernando Valley filed a legal claim against the city and county of Los Angeles, saying they didn't do enough to protect the boy.

The boy's body was found on the side of a road in Oxnard in April after he had been reported missing.

The alleged killer, 43-year-old Mario Garcia Aquino , who was the boy's soccer coach, has been charged with one count of murder with the special circumstance allegation of murder during the commission or attempted

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