A 17-year-old boy is fighting for his life after suffering “significant” head and body injuries allegedly inflicted by a teenage assailant, Yolo County sheriff’s officials said.
The suspect, Sacramento resident Oleg Lavrenko, 18, is in Yolo County Jail custody on charges of attempted murder, kidnapping, mayhem, assault with a deadly weapon and battery with serious bodily injury, according to sheriff’s Lt. Matt Davis.
A fisherman looking to cast his line off County Road 22 on the west end of the Yolo Bypass found the victim’s body near a canal shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday. He was transported to an area hospital for treatment of his injuries, which Davis said appeared to have been inflicted with an unspecified weapon.
It remains unclear where the assault occurred or how long the victim had been lying in the remote area before he was found.
A subsequent investigation led to Lavrenko’s arrest later that day at his Sacramento home. Davis said detectives are still investigating the motive for the assault and relationship between the teens, but confirmed they are not related.
Lavrenko, who is being held without bail, is scheduled to be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Yolo Superior Court.
Anyone with additional information about this incident is asked to contact the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office at 530-668-5280 or 530-666-8282, or leave an anonymous tip at 530-668-5248.
— Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenterprise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene