This early in the police investigation, much remains unclear about the death of Joshua James McCoy, who disappeared from his mother’s home on Stage Road, between North Bend and Hauser, Nov. 9 while his mother was taking a nap. He was found three days later about 2 miles down the road from his home.

A search for a 5-year-old boy with autism who has been missing since Saturday concluded on Tuesday as officials announced that the boy was found dead less than two miles from his home.

The 5-year-old boy missing in Coos County since Saturday was found dead on Tuesday, sheriff’s department officials said. Joshua James McCoy was found 2 miles down the road from his home on Stage Road in the unincorporated Coos County community of Hauser, the department said.

The boy, who had autism, disappeared after he and his mother took a nap inside the family's home in Hauser, Oregon, authorities said.

The body of 5-year-old Joshua McCoy, who had autism, was found Tuesday less than 2 miles from his house, Coos County authorities said.

An Oregon mother is living her worst nightmare after waking from an almost five-hour nap to find her autistic 5-year-old son missing. The body of Joshua James McCoy was found less than two miles from