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