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

Joshua McCoy, a five-year-old boy with autism who went missing from his home after taking a nap with his mother, has been found dead after a massive multiagency search effort, Oregon officials announced Tuesday.

A 5-year-old Oregon boy whose mother said he vanished over the weekend while she was taking a nap has been found dead, authorities said Tuesday evening.

Search teams found a missing 5-year-old autistic boy dead just miles from his home in Oregon, deputies said. Joshua James McCoy’s body was discovered at about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, the Coos County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.

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