A 5-year-old Oregon boy with autism was found dead Tuesday afternoon after disappearing from his home over the weekend, authorities said.

The body of Joshua McCoy — whose birthday is just four days away — was discovered around 12:30 p.m., about 1.5 miles from his home in Hauser, the Coos County Sheriff’s Office said in a tragic update.

Law enforcement said the boy and his mother took a nap together early Saturday afternoon and when the parent woke up around 5:30 p.m., little Joshua was gone, according to a missing child poster.

Officers searched the property and even drained a pond on the family’s land, while deploying drones and police dogs to the area in the desperate search for the boy.

Other local agencies, as well as state and federal partners, were called in to assist.

“The areas searched were conducted very thoroughly and methodically due to the circumstances behind the disappearance,” the sheriff’s office said. “We have had great support from the community in feeding all these volunteers.”

Joshua would have turned 6 this Saturday, according to the missing child poster.

It is not known whether authorities are considering filing criminal charges in the missing child case.

But the sheriff’s office previously said nothing has been ruled out as the agency continues its investigation.

“The investigation is ongoing and no additional information will be released at this time,” the sheriff’s office said in Tuesday’s grim update.