A missing 12-year-old boy has been found dead in Virginia Beach three days after he disappeared while going to a friend's house.

The temperature had risen well above freezing, but ice still covered much of the pond at the entrance of the Cambria at Cornerstone apartment complex. On Monday, authorities found the body of 12-year-old Juan Sebastian Mejia Acevedo in the small body of water,

Police said they have confirmed that a body pulled from a pond early Monday afternoon that matched the description of missing 12-year-old Juan Sebastian Mejia Acevedo is indeed, Acevedo.

The body of a Virginia Beach boy reported missing last week was pulled from a pond Monday, three days after his parents got a ransom demand that may have been just a twisted money grab. Juan Sebastian Mejia Acevedo,