Before Juan Sebastian Mejia Acevedo's body was recovered, his family paid a ransom demand to an unknown source.

Since the weekend, police have worked to find who may have sent the ransom messages. According to the Virginia Beach Police ...

Police said they have confirmed that a body pulled from a pond early Monday afternoon that matched the description of missing ...

The Office of the Medical Examiner determined that 12-year-old Juan Sebastian Mejia Acevedo's cause of death was accidental ...

An unknown source demanded ransom from the family of Juan Sebastian Mejia Acevedo — police determined the request was a scam ...

The ransom texts sent to the family of 12-year-old Juan Acevedo were an overseas scam, police said Thursday.