HINESVILLE, Ga. (WSAV) – A 5-year-old boy found unresponsive in a Hinesville retention pond over the weekend has died.

Officers began canvassing the Griffin Park subdivision Sunday afternoon after the little boy disappeared. He was found underwater in a pond near the 600 block of Piedmont Avenue.

The boy was transported to Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah where he passed away Tuesday morning, according to Hinesville Police Captain William Oberlander.

Officials say the case remains under investigation and no other information is available at this time.