Variety
The search for Naya Rivera has come to a tragic end. The actress was confirmed found dead by authorities on Monday, July 13, five days after she went missing on a California lake.
This Ventura County Sheriff’s department said that a body had been found at Lake Piru. During a press conference, Sheriff Bill Ayub said the body, which they are “confident” is that of Rivera’s, was discovered floating at the surface of the lake by personnel searching by boat.
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An autopsy will be conducted to confirm a cause of death and a positive identification of Rivera’s remains will be made through dental records. The depth of the water where Rivera’s body was located is between 35 and 60 feet (ca. 18 m) deep.
According to Ventura County Sheriff’s department Naya and her 4-year-old son Josey rented a pontoon boat and headed toward the northern portion of the lake.
Manchester Evening News
After speaking with Rivera’s only child, authorities said they were able to conclude that he and Naya swam in the lake together. It was then,” that her son described being helped into the boat by Naya, who boosted him on to the deck from behind. He told investigators that he looked back and saw her disappear under the surface of the water.”
“There are a lot of currents on the lake that appear particularly in the afternoon,” Sheriff Bill Ayub explained. “We believe it was mid-afternoon when she disappeared, the idea perhaps being that the boat started drifting, it was unanchored, and that she mustered enough energy to get her son back onto the boat, but not enough to save herself.”
Daily Express
The Glee cast members have been touched by tragedy multiple times now. In 2013, Cory Monteith suffered a fatal overdose, and five years after Mark Salling died by suicide. And now the tragic accidental passing of Rivera. The actresses former co-stars and famous loved ones paid tribute on social media, check their postings down below:
Rest sweet, Naya. What a force you were. Love and peace to your family.
— Jane Lynch (@janemarielynch) July 13, 2020
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She was bold. She was outrageous. She was a LOT of fun.
Naya made me laugh like no one else on that set. I always said it while we were working together and I’ve maintained it ever since. Her playful, wicked sense of humor never ceased to bring a smile to my face.
— Darren Criss (@DarrenCriss) July 14, 2020
She was bold. She was outrageous. She was a LOT of fun.
Naya made me laugh like no one else on that set. I always said it while we were working together and I’ve maintained it ever since. Her playful, wicked sense of humor never ceased to bring a smile to my face.
— Darren Criss (@DarrenCriss) July 14, 2020
RIP Naya Rivera. I’ll forever cherish the opportunity to play your girlfriend on Glee. The character you played was groundbreaking for tons of closeted (at the time) queer girls like me, and your ambition and accomplishments were inspiring to Latina women all over the world. pic.twitter.com/oCML03M9Kw
— Team Demi (@ddlovato) July 14, 2020
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Thank you for what you gave the world. I love you. pic.twitter.com/CFNmwgtSva
— Kristin Chenoweth (@KChenoweth) July 13, 2020
A little piece of @NayaRivera ? my hearts broken over this whole thing. I’m so thankful to have known her and to be apart of writing little parts of her story with music with her, here’s one of my favorite ones we wrote that never got released. remembering you! pic.twitter.com/QSqT9EmifP
— Jaden Michaels (@JadenMichaels) July 13, 2020
Prayers for Naya Rivera’s family. Man….can we have a “Do Over ” of 2020. The loss is too much ???? pic.twitter.com/63iNdRikv5
— Viola Davis (@violadavis) July 13, 2020
RIP Naya. pic.twitter.com/RG0T4NQYO2
— ADAM LAMBERT (@adamlambert) July 14, 2020
Our thoughts and prayers, go out to Naya and her family. RIP Naya.
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