A body recovered from a lake in California is that of missing actress Naya Rivera, the sheriff said on Monday
“We are confident the body we found is that of Naya Rivera,” Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub told a news conference on the shore of Lake Piru near Los Angeles.
The 33-year-old actress was presumed to have drowned after going missing on Wednesday. Reports say Rivera had rented a boat on Lake Piru with her four-year-old son, Josey, who was found uninjured.
The body of the actress was recovered on Monday near the surface of the water in a location where her boat had gone missing.
Sheriff Ayub said Rivera’s family had already been informed about the incident and her body had been taken to the medical examiner’s office for an autopsy and formal identification by dental records.
“There is no indication this was foul play and no indication this was a suicide,” Ayub said.
Her son, Josey who was discovered alone and sleeping told authorities that he and his mother had gone swimming in the lake, a recreational reservoir about 50 miles north of downtown Los Angels.
According to the authorities, what happened to the actress has not been identified but her son told investigators that his mother pushed him back into the boat but did not get back in herself.
The high school musical drama actress was not wearing a life vest when she was discovered.
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“Rest sweet, Naya. What a force you were. Love and peace to your family,” tweeted Jane Lynch, who played tough cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester on the show.
“Glee,” a television musical drama about a high school choir, was one of the biggest pop cultures hit 10 years ago but has seen its share of tragedy.
Actor Cory Monteith, who played football player Finn, died of a drug overdose in 2013, and Mark Salling, who played Puck, killed himself in 2018 after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography.
