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‘Glee’ Actress Naya Rivera Has Gone Missing And Is Presumed Dead, Authorities Say

‘Glee’ Actress Naya Rivera has gone missing and is presumed dead after disappearing at a lake in Southern California.

“We're presuming that an accident happened and we're presuming she drowned in the lake,” Deputy Chris Dyer of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said at a news conference.

Search and rescue efforts for the actress have now shifted to a recovery operation, Dyer said. “The goal is still to bring Miss Rivera home to her family.”

Rivera vanished from Lake Piru where she rented a boat with her 4-year-old son. The boat was overdue for return and a rental employee found the boat on the north end of Lake Piru, where Rivera’s son was on the boat, but Rivera was nowhere to be found. Investigators found Rivera’s purse and identification on the boat, but no other clues. 


Rivera is believed to have not have made it at shore. “If the body is entangled in something beneath the water, it may never come back up,” Donoghue said.

The child is healthy and with family, Dyer said Thursday morning. ‘CNN’ has reached out to Rivera's representatives for more details.

Rivera's son is “doing as well as can be expected,” according to Donoghue. “Our hearts and our prayers and thoughts go out to the Rivera family. This is a terrible tragedy for all of them and we hope to bring closure for that family,” he said.

Searchers are using sonar and other technology to assist in the recovery. For now, the search is focused on the north end of the lake.

“We don't think it would have traveled the whole distance of the lake,” Donoghue said, explaining that they are looking where the boat was initially found and working their way outward from there.

“I think it's too early to say what happened here. We're still investigating and just still trying to find out what happened,” he said, noting that Rivera had been to this lake before.




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