Authorities Announce a Body Has Been Found at the Lake Where Naya Rivera Disappeared
Naya Rivera has been reported missing following a boat ride with her son, Josey.
Josey was found alone on a rented boat, and the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department is in the middle of a search and recovery operation.
Update: 7/13:
The Ventura County Sheriff's Office just announced that a body was found at Lake Piru this morning. There is no confirmation that this update is connected to Naya Rivera's disappearance.
Happening now: A body has been found at Lake Piru this morning. The recovery is in progress. A news conference will take place at 2 pm at the lake.
— Ventura Co. Sheriff (@VENTURASHERIFF) July 13, 2020
A recovery is in progress and authorities promise more information this afternoon.
Update: 7/9, 2 p.m.
Authorities announced Thursday that the search for Naya Rivera has been shifted from a rescue mission to a recovery mission and the actress is presumed dead.
The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office believes she drowned in an accident at Lake Piru. “The goal is still to bring Ms. Rivera home to her family so they can have some closure,” Deputy Chris Dyer told reporters, according to multiple outlets.
Authorities are still conducting a diligent search of Lake Piru. Please keep Naya and her family in your thoughts.
Multiple teams of professional search & rescue personnel are actively searching Lake Piru for clues to the location of Naya Rivera. With over 80 people involved in the search right now, we are using helicopters, boats, ATV vehicles, and ground personnel to try and locate her. pic.twitter.com/o2bN5sQFms
— Ventura Co. Sheriff (@VENTURASHERIFF) July 9, 2020
We have mutual aid for specialized dive teams en route from Los Angeles County, San Luis Obispo County, and Tulare County. We will keep you posted with any updates as we learn them. Our hearts and prayers go out the all of the family and friends of the Rivera family. #sheriffvc pic.twitter.com/ukmr48HXow
— Ventura Co. Sheriff (@VENTURASHERIFF) July 9, 2020
Original story: 7/9, 7 a.m.
Truly sad news this morning: Glee actress Naya Rivera has been reported missing following a boat ride with her son, Josey, on Wednesday, July 8. According to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department, which gave a statement to Us Weekly, Naya rented a motorized boat for a three-hour ride on Lake Piru. The boat was not returned on time, so personnel went out looking for her.
“[They] found her boat adrift with Naya’s 4-year-old son asleep on the boat and Naya was nowhere to be found,” the department said in their statement. “This is an active investigation. It is believed that Naya and her son were swimming in the lake near the boat and as they were getting back into the boat, her son made it into the boat and Naya went underwater and did not resurface.”
Josey was found with a life vest on, but there was another vest on board, indicating Naya was not wearing one. A “large-scale search and rescue operation” was conducted in the afternoon and will resume this morning using drone teams, divers, and sonar equipment.
The missing person at Lake Puru has been identified as Naya Rivera, 33, of Los Angeles. SAR operation will continue at first light. @VCAirUnit @fillmoresheriff @Cal_OES pic.twitter.com/bC3qaZS3Ra
— Ventura Co. Sheriff (@VENTURASHERIFF) July 9, 2020
Josey was picked up by Naya’s family, and Ventura County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Captain Eric Buschow tells Us Weekly that “it’s still a search and rescue operation based on the circumstances. The fact that she was seen in the water shows there is a high likelihood that she drowned….We aren’t going to go that far right now. All indications point to that, but we are not there yet.”
Please keep Naya and her family in your thoughts.
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