Ventura Police Have Released Underwater Footage From Naya Rivera Search
Glee actress Naya Rivera was reported missing this week after her 4-year-old son, Josey Dorsey, was found alone on a pontoon boat they had rented to go swimming in Lake Piru in Ventura County, California. Hours after a search-and-rescue effort began, NBC Los Angeles's Robert Kovacik tweeted at 9:55 A.M. PST on Wednesday that Rivera was "presumed dead" according to the Ventura County Sheriff's Department. "Actress @NayaRivera is presumed dead, per @VENTURASHERIFF," he wrote. "The actress/singer and her four year old son were on a rented pontoon boat on #LakePiru and were swimming. The son got back on the boat, his mom did not. He was wearing a life-vest, she was not."
#BREAKING: @Actress @NayaRivera is presumed dead, per @VENTURASHERIFF. The actress/singer and her four year old son were on a rented pontoon boat on #LakePiru and were swimming. The son got back on the boat, his mom did not. He was wearing a life-vest, she was not. pic.twitter.com/sSZ3UmeT2t
— Robert Kovacik (@RobertNBCLA) July 9, 2020
The search-and-rescue effort have now become a recovery search. On Friday, the Ventura County Sheriff's Office released underwater footage of their search.
2/2 Here’s an example of the underwater visibility at a 30-foot depth in Lake Piru. pic.twitter.com/YGNNUdmPQ4
— Ventura Co. Sheriff (@VENTURASHERIFF) July 11, 2020
They also shared the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) that is being used in the search.
1/2 Here’s the ROV used by @TulareSheriff in the search for Naya Rivera at Lake Piru today. This is one of many resources being used, along with side scan sonar, dogs, and divers. pic.twitter.com/LkeI04HIMJ
— Ventura Co. Sheriff (@VENTURASHERIFF) July 11, 2020
"We interviewed her son and there was nothing that we learned from her son that would have suggested that this was suicide. Everything that we've learned so far leads to this being some sort of water recreational accident," Sgt. Kevin Donoghue told People on Friday. "To say definitively what actually happened, we really can't say. We just don't know, it's a mystery," he continued. "We're still investigating, we're still searching. We're trying to uncover clues as we go. But so far, we really don't have a lot of information to make any guesses as to what could have happened."
He also noted that they are using special advanced technology, such as a scanning sonar that can take a picture of the lake bed floor.
"When it sees an anomaly, an object that's consistent with the shape and size of what we're looking for, then we send divers to search that specific area," Donoghue said. He added: "The conditions aren't like they are in the ocean, where you can have some places really clean, clear water. In lakes, typically the closer you get to the bottom of the lake, the less visible it is. So if she's resting at the bottom of the lake, she's probably resting somewhere where there's zero visibility."
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