“Glee” actress Naya Rivera thought to have drowned in California lake

Actress Naya Rivera, regarded for her function on “Glee,” is considered to have drowned in “what seems to be a tragic accident” while boating with her son on a California lake, authorities claimed Thursday. Rivera was reported lacking Wednesday, when her 4-calendar year-previous son was found on a pontoon boat by himself. 

Sergeant Kevin Donoghue explained in a information meeting Thursday that Rivera and her son rented a boat to acquire out on Lake Piru in Los Padres Countrywide Forest at approximately 1 p.m. regional time. The rental was intended to final for three hrs — and when the pair had not returned by 4:30 p.m., employees went out to research for them, Donoghue explained. 

The boy told authorities that he and his mom experienced been swimming in the lake, and said he bought back in the boat but his mom did not, in accordance to a report from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office environment. 

Video clip footage confirmed that Rivera and her son ended up the only people to board the boat, Donoghue mentioned. The boy “gave adequate facts to investigators to conclude that his mother under no circumstances produced it out of the drinking water,” though Donoghue did not specify specifically what the boy reported.  

Officials said they searched the lake for 5 hours on Wednesday night and ongoing Thursday, but have not observed Rivera. Around 100 men and women are concerned in the look for. The report cited minimal visibility in the lake, and said the procedure has been “a extremely sluggish process.”

The look for is now getting handled as a restoration mission, the workplace explained in the report. 

Rivera’s former “Glee” co-stars reacted to the information of her disappearance on social media. Actor Harry Shum on Wednesday evening wrote, “Praying.” Actor Damian McGinty tweeted: “Sick to my abdomen. Please pray.”

Actress Heather Morris wrote about Rivera on Instagram: “We require all the prayers we can get to bring our Naya back again dwelling to us. We need to have your like and mild.”

Demi Lovato, who guest-starred on the show’s fifth time, wrote: “Make sure you pray for @nayarivera to be discovered harmless and sound.”

Rivera, who portrayed cheerleader Santana Lopez on “Glee,” was nominated for a Grammy in 2010 as section of the cast who sang a rendition of Journey’s “Never Prevent Believin.'” She also received various ALMA awards, a People’s Selection Award, and a Monitor Actors Guild Award, according to IMDB. 

Times ahead of she went lacking, Rivera posted on Instagram about creating the most of every single working day: “No subject the 12 months, circumstance, or strifes day to day you happen to be alive is a blessing. make the most of these days and each individual day you are given. tomorrow is not promised.”