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Naya Rivera Glee star Naya Rivera missing after swimming at California's Lake Piru

Police are searching for singer and Glee actor Naya Rivera after she was reported missing at a California reservoir.

Key points:

• The Ventura County Sheriff confirmed on social media they were searching for the 33-year-old, a possible drowning victim at Lake Piru

• Rivera had rented a boat early on Wednesday with her four-year-old son

• Her child was found alone in the boat about three hours later by another boater

The Ventura County Sheriff's office confirmed on social media they were searching for the 33-year-old on Wednesday afternoon (local time).

Earlier, they tweeted that authorities were searching for a possible drowning victim at Lake Piru, north of Los Angeles.

The search and rescue operation has been called off and will continue at first light Thursday morning (local time).

Rivera had rented a boat early on Wednesday afternoon along with her four-year-old son.

Her child was found alone in the boat about three hours later by another boater but was unharmed.

The child told investigators he and his mother were swimming, but his mother never got back into the boat.

Rivera played Santana Lopez in the Fox television series Glee between 2009-2015.

The show was rocked by the deaths of two other co-stars in 2013 and 2018.

Cory Monteith, who played Finn Hudson on the show, overdosed on heroin and alcohol in a Canada hotel room at 31.

Five years later, in January 2018, Mark Salling died by suicide in Los Angeles.

Salling had pleaded guilty to possessing child porn the month before and was due to be sentenced in March of that year.

‘Glee’ actress Naya Rivera presumed dead after going missing while boating with son, officials say

Actress Naya Rivera is missing and presumed dead in a Southern California lake, according to authorities, after officials found her 4-year-old son floating alone on their rented boat on Wednesday afternoon.

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office confirmed late Wednesday that a “possible drowning victim” at Lake Piru was Rivera, 33, best known for her breakout role in the TV series “Glee.” The sheriff’s office tweeted that the search-and-rescue mission for Rivera had been suspended and would “continue at first light” on Thursday.

“There’s no evidence of foul play at this point,” Capt. Eric Buschow, a spokesman for the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, said at a news conference. “This may well be a case of drowning.”

 

Rivera rented a pontoon boat with her toddler, Josey Hollis Dorsey, around 1 p.m. Wednesday on Lake Piru, a reservoir in Los Padres National Forest, according to authorities. About three hours later, when the boat was past its scheduled return time, another boater on the lake found Josey sleeping alone on the pontoon. Dive teams, helicopters and drones were deployed as part of the search-and-rescue mission, which was suspended around 10 p.m.

Josey, who officials said was unharmed, told investigators he and his mother were swimming but she never got back to the boat. Josey was found wearing a life vest and investigators located an adult life vest on the pontoon, Buschow said. The child, whose father is actor Ryan Dorsey, was reunited with family members, police said. Rivera and Dorsey, who divorced in 2018, share custody of Josey.

Buschow added there are “a lot of challenges in a reservoir this size,” but did not have any additional details on the conditions on the lake. There would be “a lot of resources” available Thursday in the efforts to find Rivera, he said.

The Los Angeles native’s acting career began when she was 4 on the CBS sitcom “The Royal Family.” Throughout her career, Rivera made guest appearances on shows such as “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” “Family Matters” and “The Bernie Mac Show.”

She won critical acclaim in the role of cheerleader Santana Lopez on “Glee,” appearing as a main character for the majority of the show’s six-season run. She was nominated for a Grammy in 2011 as part of the “Glee” ensemble cast for their rendition of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’.” While on the show, Rivera signed a record deal with Columbia Records in 2011, one of the first “Glee” actors to ink a solo artist contract.

She most recently had a recurring role on the YouTube Premium show “Step Up.”

Jackée Harry, who starred alongside Rivera on “The Royal Family,” said she was praying for her former co-star.

“Please God, don’t cut this life short,” she tweeted.

In the days leading up to Wednesday’s boating trip, Rivera shared photos of her and Josey, as well as inspirational messages about enjoying life.

“No matter the year, circumstance, or strifes everyday you’re alive is a blessing,” she tweeted. “Make the most of today and every day you are given. tomorrow is not promised.”

Naya Rivera, ‘Glee’ Actress, Is Missing at California Lake

A search team scoured Lake Piru in Ventura County for the 33-year-old actress on Wednesday. Her 4-year-old son was found alone on a boat.

 

Naya Rivera with her son, Josey Hollis Dorsey, in Westwood, Calif., last year. Credit...Gregg Deguire/Getty Images

Naya Rivera, 33, who starred in six seasons of Fox’s “Glee” as the sharp-witted cheerleader Santana Lopez, was missing on Wednesday night as a search team scoured Lake Piru in California, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office.

The sheriff’s office said that it was searching for a “possible drowning victim” in the lake. The search was suspended late Wednesday and will be resumed Thursday morning.

A sheriff’s office spokesman, Eric Buschow, said that Ms. Rivera had rented a boat with her 4-year-old son on Wednesday afternoon. Another boater found the son alone on the boat at 4 p.m., he said.

The boy was safe on Wednesday night, he said. Ms. Rivera’s son said the pair went swimming but his mother did not get back on the boat, Dean Worthy, another spokesman for the sheriff’s office, said in a telephone interview. Ms. Rivera’s son had been found wearing a life vest, he added, but the sheriff’s office did not believe Ms. Rivera had been wearing one, he said, as a second life vest was found inside the boat.

Ms. Rivera began acting as a 4-year-old on the CBS sitcom “The Royal Family” and made guest appearances on a number of shows, including “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” “Family Matters” and “Baywatch.”

She broke through to wider stardom on “Glee,” with her role growing throughout the first season before she was made a series regular in the second season.

Ms. Rivera married the actor Ryan Dorsey in 2014 and gave birth to their son, Josey Hollis, in 2015. The couple split in 2018.

Her most recent post on Twitter was a photo of herself and her son.

The cast of “Glee” has dealt with its share of heartbreak. Cory Monteith, who played Finn Hudson, was found dead in a hotel room in 2013 from a drug overdose when he was 31. Mark Salling, who played Noah Puckerman, was 35 when he died in an apparent suicide in 2018, weeks after he pleaded guilty to federal charges of being in possession of child pornography.