DISAPPEARANCE OF NAYA RIVERA – After a full day of research around Lake Piru, the California authorities have still not found the 33-year-old actress and now declare her “presumed dead” in a probable drowning. Here’s what we know.
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Actress revealed in the role of Santana in the musical series Glee, Naya Rivera is missing since Wednesday July 8, 2020 in the afternoon. According to California authorities, the young woman is “presumed dead” in what could be a drowning. The investigators have resumed their research around Lake Piru in California in what they now call “a body recovery mission” and not a rescue mission as reported by the TMZ site and the local news channel FOX11 Los Angeles. On Wednesday July 8, the 33-year-old actress rents a boat with her 4-year-old son to enjoy an afternoon on Lake Piru not far from Santa Clarita, a few dozen kilometers from Los Angeles. Several hours later, the rental service, not seeing her return, sent a boat to pick her up. Naya Rivera’s boat is found north of the lake, in a section called “The Narrows”. On board, the little boy is asleep, alone and dressed in his life jacket. According to information from FOX11 Los Angeles, an adult-size life jacket is found on board the boat. Josey, Naya Rivera’s son, will then tell the police that her mom dived in the water but never came to the surface. The searches began immediately in the afternoon of July 8 until nightfall to resume at the first light of dawn on July 9, but they have so far proved fruitless. The authorities have little hope of finding the actress unharmed and declare her “presumed dead” in what could be a drowning. All the info below in our direct.
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10:34 – Authorities do not give much hope for Naya Rivera
The American website TMZ reports this Thursday morning local time, information from the authorities. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office specifies that Naya Rivera is “presumed dead” and that the investigators’ mission is a “body recovery mission” and not a rescue mission. The police also claim that the waters in which the actress disappeared offer only visibility of 10 to 20 centimeters. The lake is also full of debris and trees which could make their task even more difficult.
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10:19 – The authorities take stock of the means deployed
In a report made available online to everyone, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office (California) details the means available to try to find Naya Rivera. On Wednesday July 8, the searches lasted 5 hours until being interrupted at 22 hours due to the night. 50 people were mobilized including divers but also a helicopter and drones to cover the entire coast of the lake. When research resumed on July 9, more than 100 people were mobilized to try to find Naya Rivera. Among them, teams from neighboring counties as well as coast guards.
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10:02 – Police release latest images of Naya Rivera
On social media, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office (California) posted a video of approximately 15 minutes filmed by a security camera placed in front of the rental service at Lake Piru. We see Naya Rivera arriving in her Mercedes G-class, going out with her son Josey and leaving in the direction of the rental service where she rented a small motor boat and then headed towards the north of the lake, in a section called “The Narrows”. This is where the investigators lose track.
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09:49 – Naya Rivera’s last message on Instagram
Before leaving on Lake Piru this Wednesday, July 8 in California, Naya Rivera had posted a photo of her and her son Josey (4 years old) on her official Instagram account. The photo was accompanied by a short message: “Just the two of us”.
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09:40 – Background: The day that Naya Rivera disappeared
On Wednesday July 8 in the early afternoon, Naya Rivera shows up at the Lake Piru boat rental office and rents a small boat for a few hours to enjoy it with her son Josey, 4 years old. A few hours later, a rental service employee, not seeing her come back, decided to go looking for her on the lake. He discovers Josey alone in the boat, wearing a life jacket, and calls the authorities. When questioned, the young boy explains to the police that his mother has gone to swim but that she has never returned. The Ventura (California) sheriff’s office immediately began searching for Naya Rivera. These stop at dusk due to conditions deemed too dangerous to continue the search. Nearly two days later, the actress has still not been found, the authorities explain that she is “presumed dead”.
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09:27 – New day of fruitless searches at Lake Piru
Disappeared in the afternoon of July 8, 2020, Naya Rivera is still missing this Friday morning. Investigators have deployed a large device to try to find it this Thursday, July 9, but the office of the sheriff of Ventura in California had to interrupt its research again at dusk without having found the actress. The authorities have had the opportunity to reiterate in the media and on their own news channels that their mission was no longer a rescue but a “recovery of bodies”. The police therefore have little hope for the survival of Naya Rivera, actress revealed in the musical series Glee.
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07/09/20 – 23:28 – Research continues in the United States and still no trace of Naya Rivera
END OF LIVE – The Ventura County Sheriff said Thursday evening French time that searches for Naya Rivera are still continuing at Lake Piru, California. “But it has not yet been found,” he said, before announcing a press conference: “There will be a media briefing to take stock of the operations at 3 p.m. today at Lake Piru “, around midnight French time.
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07/09/20 – 23:03 – The call of Heather Morris after the disappearance of Naya Rivera
She was his friend on the screen. Brittany Pierce’s interpreter Heather Morris did not fail to react to the disappearance of Naya Rivera. “We need all the prayers we can get to bring our Naya home, with us. We need your love and your light,” the young woman wrote in an Instagram story.
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Naya Rivera disappeared at Lake Piru, located in California, on July 8, 2020. The actress rented a boat at 1 p.m. with her 4-year-old son, Josey. The child is found three hours later, alone on the boat, safe and sound but asleep. According to the little boy, his mother went to swim and never came back. Authorities began to search the area using drones, divers and helicopters, without success. The search stopped at dusk on Wednesday and resumed early this Thursday. However, the authorities do not rule out the fact that the actress was drowned and started “body recovery” operations, and no longer a rescue operation, according to TMZ. For the moment, she has not been found.
The disappearance of Naya Rivera fears the worst. If the search to find her is still underway, the authorities would presume her dead according to the American media Just Jared. During her boat trip with her four-year-old son, the Glee actress went to swim and never came back. Ventura County police do not rule out the drowning trail, and fear they may not find Naya Rivera alive. The 33-year-old actress is presumed dead by the authorities, according to information from TMZ.
Naya Rivera is an American actress and singer. Born on January 12, 1987, she is known for having played Santana Lopez in the Glee series, from 2009 to 2015. She has also been seen in the film At the Devil’s Door and in the Devious Maids series.
Naya Rivera made her acting debut in the 1990s, playing small roles in Le Prince de Bel-Air, La vie de famille, Alerte à Malibu, or The Master of Disguise. But it was his role in Glee that revealed it to the general public. The actress joined the cast of the musical series by Ryan Murphy in 2009 in the role of Santana. His character, a minor at the start of the series, gained importance at the end of season 1 and from season 2, to become one of the protagonists of the rest of the sung show. As of 2014, her role in Glee diminishes, although she makes a few appearances. In total, Naya Rivera will play in all seasons of the music series.
Naya Rivera is the mother of a 4-year-old boy, Josey Hollis Dorsey. Born in 2015, this child is the fruit of his relationship with her ex-husband, Ryan Dorsey. The couple have shared custody since their divorce in 2018. The day of Naya Rivera’s disappearance, July 8, 2020, her son was present. He was found asleep and wearing a life jacket on the boat rented a few hours earlier by the 33-year-old actress. The boy told authorities that his mother had dived and had not returned to the boat. He was safe and was placed in the care of family members while authorities search for Naya Rivera.
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