NEW YORK (Dagbladet): Rivera was on a boat trip on Lake Piru off Los Angeles with her 4-year-old son when she drowned on July 8 this year.
It is the 4-year-old’s description that is the basis for the autopsy report that was published on Friday. The two are said to have swum in the lake before Rivera first helped her son on board the boat. Then she must have had problems.
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– The boy noticed that the deceased stretched his arm in the air and shouted “help”. The deceased then disappeared into the water, the Ventura County Medical Examiner writes in its report, according to AP.
The son saw her disappear
Good for swimming
Authorities have previously explained that Rivera drowned in an accident after lifting her son back on the boat. According to the report, Rivera was good at swimming.
The man who rented the pontoon boat to Rivera states that she refused a life jacket, but that he placed one in the boat anyway.
The autopsy report also describes that Rivera had previously had problems with dizziness, and that she had recently had a sinus infection. She also had small amounts of prescription drugs in her blood. But none of this should have been decisive factors in the death, writes AP.
There are several currents in the sea, especially in the afternoon and the authorities believe that the actor disappeared in the middle of the afternoon. They think she had enough strength to save her son on board the boat, but not herself.
Rivera’s son, who she has with her ex-husband and actor Ryan Dorsey, was found sleeping alone on board the boat later in the afternoon. Five days later, the body of Rivera was found in the lake.
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Three dead
The Ventura County sheriff has previously told the media that she was probably stuck in the thick vegetation underwater in the lake for several days.
Rivera was the third of the main characters in the popular TV series “Glee”, who has lost his life. Rivera was found dead exactly seven years after co-star Cory Monteith died at the age of 31 from a deadly combination of alcohol and heroin.
Another co-actor, Mark Sallinger, took his own life in 2018, 35 years old, after pleading guilty to possession of images of abuse of minors.
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