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"We are confident the body we found is that of
Naya Rivera," Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub told a news
conference on the shore of Lake Piru near Los Angeles.
Rivera, 33, was presumed drowned after going missing on
Wednesday. She had rented a boat on Lake Piru with her
four-year-old son, Josey, who was found unharmed.
Her body was recovered early on Monday near the surface of the
water in an area where the boat had gone missing that was 35 to
60 feet deep (11-18 m) and with heavy brush and trees
underwater, Ayub said.
He said Rivera's family had been informed and the body had been
taken to the medical examiner's office for an autopsy and formal
identification by dental records.
"There is no indication this was foul play and no indication
this was a suicide," Ayub said.
Rivera’s son, discovered alone and sleeping, told authorities he
and his mother had both gone swimming in the lake, a
recreational reservoir about 50 miles (80.47 km) north of
downtown Los Angeles.
Ayub said it was not clear what happened but that Rivera's son
had told investigators his mother pushed him back into the boat
but did not get back in herself.
Rivera was not wearing a life vest.
"Rest sweet, Naya. What a force you were. Love and peace to your
family," tweeted Jane Lynch, who played tough cheerleading coach
Sue Sylvester on the show.
"Glee," a television musical drama about a high school choir,
was one of the biggest pop culture hits 10 years ago but has
seen its share of tragedy.
Actor Cory Monteith, who played football player Finn, died of a
drug overdose in 2013, and Mark Salling, who played Puck, killed
himself in 2018 after pleading guilty to possessing child
pornography.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant and Lisa Richwine in Los Angeles;
Editing by Steve Orlofsky and Matthew Lewis)
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