The body of the missing Nai Rivera was found at the bottom of the lake
'14.07.2020'
Source: Air force
The American police said that as a result of a search operation, the body of the drowned Nai Rivera, the star of the series Glee (“Choir” in the Russian box office), was found. Last week, Rivera went missing while walking on a lake in California, her four-year-old son was found on a boat. Air force.
On Monday afternoon, July 13, rescuers working with underwater locators found a body in the lake that was later identified as the remains of a 33-year-old actress. Divers, police dogs, helicopters, as well as remote-controlled underwater vehicles equipped with cameras, took part in a large-scale search operation.
“Considering the location where the body was found, its condition and physical characteristics, the clothing found, and taking into account that there have been no reports of other missing persons in the area, we are confident that the body found belongs to Naya Rivera,” - Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub told reporters.
As the sheriff noted, there is no reason to say that the death of the actress was the result of something malicious intent, or that she committed suicide.
Accident
Local police spokesman Kevin Donoghue told the BBC that “all means and resources at our disposal were involved in the search for Rivera's remains.” He added that the actress's son saw his mother "disappear under water." The father, mother, brother and ex-husband of the actress took part in the search.
Naya Rivera disappeared on July 8, that day she rented a pontoon (flat-bottomed) boat and went with her son for a walk on Lake Piru, which is located southwest of Los Angeles.
Three hours after the start of the walk, her four-year-old son was discovered by people who were on another boat. He was asleep and was wearing a life jacket. According to the boy, it became known that they swam with Rivera, but “my mother did not return to the boat”.
Police said the search was complicated by the fact that there were a lot of algae in the lake that hid the place where her body was.
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Ayub noted that it is still difficult to judge what exactly happened during the walk, and he can only speculate.
According to the sheriff, in the afternoon, underwater currents often begin on the lake, which could carry the boat from the actress and her son. As Ayub said, Rivera may have somehow managed to get her child back on the boat, but she might not have the strength to save herself.
“Sleep well, Naya. How important you were! "- Tweeted actress Jane Lynch, who starred with Rivera in the series" Choir ". “Peace and love to your family”.
Another star of the series, Josh Sussman, writes: "Naya, we will miss you very much."
What is Naya Rivera famous for?
Rivera's career in show business began as a child, when she began acting in television series and commercials.
When she was 4, she co-starred on the American sitcom The Royal Family and starred in many other shows.
However, she became widely known with the role of Santana Lopez - one of the main characters in the series "Choir", which aired on the American Fox television channel from 2009 to 2015. Rivera starred in six seasons of the series, which chronicles the life of a choir called New Directions.
In 2014, she starred in the blockbuster thriller Home, and in the same year, the actress married actor Ryan Dorsey, with whom she gave birth to a son. They divorced in 2018.
Two colleagues of the actress on the TV series "Choir" were killed.
Canadian actor Corey Monteith, best known for his role as one of the characters in this series - Fin Hudson, died in 2013 from a drug overdose at the age of 31. Nai Rivera's body was discovered exactly seven years after his death.
In 2018, Mark Sulling - another actor on the show - committed suicide at the age of 35. Prior to that, he pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and was awaiting sentencing.
Naya Rivera dated Salling for some time, but he was not the father of her child.
In 2010-2012. she was included in the list of Maxim magazine “100 sexiest women” of the planet three times.
