Authorities search for 'Glee' star believed to have drowned

Naya Rivera had died at the age of 33 after it was confirmed the body found at a California lake is the missing actress. The star was presumed dead after her four-year-old son was found floating alone on a boat on Lake Piru in California on Wednesday afternoon.

Glee actress Alex Newell is reacting to Naya Rivera‘s tragic death at the age of 33 after being found in Lake Piru in California.

LOS ANGELES -- The search to find “Glee” TV show star Naya Rivera in a Southern California lake resumed on Sunday, authorities said. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said last Thursday that they believe Rivera, 33, drowned in Lake Piru, northwest of Los Angeles.

A body has been found at the lake where former “Glee” star Naya Rivera went missing in Southern California last week.

A body was recovered Monday at Lake Piru in Southern California, the site where Glee actress Naya Rivera went missing last Wednesday while boating with her 4-year-old son.

LOS ANGELES -- A body was found Monday at a Southern California lake during the search for “Glee” star Naya Rivera, authorities said. The body was discovered five days after the 33-year-old Rivera disappeared on Lake Piru, where her son was found July 8 alone a few hours later on a boat the two had rented, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said.

Members of Naya Rivera’s family have been helping Ventura County, California authorities search for the Glee actress since she went missing during a boating trip on Wednesday afternoon. Rivera’s mother and brother have been at Lake Piru every day since Naya went missing, and her ex-husband Ryan Dorsey has also helped look for the actress.

Naya Rivera’s Glee co-star Heather Morris pleaded with the Ventura County, California Sheriff’s office via social media on Saturday to let her help take an active role in the recovery efforts to find her close friend and co-star. However, they have responded to Morris by explaining that the search and recovery efforts need to stay in the hands of trained professionals.

Glee actress Heather Morris wants to join the search for her friend and former co-star Naya Rivera, who went missing several days ago at a lake in Southern California.Morris, who portrayed Brittany S. Piece on the Fox musical comedy series, took to social media on Sunday (July 12) to ask law enforcement in Ventura County how she can help in the search.

LOS ANGELES -- The search to find “Glee" TV show star Naya Rivera in a Southern California lake ended Saturday without any results, authorities said. The Ventura County Sheriff's Office said in a tweet Saturday night that the search of Lake Piru will resume Sunday morning.

Naya Rivera‘s mom and brother joined a search on Saturday, July 11, for the Glee star, who went missing three days earlier while boating on a California lake with her son.TMZ posted photos on Saturday of Rivera’s mom, Yolanda, and the actress’ younger brother, Mychal, wearing life vests as they stepped off a sheriff’s boat on Lake Piru, 50 miles from Los Angeles, where Naya disappeared on Wednesday, July 8.

Naya Rivera may have hit her head while diving from the boat where her son Josey was found alone, a diver searching for her body has claimed.The 33 year old former Glee star is presumed to have drowned at Lake Piru in southern California after her son was found alone on the rented vessel on Wednesday. A recovery operation is underway, after the search was temporarily called off on Friday night as the darkness limited to visibility for the rescue divers.