Naya Rivera Is Missing and 'Presumed Dead' After Her 4-Year-Old Son Was Found Alone on Boat in Lake

Her body was found in Lake Piru in Southern California after she was reported missing on a boat trip with her four-year-old son last week.

One day after Naya Rivera's body was found in Lake Piru, Calif., her cause of death has been revealed.

Naya Rivera's cause of death has been revealed.

Glee actress Naya Rivera's body was found in Lake Piru, the Ventura Sheriff's Department confirmed in its press conference given today. Sheriff Bill Ayub detailed reporters on what their investigation revealed, including the heartbreaking detail that Rivera appeared to sacrifice her life to help her four-year-old son Josey get back in the pontoon boat they rented.

Amber Riley posted a video of Naya Rivera singing “Skidamarink” with her 4-year-old son, Josey, after the late actress’ body was found in Lake Piru on Monday, July 13.“My favorite duet partner,” the Los Angeles native, 34, captioned the Tuesday, July 14, Instagram footage. “I love you.

Missing Glee star Naya Rivera is now presumed dead, police said.The actress went missing on Wednesday while on a rented boat with her four-year-old son at Lake Piru, about 56 miles north-west of central Los Angeles.The Ventura County Sheriff’s office said the effort to find the actress, best known for playing Santana Lopez on musical comedy series Glee, is now a "search and recovery operation".There is no foul play suspected and officers believe Rivera, 33, drowned.Police said a huge search

Naya Rivera was reported missing, an eyewitness says they saw the actress and her 4-year-old son, Josey.An eyewitness exclusively tells ET that they saw the former star and her son arrive at Lake Piru in the Los Padres National Forest in Ventura County, California, around 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

Naya Rivera starred in six seasons of Ryan Murphy's musical comedy Glee as the witty cheerleader Santana Lopez. On Wednesday (July 8), the 33-year-old actress went missing at Southern California's Lake Piru while apparently on a boating trip with her 4-year-old son.

Glee alum Naya Rivera is missing and presumed dead after her son was found alone on a boat in a lake. The Fillmore Police Department in California confirmed on Wednesday, July 8, that the actress is missing after she and her 4-year-old son, Josey Rivera, went on a trip to Lake Piru in Ventura County, California, where rented a pontoon boat for three hours and went swimming in the water.

Glee star Naya Rivera is missing after her 4-year-old son was found alone on a boat Wednesday evening in Lake Piru in Ventura County, California. Ventura County Sheriff's Department Capt.

Naya Rivera’s Glee love interest, Heather Morris, took to Instagram during the early hours of July 9 to pray for the safe return of her friend. Heather’s message came after it was confirmed by the Ventura County Sheriff that Naya went missing at Lake Puru in California. “We need all the prayers we can get to bring our Naya back home to us,” Heather wrote. “We need your love and light.”

Former Glee actor Naya Rivera is missing, feared dead on a Southern California lake after her four year old son was found sleeping alone, adrift on a boat which had been rented by Rivera three hours earlier.A massive search for the Glee star, including divers searching Lake Piru, has been suspended until morning.