Authorities have described Glee actress, Naya Rivera, as an hero as they speculate that she may have drowned after using all her energy to save her son while they both swam in Lake Piru, California.
It would be recalled that Rivera rented a pontoon boat on Wednesday, July 8. Her 4-year-old son, Josey, was later found alone and asleep on the boat by another boater on the lake.
A life jacket, believed to have been Rivera’s, was found on board along with her identification.
Rivera, 33, disappeared during the boating trip with authorities confirming on Monday night that a body had been found during their recovery mission on Lake Piru in California.
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After a thorough search, Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub confirmed that the body was Rivera’s based on its condition and physical characteristics.
Ayub said;
We know from speaking with her son that he and Naya swam in the lake together at some point during their journey. It was during that time that her son described being helped into the boat by Naya, who boosted him onto the deck from behind. He told investigators that he looked back and saw her disappear under the surface of the water.
In response to a reporter’s question about how Rivera had managed to get her son back onto the boat but not herself, Ayub said she had probably depleted all of her energy-saving him.
Robert Inglis, of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team, confirmed that Rivera had sent a photo of Josey to a family member around two hours before he was discovered alone on the pontoon boat.
She is known for always expressing her love for her son through various social media posts.
Rivera’s last Instagram post before her death was a photo of herself and Josey with the caption: “Just the two of us.”
