UPDATED, Monday, 9:54 AM: The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department said Monday that they have recovered a body in Lake Piru, where authorities have been searching since the disappearance of actress Naya Rivera last week.
Ventura’s sheriff said the body was found this morning and is being recovered. A press conference is scheduled for 2 PM on the lake, a reservoir in the Los Padres National Forest and the Topatopa Mountains of Ventura County.
Tulare County Sheriffs and San Luis Obispo Sheriffs have also been participating in the search for Rivera, who is presumed to have died after diving into a boat in Piru Lake and never returning to the surface. She was accompanied by her 4-year-old son who was found asleep on his rented pontoon.
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The search has been ongoing and hampered by difficult conditions including hot weather and rough terrain around the lake.
UPDATE, Sunday, 12 PM: The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department provided an update on its recovery efforts after the disappearance of actress Naya Rivera on Wednesday.
Authorities confirmed that the search at Piru Lake includes surrounding buildings and said the search will continue day by day in the future. The lake’s sonar scans are expected to be completed by the end of Sunday.
The sheriff’s department also discouraged private searches, pointing to hot weather and dangerous terrain around the lake, which remains closed.
The search effort continues to involve diving teams.
UPDATE, Saturday, 11 AM: The Ventura County Sheriffs Department continues to search today for Naya Rivera on Lake Piru.
The muddy, debris-filled lake has hampered recovery efforts for search crews. Tulare County Sheriffs and San Luis Obispo Sheriffs are also involved in the search for Rivera, who is presumed to have died after diving into a boat in Lake Piru and never to return to the surface.
UPDATE: Friday, 3:30 pm A spokesman for the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department gave an update Friday on efforts to find Joy Actress Naya Rivera. Rivera has been missing since Wednesday when she disappeared while swimming in Piru Lake north of Los Angeles. The boat she rented was found later in the day with her four-year-old son asleep on board.
There were fewer people searching for Rivera on Friday, up to 40 out of 100 the day before. The reasons for the reduction, the spokesperson said, were the dangers of low visibility and what he described yesterday as “trees and plants and things that are underwater that can cause tangles.” Shallow in parts, at its lowest point underwater, the lake is over 1,000 feet deep.
As a result, rescuers tried to be safer and more effective, using special dogs and technology to limit their search on Friday. “We are not putting divers in the water at the same speed,” the spokesman said. “We are using sonar to identify things and then we send divers to investigate. With technology we can search for larger areas more efficiently. “
“Last night they had a couple of images that appeared that they thought might be promising,” the Sheriff’s spokesman said. He indicated that, after the search resumed at 6 am on Friday morning, a robotic submarine was dispatched to those locations. “Unfortunately, they did not locate Naya Rivera,” he said.
The search team was also pulling dogs out in boats to see if they could help where sonar couldn’t. The boats combed the lake with the animals placed in the back, apparently because dogs can detect odors from the bottom of lakes that are stirred by the bubbles produced by a boat propeller.
The search will continue on the north and east sides of the lake for the rest of Friday, predominantly in an area called “The Narrows,” where the boat Rivera rented was found.
UPDATE: Thursday, 4:30 pm A search and rescue operation has become a recovery effort for Glee’s Naya Rivera. The actress has been missing since Wednesday when she disappeared while swimming in Piru Lake north of Los Angeles.
“We assume that an accident occurred and we assume that he drowned in the lake,” Rep. Chris Dyer said at a press conference Thursday afternoon. “The goal is still to take Miss Rivera home with her family,” he said.
The Ventura County Sheriffs Department also released the security camera images of the Piru Lake boat launch. Possibly Rivera’s last recording alive, shows the actress and her son when they arrive and rent a pontoon.
About 100 volunteers and public safety personnel from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, the US Coast Guard, and specialized diving teams from Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, and Tulare counties participated in the search for Rivera. , but his body had not been found Thursday. late.
Divers experienced less than a foot of visibility in the water, even in daylight. “In that area, there are a lot of trees and plants and things that are underwater that can cause tangles,” said a Sheriff’s Department spokesman. “It makes it unsafe for divers and makes it a more complicated search.” The difficult conditions have made the recovery operation a very slow process. Crews were also using sonar to assist with the search.
Sheriff’s officials said there was no evidence of foul play.
In a 911 call released Thursday by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, the woman who first notified authorities about a missing woman identifies herself as the wife of one of the workers at the lake. The call reveals few new details and even contains a factual error. The woman on the call says she believes they found a girl in the boat when she was, in fact, Rivera’s 4-year-old son.
Various Joy the alumni flocked to social media on Thursday to offer prayers for their former co-star:
Demi Lovato, who also played alongside Rivera on the hit show, posted an Instagram story asking people to “Please pray that @nayarivera is safe and sound.”
UPDATE, Thursday 11 am The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department has convened specialized diving teams in their search on Lake Piru for actress Naya Rivera. “Our hearts and prayers go out to all the family and friends of the Rivera family,” the Department tweeted.
The VCSD did not officially announce that Rivera is presumed dead.
“We have mutual help for specialized dive teams en route from Los Angeles County, San Luis Obispo County and Tulare County,” the VCSD tweet said. “We will keep you informed with updates as we learn them. Our hearts and prayers go out to the entire family and friends of the Rivera family. “
UPDATE, Thursday 6 am The search for Naya Rivera continues this morning at Lake Piru in southern California, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department said today. The lake will be closed to the public as search operations continue, and diving teams from across the region will assist us through mutual assistance.
PREVIOUS, Wednesday night Actress Naya Rivera went missing on Wednesday in Piru Lake in southern California. Ventura County Sheriff’s Department officials began the search for Joy student after her 4-year-old son was found alone in a boat on the lake on Wednesday afternoon.
According to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department, quoted by KCBS-TV, Rivera rented the boat at approximately 1 PM. About three hours later, another navigator found the boy in the boat alone. The boy reportedly told authorities that he and Rivera had been swimming, his mother jumped into the water but did not return to the boat.
A search for Rivera, identified by the Sheriff’s Department as a “possible drowning victim,” was immediately initiated, involving helicopters, drones, and diving equipment. The entire shoreline and lake surface have been thoroughly inspected, according to officials. Operations were suspended due to darkness on Wednesday night, but are expected to resume on Thursday morning.
Best known for her role as Santana López in the popular Fox drama. JoyRivera stars Step up: high water, It started on YouTube and Starz recently picked it up for a second season.
Here’s Rivera’s latest Instagram post from Tuesday, featuring a photo with her son:
