Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayoub told the media that the body of American actress and singer Naya Rivera was found 5 days after she disappeared during a boat trip on Lake Peru in Ventura County, California.

Ayoub denied any criminal suspicion in the accident, and confirmed that she did not commit suicide, and suggested that she had exhausted her energy to swim and could not return to the boat where her son slept, and added that the body would be dissected to arrive to announce the cause of death.

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According to what the boy, “Josie”, Rivera's son (4 years), told the police, they were swimming together in the lake. At some point, the child described his mother’s help in pushing him to the roof of the boat. He also told the investigators that he looked behind him and saw her disappear under the water’s surface.

The police chief explained the matter that there are many currents that appear suddenly in that lake, especially in the afternoon, which is the likely time of his disappearance, and Ayoub added that "the boat may have started drifting, and that it had gathered enough energy to return its son to the boat and did not She can save herself after she is exhausted. "

Rivera, 33, accompanied her son, "Josie", to a cruise last Wednesday, where she chartered a small boat for 3 hours in Lake Peru. Once the boat was delayed for half an hour, a rescue force was sent to search for them, but when the rescuers arrived they found Ibn Naya was sleeping on the boat wearing a life jacket, while there was no trace of his mother on him or in the range of waters surrounding him, and her life jacket was also found on the boat.

The rescue forces were unable at that time to continue searching for it because the area surrounding the boat is rugged and dense with trees and plants, and the police confirmed that they were searching for the body for 5 days using advanced technical equipment.

Divers continue the search for Naya Rivera this afternoon at Lake Piru. This is day 5 of the search and recovery effort. She disappeared Wednesday afternoon while swimming in the lake. pic.twitter.com/3etxZ3ycpN

- Ventura Co. Sheriff (@VENTURASHERIFF) July 12, 2020

Naya Rivera is one of the most famous heroes of the series "Glee". She married Ryanne Dorsey in 2014, but she separated from him after having her only child, Josie Hollis Dorsey, who managed to share her divorce custody just 3 months ago.