'Glee' star Naya Rivera presumed dead at 33 after lake search finds no trace of her

2019 file photo of actress Naya Rivera and son Josey Hollis Dorsey. Rivera is missing and feared drowned at a California lake, where divers, patrol boats and helicopters resumed their search for the US actress on July 9,2020. Photo: AFP

Glee star Naya Rivera is believed to have accidentally drowned in a California lake, authorities said Thursday, after a search involving divers, patrol boats and helicopters found no trace of the US actress.

The operation to locate the 33-year-old at Lake Piru, about an hour's drive northwest of Los Angeles,"has turned into a recovery mission," said a Ventura County Sheriff's Office statement.