Naya Rivera was out boating with her young son Josey last Wednesday when tragedy struck. In a final attempt to protect her four-year-old son, the actress, 33, had just enough strength to push him back into the boat from the lake.
The Glee star then disappeared underneath the water. On Monday, Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub confirmed they had found a body that has been identified as Naya.
In his moving press conference, he spoke about Naya's final gesture as she desperately tried to keep her son safe. "She mustered enough energy to get her son back onto the boat, but not enough to save herself," the sheriff said.
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