Demi Lovato has taken to social media to ask fans to pray for Glee actress Naya Rivera after the starlet was pronounced missing.
Demi, 25, posted an image of a lit candle on her Instagram story along with the caption: “Please pray for Naya.”
Demi appeared alongside Naya in high school musical series Glee.
In series five of the hit show, Demi took on the role of Dani, the love interest of Naya’s character Santana Lopez.
Fellow Glee actress Heather Morris, 33, added: “We need all the prayers we can to bring our Naya back home to us. We need your love and light.”
On Wednesday, Naya went missing after her four-year-old son Josey was found alone on a boat on California’s Lake Piru.
Demi Lovato posted this message to fans on her Instagram (Image: ddlovato/Instagram)
The actress is missing and presumed dead according to local authorities.
Police are understood to have found Naya’s life jacket on the boat and have confirmed they believe that “she did go in the lake” to go swimming.
The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department confirmed added “this may well be a case of drowning”.
Naya with son Josey in 2019 (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
After she was reported missing, a large search team made up of divers and helicopters scoured the reservoir, however, as of 11.30am GMT on July 9 Naya is yet to be found.
Tragically, Naya’s final Instagram post was an adorable snap of herself and her son.
In the close-cropped image, Naya, 33, pressed her face affectionately against her son while closing her eyes.
She touchingly captioned the shot: “Just the two of us.”
Demi has asked fans to pray for Naya (Image: Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Going into detail about the tragic developments, spokesman for the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Captain Eric Buschow said: “They were seen going out on the lake together in the early afternoon, and approximately three hours after they left the dock another boater out on the lake discovered the boat drifting with the [son] on board asleep.
“So they contacted the rangers and began an investigation and we’ve been actively searching for the mother since that time.
“We have both aerial search going on and our dive team as well.
“Indications are that we believe she did go in the lake. At this point it’s still a search and that’s what we know up to this point.”
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