Naya Rivera’s final Instagram post before she went missing showed her affectionally hugging her four-year-old son.
The actress, who found fame playing cheerleader Santana Lopez in Glee, uploaded the shot to her 1.9 million followers on Instagram.
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.”
The upload was quickly flooded with messages from fans, all of whom were adoring the shot.
However, after news broke of the starlet’s disappearance, the comments section quickly filled with comments from concerned supporters praying she is found safe and well.
Concerning reports have revealed that Naya’s four-year-old son Josey was found alone on a boat on California’s Lake Piru.
Naya’s final Instagram post was this adorable image of the actress and her son (Image: Naya Rivera/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”.
After she was reported missing, a large search team made up of divers and helicopters scoured the reservoir, however, as of 8.30am GMT on July 9 Naya is yet to be found.
Naya Rivera poses with her son in 2019 (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
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.”
Naya Rivera found main stream fame on hit US show Glee
Initially incorrectly identifying her son as a three-year-old girl, Buschow added: “The [son] said that she had been swimming with her mother and that she got back in the boat and her mum didn’t.
“We know that the girl had a life vest on, there was another adult life vest found on the boat. It’s somewhat challenging interviewing a three-year-old.
“We’re going on the belief that she did go in the water, and we’ve not been able to locate her. This may well be a case of drowning.
“This is a big reservoir, it’s deep, these kinds of things happen. We don’t know all the circumstances. Investigators are working on that, getting as much information as possible.”
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