Naya Rivera seen with son Josey, 4, boarding boat on CCTV before Glee star ‘drowned’ in lake

HAUNTING CCTV footage shows Naya Rivera and her son as they board a boat at a lake then sail off before she disappeared.

The 33-year-old ‘Glee’ star and son Josey, four, are seen getting out of her car at Lake Piru in Southern and then renting the boat.

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On Thursday, officials switched their mission  after she vanished around 5pm the day before.

The CCTV footage released by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office shows Naya and Josey arriving in her black Mercedes SUV at the lake.

The pair then make their way to the boat rental area and can then be seen getting on board.

The boat then sails off on to the lake and soon after Naya went for a swim but hasn’t been seen again.

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The heartbreaking footage comes as:

• Police launched a search for Rivera after  on a rented boat in Lake Piru
• The tot told police his mom  as cops searched for her
• The loving mother shared a photo of her kissing Josey with the caption  moments before she vanished
• It was revealed that  and had vacationed there for years
• Rivera's former PR rep said  and had "a lot" of projects "in the works"
• Rapper , the Glee star's ex-fiance,  praying she would be found alive and safe
• Rivera shared a haunting Instagram post captioned  in the days before her disappearance

A 911 call that was made to report Naya missing has also been released by police.

An employee at the boat rental shop made the call when Naya's son was found alone on the boat after she didn't return it within the three-hour rental period.

Josey told police his mom  as cops searched for her

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Investigators with the  said on Thursday that more than 100 personnel were searching for  after she vanished in what they said "may well be a case of drowning."

The actress might have "drowned in what appears to be a tragic accident," Sergeant Kevin Donoghue said during a press conference. 

Officials said that Rivera's son,  —  on Wednesday afternoon — told them that he and his mother were swimming in the lake.

The boy said that .

Her child "gave enough information to investigators to ," Donoghue said.

Authorities said it's unclear how long it could take to find a body in the water but said Rivera is presumed dead.

If Rivera's body is "entangled in something under the water, the body might never come up," Donoghue said on Thursday.

Earlier on Thursday, Ventura County Deputy Chris Dyer told The Sun: "We're still hoping to find her alive. It's a search and rescue mission. We're searching the water and the shoreline."

"Situations like this don't happen so often, but . This happened on the north end of the lake."

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