The initial search for Naya Rivera on Wednesday night included about 50 people from the sheriff’s office, unmanned aerial vehicles, a helicopter, divers and boat crews, but after five hours the search had to be suspended due to the dangerous conditions that the divers faced in zero visibility waters at 10 p.m. The search resumed the next day, though, and eventually also included the Coast Guard, cadaver dogs and sonar devices.
Some of Rivera’s family, including her mother, younger brother and father, visited the lake during the search over the weekend, but by that time it was already considered a recovery mission, as opposed to a rescue operation.