. >> now the search for answers after the death of cory monteith. >> reporter: seven years ago, cory eith died from an accidental drug overdose shortly before the fifth season. his character written into a future episode dedicated to his life. in 2018 another cast member, mark saling, who played puck on the show. rivera's short life had almost always been in the spotlight, nabbing her first role in "royal family" at the age of 4. >> whenever grand ppa wanted to talk about you i had to leave the room. >> reporter: portraying a gay cheerleader. and the role rocketed her to fame. >> naya rivera's role was groundbreaking. brought representation to the forefront of television. >> reporter: rivera appeared on "rolling stone." she co-hosted "fashion police" alongside joan rivers. >> my best was the 2013 glad awards. >> reporter: most recently, she was showing off her tansidancin again. the show had just been renewed for a third season by cable network starz!. >> she was very excited to join that series, which is quite an accomplishment. oftentimes in hollywood when characters are so famous f

salling committed suicide after pleading guilty to downloading child pornography, and in 2013, cory monteithing of an accidental drug overdose. naya rivera shares custody of her son with her ex-husband ryan dorsey. with daylight, search and rescue teams are getting back to work. we anticipate an aerial effort with a helicopter and drones as well as dive teams in the water. george. >> such a sad story, thanks very much. >>> we're going to get the latest on the george floyd case. newly released transcripts from police body cams reveal more of what happened in george floyd's final moments, repeating, "i can't breathe" again and again, begging the officers not to kill him. alex perez has the story. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning, george. these new details surfaced after the attorney for former officer thomas lane filed a motion in court to have the charges dismissed. now, lane is one of the officers charged with aiding and abetting former officer derek chauvin in the murder of george floyd. the court filing included a long transcript of body cam video and pictures of the alleged f

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for you >> reporter: rivera's disappearance comes after the deaths of two other cast members, cory monteith a drug overdose and mark salling who killed himself in 2018 after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. after night her co-stars sharing messages of hope on social media, demi lovat. o saying please play for naya rivera to be found. friends and family also flooding her social media pages, highlighting her recent instagram post about valuing life. make the most of today and every day that you're given. tomorrow is not promised. just two days ago sharing this heartwarming photo with her son. the caption reading just the two of us. >> her 4-year-old son, joe, were police able to get any information about what happened to her from him? and what do we know about how he's doing? >> reporter: officials say they were able to speak with the boy. he told them that they had been swimming. the boy was able to get back on the boat but rivera did not get back on the boat. officials were working to reunite the child with family members. >> okay, joe fryer, keep us posted, joe. >>> coming up