Rivera disappeared Wednesday from Lake Piru in Ventura County, California, while boating with her son, Josey. Her body was found Monday after a six day search. The day also marked the seventh anniversary of the death of her "Glee" co-star, Cory Monteith.
There was no indication Rivera's death involved foul play, and no indication it was a suicide, Ayub said. Sherrif's officials had said earlier Rivera went to the lake last Wednesday afternoon and rented a boat with her child.
The pair were seen going out on the boat together, he said, and about three hours after they left the dock another boater discovered the boat drifting with the child asleep onboard.
She was 4 when she landed the role of Hillary Winston on the short-lived comedy "The Royal Family," which was created by Eddie Murphy and starred Della Reese and Redd Foxx.
Rivera wrote in her 2016 memoir, "Sorry Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes, and Growing Up," about being on set the day Foxx collapsed and died of a massive heart attack in 1991.
Rivera's final post on Instagram was the day before she disappeared and showed a close-up of her and her son nuzzling.