British Paralympian Reported Missing In Las Vegas

Friends and family of a British Paralympian who went missing successful Las Vegas are appealing for thief successful uncovering him.

Sam Ruddock from Rugby successful Warwickshire, who has competed successful changeable putt, cycling and sprinting, had travelled to nan United States to watch a WrestleMania arena and was past heard from connected 16 April.

His adjacent friend Lucy Hatton said his disappearance was "really, really retired of character" but that he had not "been successful rather nan correct caput space" recently.

She said Las Vegas constabulary were alert and were treating him arsenic a missing person.

Ms Hatton said her friend, who has cerebral palsy, was a "fantastic quality being" who enjoyed going into schools to "inspire nan adjacent generation".

She said she drove him to nan airdrome connected 13 April and knew he had been staying astatine a lodging successful Las Vegas up of nan large wrestling event.

Mr Ruddock was "very progressive connected societal media", she said, truthful erstwhile each interaction stopped connected 16 April, she said "it started to raise flags".

His mother, Fran Ruddock from Lincoln, said he usually said to her each time and was usually "very sociable".

She asked anyone who mightiness cognize him, successful nan UK aliases United States, to get successful touch if they had information.

"Anything astatine each to portion together nan gaps," she said.

Along pinch his mother, Ms Hatton said she alerted nan constabulary successful nan UK and they raised nan lawsuit pinch constabulary successful nan United States and pinch Interpol.

She said she had besides spoken to nan lodging wherever he had been staying and was told he had not checked out, but his possessions had been near successful his room.

British Cycling said it understood he had been reported missing to constabulary successful nan United States and nan UK.

A spokesperson added: "We impulse anyone who has been successful interaction pinch Sam since 16 April aliases whitethorn person immoderate accusation of his whereabouts to interaction their section constabulary section arsenic soon arsenic possible."

Lincolnshire Police confirmed location was an progressive missing persons investigation.