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US gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton has stimulated fears for her security after 'disappearing' following her DWI charge in West Virginia last month, the Daily Mail has discovered.

Concerned family members in the village of Fairmont exposed they have actually not seen or spoken with the Olympic gold medalist, 57 - who is based in Texas - since her arrest in her hometown on May 17.

The lack of communication is absolutely nothing new for the former athlete, according to loved ones, who say Retton had not even notified her household that she remained in town before her embarrassing encounter with police.

Last week, the Daily Mail exclusively revealed that Retton was captured 'slurring her words' with a 'screw leading' bottle of wine in the passenger seat while she lagged the wheel of her Porsche.

She had actually pulled over at an AutoZone in Fairmont after being seen 'driving all over the highway'.

Officers noted 'the smell of alcohol' emitting from her while she was in the motorist's seat of the cars and truck while it was still running, according to court records.

She failed all three stages of the standard field sobriety test and was charged in Marion County for 'driving under impact of alcohol, controlled compounds, or drugs'.

A within source stated in the wake of her arrest: 'Her household had no concept she was here at all, they found out about the arrest when everybody else did.

Mary Lou Retton has actually stimulated fears for her security as household members say she has 'disappeared' given that her DWI arrest in West Virginia last month
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Retton was the very first American female to win an Olympic specific well-rounded gold when she edged out Romania's Ecaterina Szabo (left) at only 16 years of ages at the 1984 games

'They don't really talk much, she moved away. She never ever called them to inform them that she was returning, they just found out after the arrest.

'That's households for you, it's not her best choice. Families are like that, there wasn't a falling out - they just have not spoken in a while'.

Now it appears Retton has actually gone completely to ground, with no indication of her at her family home in Fairmont or her primary home, her post-divorce residential or commercial property in Texas.

Exclusive Daily Mail pictures show her $550,000 home in Boerne, Kendall County, looking deserted, with plans and flyers cluttering the porch.

Neighbors say they have actually not seen her at the residential or commercial property in the past 2 weeks, including that Retton primarily keeps to herself in the gated compound.

After Daily Mail connected to her daughters on Thursday, her legal representative Edmund J. Rollo released a declaration on Tuesday, stating the star remained in 'good spirits.'

'She is extremely pleased of all of the support she has actually received,' he included. 'Mary Lou will issue a statement at the suitable time. Until then, please respect her privacy.'

The retired Olympian has invested much of her life in between West Virginia and Texas, where she has been based given that 2012.

She was married to Texas Longhorns quarterback-turned-real estate designer Shannon Kelly, with whom she shares children Shayla, 30, McKenna, 28, Skyla, 24, and Emma, 23, from 1990 to 2018.

According to social networks, Retton and her four children have a really close relationship, though she has not appeared in her kids's Instagram posts in at least 6 months.

Retton, who has 4 daughters, Skyla, 24, Emma, turning 23, Shayla, 30, and McKenna, 28, has not been seen or heard from by her loved ones in her home town in West Virginia given that her arrest on May 17, experts informed DailyMail.com

Retton spoke publicly about her scary health fight after she was hospitalized in October 2023 with an unusual kind of pneumonia

Now it appears Retton has gone completely to ground, without any sign of her at her family home in Fairmont or her post-divorce residential or commercial property and main residence in Texas (pictured) last Thursday

And while her household members in West Virginia have actually shared their shock at her arrest, Retton's children have stayed tight lipped over the occurrence, declining to speak with the Daily Mail.

But they have been posting puzzling inspirational religious posts describing life and mistakes as 'God's will' on their social networks.

Her youngest child Emma, is set to get married later on this month in Dallas, though it's unclear if the gymnastics legend will go to.

Member of the family are supposedly worried about the arrest, though were 'uninformed' of any reason or concerns regarding why Retton could have driven the 1,500 mile cross country trip from Texas to West Virginia.

Her older bro Donnie, 59, passed away in December of last year, with an obituary stating there was 'no visitation or funeral services'.

Court records show that a lawyer representing Retton appeared alone at a hearing on May 27, to submit a motion for discovery.

Officers noted throughout her arrest that she had a 'screw top container of white wine' that remained in the guest seat of her cars and truck when they approached her.

She stopped working all 3 phases of the standard field sobriety test, and refused a roadside initial breath test, along with a secondary chemical test of her blood.

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Retton was charged in Marion County for 'driving under impact of alcohol, controlled compounds, or drugs,' according to the West Virginia Magistrate Court system.

She was released after personally publishing a $1,500 bond. Representatives for Retton are yet to address the arrest.

A lawyer representing Retton based in Morgantown, West Virginia, did not immediately react to a request for remark by the Daily Mail.

Best known for receiving two best 10 ratings at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics weeks after a knee operation, Retton has battled more health concerns in current years.

The decorated gymnast battled with pneumonia in 2023, which led her daughter to develop a crowdfunding page to assist pay mounting healthcare facility costs, raising $200,000 in simply a day.

But the household quickly drew criticism after refusing to clarify where the contributions would be going, while Retton's claim to not have insurance was likewise doubted by some.

'They didn't should have that,' Retton said in May when inquired about the reaction her children got.

'They were just attempting to take care of me. I do not care about the naysayers. There are giants all over. It's what makes us America. Everybody's got an opinion, however it is what it is.'
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While there was a pleased ending for Retton in 2023, physicians quickly feared for her life as her daughters delivered what they believed would be their final goodbye to their mom.

Retton's daughter, Shayla Schrepfer, 30, was identified out and about in Texas, but decreased to discuss her mom's arrest or location

Retton presenting with her daughter McKenna Kelley at the NCAA championships in 2019. The previous gymnast was 'slurring her words' when she pulled over into an AutoZone in Fairmont, West Virginia

Retton wed Texas Longhorns quarterback-turned-real estate designer Shannon Kelley (center) in Houston, Texas in 1990. They separated in 2018

Even now, Retton fears she will never appropriately recuperate from the damage to her lungs.

'It's been truly hard,' she said in a psychological interview with People in 2024. 'My lungs are so scarred. It will be a lifetime of healing.

'My physicality was the only thing I had and it was eliminated from me. It's embarrassing.'

Retton thinks she recuperated from the terrifying ordeal as 'God wasn't all set' for her yet, regardless of confessing that she is incredibly fortunate to still live.

'Girl, I should be dead,' she included. 'The doctors told them [daughters] to come to say their goodbyes.

'They prayed over me, and McKenna stated, 'Mommy, it's OK, you can go.'

'I didn't have much of a relationship with my mother, however I can't picture what that resembled, to enjoy their mama on her deathbed.'

Her heath issues followed DailyMail.com revealed that she was likewise expected to collect around $2million more in settlement after a legal spat with the manufacturer of her two metal hip replacements.

Retton became the very first American female to win a private all-around gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games. The now-retired gymnast was left defending her life in health center with a rare type of pneumonia in late 2023, triggering her daughters established a SpotFund account that raised $500,000 in contributions

Last year, the mom-of-four drew criticism after declaring to have no medical insurance and requesting for financial backing from the public when she was struck down with an unusual kind of pneumonia, despite having actually received a $2million settlement from her divorce

The discoveries cast more doubt on why the five-time gold medal winner had no medical insurance when she was overruled with an unusual type of pneumonia and why her household resorted to begging for money online to bail her out.

Court papers filed in Houston that showed she had a little fortune following her divorce from Shannon Kelley.

The residential or commercial property department accepted by the court showed that Retton got cash and residential or commercial property worth $1,950,597 as she and Kelley divided their assets down the middle after 28 years of marital relationship.

Not included because figure were the proceeds from the sale of 2 homes, one in Houston and the other in Fairmont, West Virginia, which once again were to be divided 50/50.

Nor were the earnings from a lawsuit in which she sued Indiana-based medical business Biomet Recovery over 2 hip replacements that went incorrect.

It is not understood just how much she got however others who took legal action against the business in similar circumstances navigated $2million each.

Retton discovered instantaneous popularity as a 16-year-old when she won her medals at the 1984 Los Angeles games.

She ended up being the very first American female to win an Olympic specific well-rounded gold when she edged out Romania's Ecaterina Szabo.