Police release major update over missing Brit Paralympian Sam Ruddock

Missing Brit Paralympian has been found safe in following his shock disappearance four days ago.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Department said a was filed on Thursday, April 24, for the 35-year-old - whose mother, Fran Ruddock, said he was attending WrestleMania 41. Worried pals of the sportsman were desperately trying to hunt down a mystery Las Vegas man who was last seen with the Brit before his phone suddenly stopped receiving messages last week. Sam, who has represented in shot put, cycling and sprinting, posted several videos of himself in Sin City to his before he vanished. During one ten-minute clip, he was seen being driven towards the famous Las Vegas Strip and chatting to a “Steve” as he told him about his stay in the States and how he arrived in the to attend WrestleMania.

Fran earlier told FOX5 that her son deals with cerebral palsy and was staying at a motel in downtown Las Vegas. The motel was holding his belongings. The Paralympian was also reported missing to the British police and the UK Foreign Office - but in a major update released this evening, police in Las Vegas have confirmed Sam has been located safely.

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Sam's pal of ten years, Lucy Earl, said she had last heard from the 35-year-old on Apil 16 - when he stayed with her the night before his flight. She said she contacted police and the hostel Ruddock was staying in, and was told he failed to check out or collect his bellongings when he should have last week.

Speaking during the time of his disappearance, Lucy said: “Sam is very, very present on social media, he’s such a passionate person about sports. He flew on the 13th, I’ve got confirmation that he landed, I absolutely know Sam was in Vegas. The concerning part is he went silent from the 16th and, because he is such a big presence on social media, people were quite fast to notice.”

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