US gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton has sparked worries for her security after 'disappearing' following her DWI charge in West Virginia last month, the Daily Mail has found out.

Concerned member of the family in the little town of Fairmont revealed they have actually not seen or heard from the Olympic gold medalist, 57 - who is based in Texas - given that her arrest in her hometown on May 17.

The absence of communication is nothing new for the former professional athlete, according to loved ones, who say Retton hadn't even informed her family that she was in town before her embarrassing encounter with cops.

Last week, the Daily Mail solely exposed that Retton was captured 'slurring her words' with a 'screw top' bottle of white wine in the passenger seat while she was behind the wheel of her Porsche.

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

Officers kept in mind 'the odor of alcohol' emitting from her while she remained in the chauffeur'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 influence of alcohol, managed compounds, or drugs'.

An inside source stated in the wake of her arrest: 'Her family had no concept she was here at all, they discovered the arrest when everybody else did.

Mary Lou Retton has sparked worries for her security as relative say she has 'vanished' given that her DWI arrest in West Virginia last month

Retton was the first American female to win an Olympic specific well-rounded gold when she edged out Romania's Ecaterina Szabo (left) at just 16 years of ages at the 1984 video games

'They do not really talk much, she moved away. She never called them to inform them that she was coming back, they just found out after the arrest.

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

Now it appears Retton has gone totally to ground, without any sign of her at her household home in Fairmont or her main home, her post-divorce residential or commercial property in Texas.

Exclusive Daily Mail pictures reveal her $550,000 home in Boerne, Kendall County, looking deserted, with packages and flyers littering the deck.

Neighbors state they have not seen her at the residential or commercial property in the past two weeks, including that Retton mostly keeps to herself in the gated compound.

After Daily Mail connected to her children on Thursday, her lawyer Edmund J. Rollo issued a declaration on Tuesday, stating the star was in 'good spirits.'

'She is extremely appreciative of all of the assistance she has actually gotten,' he added. 'Mary Lou will provide a declaration at the proper time. Until then, please regard her privacy.'

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

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

According to social media, Retton and her 4 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 children, Skyla, 24, Emma, turning 23, Shayla, 30, and McKenna, 28, has actually not been seen or spoken with by her relatives in her home town in West Virginia since her arrest on May 17, insiders informed DailyMail.com

Retton spoke openly about her scary health battle after she was hospitalized in October 2023 with a rare type of pneumonia

Now it appears Retton has actually gone entirely to ground, without any indication of her at her family home in Fairmont or her post-divorce residential or commercial property and main house in Texas (visualized) last Thursday

And while her member of the family in West Virginia have shared their shock at her arrest, Retton's kids have actually remained tight lipped over the incident, declining to talk to the Daily Mail.

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

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

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

Her older brother Donnie, 59, passed away in December of in 2015, with an obituary mentioning there was 'no visitation or funeral services'.

Court records show that an attorney representing Retton appeared alone at a hearing on May 27, to send a movement for discovery.

Officers kept in mind during her arrest that she had a 'screw top container of wine' that was in the passenger seat of her car when they approached her.

She failed all three phases of the basic field sobriety test, and declined a roadside preliminary breath test, in addition to a secondary chemical test of her blood.

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

She was launched after personally posting a $1,500 bond. Representatives for Retton are yet to resolve the arrest.

A legal representative representing Retton based in Morgantown, West Virginia, did not right away respond to an ask for comment by the Daily Mail.

Best known for receiving 2 best 10 ratings at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics weeks after a knee operation, Retton has actually battled more health problems in the last few years.

The decorated gymnast had problem with pneumonia in 2023, which led her child to create a crowdfunding page to assist pay mounting health center costs, raising $200,000 in just a day.

But the household quickly drew criticism after declining to clarify where the donations would be going, while Retton's claim to not have insurance coverage was also questioned by some.

'They didn't deserve that,' Retton said in May when inquired about the backlash her daughters received.

'They were simply attempting to look after me. I don't care about the cynics. There are trolls everywhere. It's what makes us America. Everybody's got an opinion, however it is what it is.'

While there was a pleased ending for Retton in 2023, physicians briefly feared for her life as her daughters delivered what they thought would be their final goodbye to their mom.

Retton's child, Shayla Schrepfer, 30, was found out and about in Texas, but declined to comment on her mom's arrest or location

Retton posing with her child 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 developer Shannon Kelley (center) in Houston, Texas in 1990. They separated in 2018

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

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

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

Retton believes she recuperated from the scary ordeal as 'God wasn't ready' for her yet, in spite of admitting that she is very lucky to still live.

'Girl, I should be dead,' she included. 'The medical professionals informed them [children] to come to state their bye-byes.

'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 envision what that resembled, to view their mommy on her deathbed.'

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

Mary Lou Retton became the very first American female to win a specific well-rounded gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games. The now-retired gymnast was left battling for her life in hospital with a rare type of pneumonia in late 2023, triggering her children set up a SpotFund account that raised $500,000 in donations

In 2015, the mom-of-four drew criticism after claiming to have no health insurance and asking for financial backing from the public when she was struck down with an uncommon type of pneumonia, despite having received a $2million settlement from her divorce

The discoveries cast more doubt on why the five-time gold medal winner had no health insurance coverage when she was struck down with a rare kind of pneumonia and why her family resorted to asking for money online to bail her out.

Court documents submitted in Houston that revealed she had a little fortune following her divorce from Shannon Kelley.

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

Not consisted of because figure were the proceeds from the sale of two houses, one in Houston and the other in Fairmont, West Virginia, which again were to be split 50/50.

Nor were the profits from a claim in which she sued Indiana-based medical business Biomet Recovery over two hip replacements that failed.

It is not known how much she got however others who took legal action against the company in similar scenarios navigated $2million each.

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

She ended up being the very first American woman to win an Olympic private all-around gold when she edged out Romania's Ecaterina Szabo.