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

Concerned relative in the village of Fairmont revealed they have 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 interaction is nothing new for the former professional athlete, according to family members, who state Retton had not even informed her household that she remained in town before her humiliating encounter with authorities.

Recently, the Daily Mail exclusively exposed that Retton was captured 'slurring her words' with a 'screw top' bottle of wine in the passenger seat while she was behind 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' giving off from her while she was in the driver's seat of the cars and truck while it was still running, according to court records.

She stopped working all 3 phases of the basic field sobriety test and was charged in Marion County for 'driving under impact of alcohol, controlled compounds, or drugs'.

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

Mary Lou Retton has stimulated worries for her security as member of the family say she has 'vanished' given that her DWI arrest in West Virginia last month

Retton was the very first American lady to win an Olympic individual all-around gold when she edged out Romania's Ecaterina Szabo (left) at just 16 years old at the 1984 video games

'They don't actually talk much, she moved away. She never called them to tell them that she was coming back, they just learnt after the arrest.

'That's households for you, it's not her finest choice. Families resemble that, there wasn't a falling out - they just haven't spoken in a while'.

Now it appears Retton has gone completely to ground, without any sign of her at her family home in Fairmont or her primary residence, her post-divorce residential or commercial property in Texas.

Exclusive Daily Mail photos reveal her $550,000 home in Boerne, Kendall County, looking deserted, with bundles and flyers littering the patio.

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

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

'She is really pleased of all of the assistance she has received,' he included. 'Mary Lou will provide a statement at the proper time. Until then, please respect her privacy.'

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

She was wed 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 media, Retton and her 4 children have a very close relationship, though she has not appeared in her kids's Instagram posts in a minimum of 6 months.

Retton, who has four daughters, Skyla, 24, Emma, turning 23, Shayla, 30, and McKenna, 28, has not been seen or heard from by her family members 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 battle after she was hospitalized in October 2023 with an uncommon kind of pneumonia

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

And while her member of the family in West Virginia have actually shared their shock at her arrest, Retton's children have actually stayed tight lipped over the event, decreasing to speak to the Daily Mail.

But they have actually been publishing cryptic inspirational religious posts explaining life and mistakes as 'God's will' on their social media.

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

Relative are reportedly concerned about the arrest, though were 'uninformed' of any factor or problems as to why Retton could have driven the 1,500 mile cross country trip from Texas to West Virginia.

Her older sibling Donnie, 59, died in December of in 2015, with an obituary specifying there was 'no visitation or funeral services'.

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

Officers kept in mind throughout her arrest that she had a 'screw top container of white wine' that was in the guest seat of her automobile when they approached her.

She failed all 3 phases of the basic field sobriety test, and declined 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 influence 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.

An attorney representing Retton based in Morgantown, West Virginia, did not instantly react to a request for remark by the Daily Mail.

Best known for getting two best 10 ratings at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics weeks after a knee operation, Retton has actually fought more health issues over the last few years.

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

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

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

'They were just attempting to look after me. I do not care about the naysayers. There are giants all over. It's what makes us America. Everybody's got an opinion, but it is what it is.'

While there was a pleased ending for Retton in 2023, doctors quickly feared for her life as her daughters delivered what they believed would be their last farewell to their mom.

Retton's daughter, Shayla Schrepfer, 30, was found out and about in Texas, however decreased to discuss her mom's arrest or whereabouts

Retton posing 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 divorced in 2018

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

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

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

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

'Girl, I must be dead,' she added. 'The medical professionals informed them [daughters] to come to state 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 was like, to watch their mother on her deathbed.'

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

Mary Lou Retton ended up being the first American lady to win an individual well-rounded gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games. The now-retired gymnast was left fighting for her life in medical facility with an unusual form of pneumonia in late 2023, triggering her daughters set up a SpotFund account that raised $500,000 in contributions

In 2015, the mom-of-four drew criticism after declaring to have no medical insurance and asking for financial backing from the public when she was overruled with an unusual type of pneumonia, regardless of having actually gotten a $2million settlement from her divorce

The revelations cast more doubt on why the five-time gold medal winner had no health insurance when she was overruled with an unusual kind of pneumonia and why her household resorted to asking for cash online to bail her out.

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

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

Not consisted of in that figure were the earnings from the sale of two homes, one in Houston and the other in Fairmont, West Virginia, which once again were to be divided 50/50.

Nor were the proceeds from a suit in which she took legal action against Indiana-based medical company Biomet Recovery over two hip replacements that went wrong.

It is not understood just how much she received but others who sued the company in comparable situations got around $2million each.

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

She became the first American woman to win an Olympic individual well-rounded gold when she edged out Romania's Ecaterina Szabo.