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 relative in the village of Fairmont exposed they have not seen or spoken with the Olympic gold medalist, 57 - who is based in Texas - considering 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 state Retton had not even notified her household that she was in town before her humiliating encounter with police.

Last week, the Daily Mail solely exposed that Retton was captured 'slurring her words' with a 'screw leading' bottle of wine in the guest 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 road'.

Officers noted 'the odor of alcohol' discharging from her while she was in the motorist's seat of the automobile while it was still running, according to court records.

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

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

Mary Lou Retton has actually sparked fears for her security as family members state she has 'disappeared' considering that her DWI arrest in West Virginia last month

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

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

'That's families for you, it's not her finest decision. Families resemble that, there wasn't a falling out - they simply have not spoken in a while'.

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

Exclusive Daily Mail images show her $550,000 home in Boerne, Kendall County, looking deserted, with plans and leaflets cluttering the deck.

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

After Daily Mail reached out to her children on Thursday, her legal representative Edmund J. Rollo provided a statement on Tuesday, saying the star was in 'good spirits.'

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

The retired Olympian has actually spent much of her life between West Virginia and Texas, where she has been based considering 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 media, Retton and her 4 daughters have an extremely close relationship, though she has not appeared in her kids's Instagram posts in at least 6 months.

Retton, who has four children, Skyla, 24, Emma, turning 23, Shayla, 30, and McKenna, 28, has not been seen or heard from by her relatives in her hometown in West Virginia because her arrest on May 17, experts told DailyMail.com

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

Now it appears Retton has actually gone totally to ground, with no sign of her at her family home in Fairmont or her post-divorce residential or commercial property and main home in Texas (envisioned) last Thursday

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

But they have been publishing cryptic inspiring spiritual posts describing life and errors as 'God's will' on their social networks.

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

Relative are supposedly worried about the arrest, though were 'uninformed' of any factor or concerns as to why Retton might have driven the 1,500 mile cross nation trip from Texas to West Virginia.

Her older bro Donnie, 59, passed away in December of last year, 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 submit a movement for discovery.

Officers noted during her arrest that she had a 'screw top container of red wine' that remained in the passenger seat of her vehicle when they approached her.

She stopped working all 3 phases of the standard 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 launched after personally posting a $1,500 bond. Representatives for Retton are yet to address the arrest.

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

Best known for receiving 2 perfect 10 scores at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics weeks after a knee operation, Retton has actually fought more health problems in current years.

The decorated gymnast dealt with pneumonia in 2023, which led her child to develop a crowdfunding page to help pay installing hospital expenses, raising $200,000 in simply a day.

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

'They didn't should have that,' Retton said in May when asked about the backlash her daughters received.

'They were just trying to look after me. I don't care about the naysayers. There are trolls everywhere. It's what makes us America. Everybody's got an opinion, but it is what it is.'

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

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

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

Retton married Texas Longhorns quarterback-turned-real estate developer Shannon Kelley (center) in Houston, Texas in 1990. They divorced in 2018

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

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

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

Retton thinks she recovered from the terrifying ordeal as 'God wasn't ready' for her yet, regardless of confessing that she is incredibly fortunate to still be alive.

'Girl, I ought to be dead,' she included. 'The doctors informed them [daughters] to come to state their bye-byes.

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

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

Her heath issues come after DailyMail.com exposed that she was also expected to gather 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 woman to win a private well-rounded gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games. The now-retired gymnast was left defending her life in medical facility with a rare form of pneumonia in late 2023, prompting 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 health insurance and requesting financial backing from the general public when she was struck down with an unusual kind of pneumonia, in spite of having gotten 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 an uncommon type of pneumonia and why her household resorted to begging for cash online to bail her out.

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

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

Not consisted of in that 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 split 50/50.

Nor were the proceeds from a suit in which she sued Indiana-based medical business Biomet Recovery over 2 hip replacements that went wrong.

It is not known just how much she got however others who sued the business in comparable scenarios got around $2million each.

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

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