A Paralympic bike owner from the UK has been discovered after going lacking following a visit to Las Vegas earlier this month in hopes of attending WrestleMania 41.
Samuel Ruddock, 35, was reported lacking final Thursday after he by no means checked out of his hostel on April 15 and left a few of his belongings behind, his mom, Fran Ruddock, advised the Las Vegas Overview-Journal.
Ruddock, who has cerebral palsy, traveled from the UK to the US on April 13 with plans to attend WrestleMania 41 at Allegiant Stadium on April 19-20.
On April 16, he shared a video on Instagram exhibiting him using by means of downtown Las Vegas within the passenger seat of a convertible Austin Healey with a person recognized solely as “Steve.”
On the finish of the video, “Steve” drops Ruddock off on the Gold & Silver Pawn Store, made well-known by the TV present “Pawn Stars.”
“He flew on the thirteenth, I’ve obtained affirmation that he landed, I completely know Sam was in Vegas,” Ruddock’s buddy, Lucy Earl, advised the Guardian. “The regarding half is he went silent from the sixteenth and, as a result of he’s such a giant presence on social media, folks have been fairly quick to note.”
Earl mentioned she contacted police in Las Vegas in addition to the Bungalows Hostel on Las Vegas Boulevard, the place Ruddock was staying, to attempt to discover out extra data.
Shortly earlier than his disappearance, he reportedly messaged his associates asking for cash, his mom mentioned.
He’s “very unsteady on his ft and walks with a limp,” his mom advised the Las Vegas Overview-Journal. “He can simply be knocked over.”
On April 20, buddy Lucy Hatton reached out to the US Embassy in London for assist.
She final heard from Ruddock on April 16, she advised the Overview-Journal.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division confirmed that Ruddock had been discovered secure.
“A lacking individual report was filed on April 24, 2025. Via the course of the investigation, the person has been situated secure,” a spokesperson for the pressure advised The Submit.
No particulars have but been launched relating to the circumstances surrounding Ruddock’s disappearance.
The Bungalows Hostel didn’t reply instantly to Submit requests for remark.
Ruddock is a Paralympic athlete for the Nice Britain Biking Staff’s para squad.
He received gold medals on the 2022 and 2023 World Biking Championships.
He additionally coaches American soccer at Loughborough College within the UK, the place he educated for the Paralympics.
“He’s bigger than life, he has a beautiful soul,” his mom mentioned.
Biking authorities within the UK earlier urged anybody with data to get in contact with police.
“British Biking understands that para-cyclist Sam Ruddock was reported lacking to UK and US police and Interpol after not being heard from since Wednesday, 16 April 2025, whereas visiting Las Vegas, USA,” the sports activities group mentioned in a press release.
“We urge anybody who has been involved with Sam since 16 April or could have any data of his whereabouts to contact their native police division as quickly as attainable.”
