The friends of a Super League rugby star who has been missing for six months say they fear he has come to harm.
Former St Helens and Wigan Warriors prop forward Bryn Hargreaves was reported missing from his home in Whisper Creek outside Morgantown, West Virginia, on January 16. After downstairs neighbours reported water leaking in from his flat above, officers found the property unlocked with all his belongings left behind and his shower still running.
After retiring from the sport, Bryn, 36, began working as a gas and oil pipe safety inspector and had lived alone in the three-bedroom apartment after his divorce from Amy Bombard, 36, two years ago.