Fears grow for missing Brit, 65, suffering from Parkinson’s Disease who has gone missing in Paris and who needs medicine to be able to walk and talk

By ELIZABETH HAIGH

Published: 17:19 BST, 24 May 2025 | Updated: 17:40 BST, 24 May 2025

A ‘vulnerable’ British man with advanced Parkinson’s disease has gone missing in Paris after becoming separated from his brother when the pair left a restaurant. 

Relatives of Chris Arnheim, 65, are increasingly worried about his wellbeing after the tennis fan travelled to Paris to watch the French Open earlier this week.

Accompanied by his brother, Mr Arnheim went for dinner in the Marais district and they were heading back to their accommodation when they became separated on Rue de Turenne.

They had been returning to Rue des Francs-Bourgeois at around 9pm on Thursday when Mr Arnheim went missing.

‘We are obviously very concerned about him,’ Mr Arnheim’s son-in-law Tom told MailOnline.

‘He is very vulnerable. We’re all really worried about him and we want him safely home.’

Mr Arnheim, from Chislehurst, southeast London, was last seen wearing grey trousers, a blue-green shirt, a dark blue cardigan and a navy-black coat.

The 65-year-old, who wears glasses, is described as Caucasian and around 180cm tall with a thin stature. 

Relatives of Chris Arnheim, 65, are increasingly worried about his wellbeing after the tennis fan travelled to Paris to watch the French Open earlier this week (Pictured: Chris in Paris shortly before his disappearance)

Mr Arnheim’s family are increasingly concerned for his welfare – especially as he is without his Parkinson’s medications

Mr Arnheim went missing in the Marais area of Paris (pictured, stock image)

The family say Mr Arnheim’s Parkinson’s is ‘quite advanced’, severely impacting his ability to speak, walk and causing serious confusion.

‘His medication alleviates some of the symptoms to some extent but the time at which he went missing, it wasn’t long after that his meds would have stopped being affective,’ Tom said.

‘Because of his condition it can make it very hard for him for him to communicate. I should say as well his condition can lead to him being quite confused.

‘In a situation where he’s in an unfamiliar place, and separated from his brother, it’s likely that he is very confused.’

Mr Arnheim did not have any of his required medications on him at the time he went missing. 

His wife and two daughters have travelled out to Paris to look for him, after his brother Tim spent the whole of Thursday night trying in vain to track him down.

The disappearance has been reported to police and the British Consulate, but almost 48 hours on, the family is becoming more and more concerned.

‘We’re just hoping that he’s been picked up by someone who has helped him,’ Tom said. ‘We want his photo out there to bring him home.’

Anyone who thinks they have seen Mr Arnheim or has any information about his whereabouts are asked to urgently contact French authorities or his family. 

The Foreign Office has been contacted for comment. 

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Fears grow for missing Brit, 65, suffering from Parkinson’s Disease who has gone missing in Paris and who needs medicine to be able to walk and talk

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