GERALD CHRISTOPHER TERRIFIED BEFORE HE VANISHED

GERALD CHRISTOPHER doesn't look like the kind of guy who scares easily. Standing 6’4 and at over 200lbs – he had an imposing presence. Yet, in the days before his disappearance, Christopher was seriously spooked. The Philadelphia-area personal trainer told his fiancé that they were in danger, and that they should flee the country.
His behaviour became even stranger when, at a friend’s barbeque, he was introduced to a woman who for an unknown reason caused him to freak out. After shaking her hand he ran to his car and sped away, according to his fiancé Roxy Merat. Two days later – he’d disappeared – sneaking out of his apartment leaving his keys, wallet and cell.
Radnor police said that Christopher (known to friends as ‘Chris’) does not have
any medical condition that could explain his erratic behaviour – nor was he in debt. Clients of Christopher also noticed a change in his mood. The usually outgoing, enthusiastic trainer had become more reserved, quiet. Friends have canvassed the area and pasted flyers on every available wall space.
According to Merat there have been some unconfirmed sightings of Christopher in West Chester and Wilmington, where his best friend live.
She contacted the friend who told her that: "Chris was the type of person who would do this, that he would leave and start a new identity and that he had done this in the past."
Merat, however, doesn’t buy this. Merat believes that Christopher got cold feet about their wedding; "maybe he didn't want to give me his burden and wanted to set me free," Merat said.