 Family of Josh Sanchez-Maldonado come to UK to plead for information on whereabouts of 24-year-old from Puerto Rico 
 
 An American trader has gone missing in London after arriving in the city for a job interview and vanishing before his return flight to the US. Fears are growing for the safety of Josh Sanchez-Maldonado, 24, from Puerto Rico, who was last seen leaving his hotel in Feltham, west London, just after midday last Thursday, a day after flying into the UK from Japan. In a statement issued through the Metropolitan police, they said: “Josh is a lovable person and we have left our world back home to be here for him. The family described him as "very goal oriented, very organized, detailed, kind, lovable and a respectful person." The family said they had "kept in close communication" since their son had arrived in the U.K. but have not heard from him since Oct. 21. "The whole family is highly concerned for his well-being," the family of Josh Sanchez-Maldonado said in a written statement, later adding in a video released by police that their son is a "very lovable person, very communicative and outspoken." Josh please contact us, your parents, your brother or sister through email, text, phone call or by any other means.” 
 
 Sanchez-Maldonado’s father, Jose Sanchez, said he last spoke to his son on 21 October. A trader by profession, he was in London for a job interview and was staying at the St. Giles Hotel in Feltham. “I work in San Jose, but actually he was going to fly into San Francisco because that’s the nearest international airport.
– A young Bay Area financial trader traveling abroad on his own for the first time has disappeared in London, where he told family he had a potential job interview, NBC News reports. According to the Guardian, Josh Sanchez-Maldonado, 24, was last seen leaving his hotel in west London on the afternoon of Oct. 22, the day after he arrived from Japan. His father, Jose Sanchez, got worried when Sanchez-Maldonado missed his Oct. 23 flight home and called his son's hotel only to discover he never checked out and all his belongings were still there. His family flew to London after he went missing and are publicly asking him to contact them. "He has always kept in close communication to us," the family said in a statement released Thursday. The Guardian reports Sanchez-Maldonado told his father he had a job interview in London but didn't give any details. According to NBC, London police have been unable to uncover any evidence or details of a job interview. "His dream is to visit the financial area in London," Sanchez tells the Guardian. "That's where he always said he would love to work." His father says his son would have little interest in nightlife, as he was more focused on his stocks and making money, and police are currently searching the city's financial areas. ABC News reports Sanchez fears his son is lost somewhere in the city. According to NBC, Sanchez-Maldonado had been speaking to his father every day during his trip. They last spoke the day before he disappeared.