2nd Ivory Coast Special Olympics athlete goes missing

Los Angeles Police Department Cmdr. Dennis Kato, right, shows a photograph of Special Olympics athlete Sihon Ange Ismael Kone, 15, a table-tennis player from the Ivory Coast, Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, in Los Angeles. Sihon Ange Ismael Kone, who vanished from Los Angeles International Airport, was found sleeping on a lawn five miles away Monday afternoon. AP PHOTO

Los Angeles Police Department Cmdr. Dennis Kato, right, shows a photograph of Special Olympics athlete Sihon Ange Ismael Kone, 15, a table-tennis player from the Ivory Coast, Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, in Los Angeles. Sihon Ange Ismael Kone, who vanished from Los Angeles International Airport, was found sleeping on a lawn five miles away Monday afternoon. AP PHOTO

LOS ANGELES— Another Ivory Coast Special Olympics athlete has vanished in Inglewood, hours after his teammate was found safe.

Tenimbe Mahamed Abidjan Ouattara, 28, was last seen around 11:00 p.m. Monday leaving an Inglewood hotel, where his team had been staying.

According to the Inglewood police, Ouattara’s coach reported him missing at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday. He was scheduled to leave Los Angeles in the afternoon.

A surveillance camera photo shows the French-speaking golfer wearing glasses, a white athletic jacket with an orange shirt, white pants and sandals.

The police believe that Ouattara has no money or cellphone with him.

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