Missing RAF man Corrie Mckeague’s mum brands him ‘reckless’ and says he is known to get into strangers’ cars

THE MOTHER of missing airman Corrie Mckeague branded him a "social hand grenade" who would get into a stranger's car and put himself at risk.

Nicola Urquhart made the astonishing statement during a Facebook Live question and answer session which was watched by more than 37,000 people on Wednesday night.

Corrie, 23, has been missing since disappearing after a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, on September 24.

Describing her son during the 90-minute question and answer session Mrs Urquhart said: "He's not so much a social butterfly, more a social hand grenade who absolutely lives for the moment.

"He will make choices and decisions that are sometimes reckless that other people might not.

"Would he get into a stranger's car? Yes.

“Would he go to a stranger's house that he's never met before that he's met on a social dating site? Yes.

"He would put himself at risk because Corrie believed he could handle himself."

Corrie, a gunner based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, was last seen on security camera walking alone in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, at about 3:25am on the morning of his disappearance.

Despite widespread searches across the area no trace of the serviceman has been found.

During the broadcast Mrs Urquhart also criticised the ongoing police investigation.

The mother-of-three, who is a serving police officer, said "basic door-to-door inquiries" were not made and the opposite side from where Corrie was last seen had still not been searched.

She said she wanted a man seen walking along Cornhill Walk in the town at 3:35am on the morning of his disappearance to be identified.

Corrie was last seen in a "horseshoe" area in the centre of Bury St Edmunds.

Mrs Urquhart explained how four vehicles had entered this area on the day and she believes one of them did not have a legitimate reason for being there.

Speaking from her home in Dunfermline, Scotland, she also said three men had set fire to a vehicle not far from the site the next day, which she thought was "highly suspicious".

She said it was "imperative" for six more people who have been spotted on CCTV to be identified.

Suffolk Police have said they are treating the case as a missing person inquiry but the

level of resources has been on par with a murder investigation.

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