Family in tearful plea after ‘homebody’ student vanishes

THE family of a student who vanished last week after leaving for his college have spoken of their devastation at his disappearance.

Jordan McGinty, 20, has not been seen since he left his home in Govan, Glasgow, to go to college at about 8:30am on 27 September.

His parents yesterday made an emotional plea for him to get in touch and for information on his whereabouts.

They described him as a “homebody” who liked playing computer games and said that his disappearance was “out of character”.

His father Stephen McGinty, 40, said: “This is totally out of character for Jordan. He is not the type of boy to stay away from the house.

“Come home or at least get in touch and let us know you are safe. We’re all worried sick, everybody is. Everybody that you know is very concerned and worried about you.

“If he doesn’t want to come home then we can speak about that, but at the moment we need to know he is safe and well.”

Jordan’s mother Alison Graham, 37, and aunt Victoria McGinty 30, wiped away tears as he spoke.

Forklift truck driver Mr McGinty added: “We’re pretty devastated. He is a private boy who kept himself to himself. He didn’t really say there was anything upsetting him.”

Appealing to people living in the Cardonald College area of Glasgow for information, he said that efforts to find Jordan had “hit a brick wall at the minute”.

The missing man is studying to be an electrician at the college and has a twin sister Jade, older sister Lisa, 22, and younger brother Craig, six.

His family said the only unusual aspect to his behaviour on the day of his disappearance had been a reluctance to get out of bed, but they said they were not aware of any personal problems.

Jordan did not come home for lunch, which again his family said was slightly unusual, but they believed this was a result of him running late that morning. However, the student’s failure to appear home in the evening was said to be extremely out of character and his parents raised the alarm at 9pm that night.

Police have interviewed his lecturers and classmates at the college, and said they had not highlighted any problems the missing student might have had.

They added there does not appear to have been any activity on his e-mail or bank accounts.

Inspector Paul Quinn, leading the investigation, said: “Without having any apparent means to sustain himself, and the information coming from his family is he doesn’t have any close friends he would go and stay with, it’s very much out of character for Jordan, so whilst we’re very hopeful everything is OK with Jordan, there is some apprehension in terms of his wellbeing at this time.”

Jordan is around 6ft, of medium build, with short brown hair and green eyes.