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| Police 'confident' missing Corrie Mckeague at landfill site | Police 'confident' missing Corrie Mckeague at landfill site |
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| Police searching for missing airman Corrie Mckeague say they are "confident" his body will be found at a landfill site. | Police searching for missing airman Corrie Mckeague say they are "confident" his body will be found at a landfill site. |
| The RAF serviceman has not been seen since a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in September. | The RAF serviceman has not been seen since a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in September. |
| Suffolk Police revealed a bin lorry seized shortly after the gunner vanished was carrying a heavier load than first thought. | Suffolk Police revealed a bin lorry seized shortly after the gunner vanished was carrying a heavier load than first thought. |
| The force is now searching a landfill site in Cambridgeshire as a result. | The force is now searching a landfill site in Cambridgeshire as a result. |
| Live: Follow updates on the search for Corrie Mckeague | |
| Det Supt Katie Elliott told the BBC: "I have a strong belief that we will find him here." | Det Supt Katie Elliott told the BBC: "I have a strong belief that we will find him here." |
| Asked for her reaction to the delay in the correct information about the weight of the lorry's load coming to light, she replied: "It's frustrating for me, I think it must be terribly frustrating for Corrie's family." | Asked for her reaction to the delay in the correct information about the weight of the lorry's load coming to light, she replied: "It's frustrating for me, I think it must be terribly frustrating for Corrie's family." |
| Det Supt Elliott said she would "have liked to have had the information sooner that would have led us to this point". | Det Supt Elliott said she would "have liked to have had the information sooner that would have led us to this point". |
| She said finding out about the lorry weight mistake was "very sobering". | |
| "We've been working tirelessly on this investigation to try and find Corrie - that's been our priority the whole way through. | |
| "To have that information really reinforced the decision that we'd already made that we needed to come and search this landfill site." | |
| Mr Mckeague was last seen on CCTV cameras walking into a loading bay area of Bury St Edmunds known as the "Horseshoe". | |
| After he was reported missing, signals showed his mobile phone had been in nearby Barton Mills, and matched the route of a bin lorry. | |
| Police were initially told the waste collected from the area weighed 11kg (1st 10lb), too light to have contained Mr Mckeague. | |
| The force has since found out the lorry's load was more than 100kg (15st 10lb). |