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Corrie Mckeague: 'Nothing found' in airman landfill search | Corrie Mckeague: 'Nothing found' in airman landfill search |
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Police have revealed a missing airman was "known to sleep in rubbish on a night out". | |
Mr Mckeague, 23, has not been seen since a night out in Bury St Edmunds last September, when CCTV showed him entering a bin loading bay. | Mr Mckeague, 23, has not been seen since a night out in Bury St Edmunds last September, when CCTV showed him entering a bin loading bay. |
His mother Nicola Urquhart hired private investigators ahead of police deciding to search the Milton landfill. | |
Detectives have confirmed their search of the landfill site will now end. | |
Latest: The Search for Corrie Mckeague | Latest: The Search for Corrie Mckeague |
Since March, when the rubbish tip started, about 6,500 tonnes of waste has been sifted through by Suffolk Police. | |
Det Supt Katie Elliott said the landfill search for Mr Mckeague had been "systematic, comprehensive and thorough". | |
She said: "Corrie had been known to go to sleep in rubbish on a night out. | |
"There is no evidence to support any other explanation at this time." | |
Although material from the time and place of Mr Mckeague's disappearance has been found, the serviceman, from Dunfermline, Fife, has not been discovered. | Although material from the time and place of Mr Mckeague's disappearance has been found, the serviceman, from Dunfermline, Fife, has not been discovered. |
In June, Mr Mckeague's girlfriend April Oliver, from Norfolk, gave birth to their daughter. | |
'Genuine mistake' | |
The police investigation had established early on that Mr Mckeague's mobile phone tracked the same route, and at the same pace, as a bin lorry on the night of his disappearance. | |
But initial inquiries found the rubbish truck was carrying a load of 11kg (1st 10lb), suggesting Mr Mckeague was not on the refuse truck. | |
Then in March it emerged the true weight of the truck contents was more than 100kg (15st 10lb). | |
The error was a "genuine mistake", Suffolk Police said. | |
Ms Urquhart said the initial assurance from police that he was not in the bin lorry had been "the one thing that was giving me hope that he was still alive". | |
In a Facebook post on Thursday, Ms Urquhart said: "I understand that Corrie may never be found. | |
"I am realistic and we will find a way to deal with that scenario but it would have to be knowing that a sound investigation had been carried out and there are no other lines of enquiry that could be followed." | |
Corrie Mckeague: A timeline |