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Corrie Mckeague: Missing airman's mum to walk his final steps Corrie Mckeague: Missing airman's mum retraces his final steps
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The mother of a missing airman has offered to walk people through her son's final known steps on the anniversary of his disappearance. The mother of a missing airman has led a large group of supporters along her son's final known steps on the anniversary of his disappearance.
Corrie Mckeague, 23, has not been seen since 24 September 2016 following a night out in Bury St Edmunds.Corrie Mckeague, 23, has not been seen since 24 September 2016 following a night out in Bury St Edmunds.
Suffolk Police believe he was taken to a landfill site after falling asleep in a bin, but have not found his body.Suffolk Police believe he was taken to a landfill site after falling asleep in a bin, but have not found his body.
On Facebook his mother Nicola Urquhart said she hoped walking the route would jog someone's memory. More than 100 people joined his family on a 90-minute walk around the haunts where the airman was last seen on CCTV.
Ms Urquhart described the search for her son as "like grieving".
BBC Features: Corrie Mckeague: The mystery of the missing airmanBBC Features: Corrie Mckeague: The mystery of the missing airman
She said she wanted to do "something positive" to assist police in their search to find her son, after the 20-week trawl of rubbish at the landfill site in Milton, Cambridgeshire, ended. She said she wanted to do "something positive" to assist police, after the 20-week trawl of rubbish at the landfill site in Milton, Cambridgeshire, ended.
"Now is not the time to give up and sit quietly somewhere to remember Corrie," she said.
"Information is what will find Corrie, we desperately need you for this."
Mr Mckeague, from Dunfermline, Fife, was first reported missing when he failed to turn up at RAF Honington on Monday, 26 September 2016.Mr Mckeague, from Dunfermline, Fife, was first reported missing when he failed to turn up at RAF Honington on Monday, 26 September 2016.
Throughout the day and evening of the first anniversary of his disappearance, Ms Urquhart, along with her two other sons and their uncle Tony, will be in Langton Place, near So Bar, where Corrie started his night out. Ms Urquhart, along with her two other sons, Makeyan and Darroch, and their uncle Tony Wringe, began the walk at Langton Place, near So Bar, where Corrie started his night out.
The final CCTV footage of him was behind a row of shops, in an area known as the Horseshoe. The procession of well-wishers, supporters, media and police then carried on to the Corn Exchange Wetherspoon's and Flex Bar venues, the Hughes Electrical doorway where he fell asleep, and the Mama Mia pizzeria.
"We will be happy to walk you all the route that Corrie took that night ending at the horseshoe area, while explaining all the facts that we have to date," she wrote. It concluded in the Horseshoe area, where the final CCTV footage of him was recorded.
"This is being done in the hope that we may jog someone's memory that may have been out that night or has heard something since, or that after seeing the route and hearing the facts, may ask a question we have not thought of yet." "I don't know if we will ever find out what happened," Ms Urquhart said, "but I am determined to find Corrie.
"We may find him but not ever know how - if he's dead - how he died. But my determination is to find Corrie.
"It's like grieving. It's my son. I am never, ever, ever going to stop trying to look for him. I know that the police investigation will have to stop at some point but we're nowhere close to that just yet.
"My determination as far as my children go is limitless. It will never stop."
A special police pod has been in position in Bury St Edmunds during the weekend, in a bid to encourage witnesses to come forward.
Suffolk Police said the search for the airman remained "an active investigation".
In March, specialist teams embarked on a search of a landfill site in Milton, Cambridgeshire, where the contents of the bins in the Horseshoe area would have ended up.In March, specialist teams embarked on a search of a landfill site in Milton, Cambridgeshire, where the contents of the bins in the Horseshoe area would have ended up.
Police later revealed a bin lorry, seized shortly after the gunner vanished, was carrying a heavier load than first thought.Police later revealed a bin lorry, seized shortly after the gunner vanished, was carrying a heavier load than first thought.
The landfill search was called off in July.The landfill search was called off in July.