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Corrie Mckeague: Missing airman search to be stood down | Corrie Mckeague: Missing airman search to be stood down |
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An investigation into the disappearance of RAF airman Corrie Mckeague is to be stood down, the BBC understands. | An investigation into the disappearance of RAF airman Corrie Mckeague is to be stood down, the BBC understands. |
Mr Mckeague, who was 23 when he went missing, was last seen in the early of hours of 24 September 2016 walking into a bin loading bay in Bury St Edmunds. | Mr Mckeague, who was 23 when he went missing, was last seen in the early of hours of 24 September 2016 walking into a bin loading bay in Bury St Edmunds. |
A search of a landfill site in Milton, Cambridgeshire, came to an end in December and Suffolk Police said "no trace" of him had been found. | A search of a landfill site in Milton, Cambridgeshire, came to an end in December and Suffolk Police said "no trace" of him had been found. |
The Daily Mirror reports that a cold case team is to take over the inquiry. | The Daily Mirror reports that a cold case team is to take over the inquiry. |
Mr Mckeague was last seen on CCTV pictures after a night out and his phone was tracked as taking the same route as a bin lorry. | |
As part of the inquiry, Suffolk Police trawled a landfill site near Cambridge for the missing airman's remains. | |
However, after the search the force said they were "content" he was not in the landfill areas. | |
Mr Mckeague's mother Nicola Urquhart said the search of the waste site had given her "immeasurable peace of mind". | |
The investigation into the disappearance has cost £2.15m and Suffolk's police and crime commissioner said the government had agreed to contribute with a special grant, expected to be about £800,000. | |
Suffolk Police Federation previously said the inquiry had brought "unique pressures" to the force. |