Police resume hunt for missing RAF gunner Corrie McKeague

Corrie McKeague went missing after a night out with friends in Suffolk where he was based

The landfill search for a missing RAF gunner has resumed after the original five-month hunt for his body was called off.

Corrie McKeague was last seen walking through Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk after a night out with friends.

The search of a landfill site was called off in July with no evidence of his body found. 

Police have embarked on a search of landfill in Milton, Cambridgeshire, which is likely to take from four to six weeks.

Mr McKeague, from Fife, Scotland, but based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, was last seen on CCTV at 3.25am on September 24 last year.

CCTV footage shows a bin lorry near Brentgovel Street in Bury St Edmunds around the time the 23-year-old was last seen.

It then took a route which appeared to coincide with the movements of his phone.

The bin lorry was initially thought to have collected a 24lb (11kg) load, but police said it was later found to be more than 220lb (100kg).

Police are searching through this landfill site in Milton, Cambridgeshire, after a bin lorry's movements appeared to match those of his phone 

Police are searching through this landfill site in Milton, Cambridgeshire, after a bin lorry’s movements appeared to match those of his phone 

Officers are scouring the landfill site searching for the body of RAF serviceman Corrie McKeague 

Officers are scouring the landfill site searching for the body of RAF serviceman Corrie McKeague 

Officers are using a digger to move rubbish to find the 23-year-old at the landfill site, which is next to the site of the original search that began in February.

After his disappearance Mr McKeague’s girlfriend, April Oliver, announced the birth of the serviceman’s daughter in June.

Workers at the site have filled in a crater from the previous search with earth and are now preparing a new area to search

Workers at the site have filled in a crater from the previous search with earth and are now preparing a new area to search

Officers are raking through rubbish after the serviceman went missing on a night out with friends 

Officers are raking through rubbish after the serviceman went missing on a night out with friends 

The search resumed after the five-month hunt for his body was called off without success

The search resumed after the five-month hunt for his body was called off without success

The search for Corrie McKeague resumes at the landfill site in Cambridgeshire after the original five-month search was called off

The search for Corrie McKeague resumes at the landfill site in Cambridgeshire after the original five-month search was called off

Officers are searching the site after the movements of the serviceman's mobile phone seemed to follow those of a bin lorry 

Officers are searching the site after the movements of the serviceman’s mobile phone seemed to follow those of a bin lorry 

Detective Superintendent Katie Elliott said: ‘Throughout this rigorous investigation we have remained committed to following all reasonable lines of inquiry in our endeavours to discover what has happened to Corrie.

‘Confronted by the variances in the way waste can be deposited and through further investigation we cannot discount the possibility Corrie may be elsewhere in Cell 22.

‘Therefore, we believe our decision to extend the search area is the correct one.’

 

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