Belfast Telegraph

No remains found in new searchfor RAF gunner

- BY SAM RUSSELL

DETECTIVES searching for missing RAF gunner Corrie McKeague have found no trace of him in waste recovered from an incinerato­r plant.

The site at Great Blakenham, near Ipswich, was examined after the search of a landfill site at Milton, Cambridges­hire, was called off.

Mr McKeague, from Fife in Scotland but based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, vanished after a night out with friends in Bury St Edmunds last September 24.

Police still believe the 23-yearold’s remains are somewhere on the sprawling landfill site at Milton, but called off the search after 20 weeks.

A review of the investigat­ion to date will be conducted by the East Midlands Special Operations Unit. It is a collaborat­ive team uniting specialist officers and staff from the police forces of Derbyshire, Leicesters­hire, Lincolnshi­re, Northampto­nshire and Nottingham­shire in tackling major crime, and serious and organised crime.

“The aim of the review is to assist in identifyin­g whether there are any other lines of inquiry that should be pursued that could lead to informatio­n that would locate Corrie McKeague,” a Suffolk Police spokesman said. “Investigat­ive reviews are a key part of any lengthy major investigat­ion and we are confident this will be a detailed and impartial review.”

Police have said Mr McKeague had a history of falling asleep in unusual places, including in bins.

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Mystery: Corrie McKeague

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