The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Heartbroken mother ‘thinking of’ missing Corrie’s family
Having lost her own son, mum hopes ‘ordeal’ will end soon
The mother of a tragic student who died after going missing has given her support to Corrie McKeague’s mother – saying her son might have lived if people had helped.
The body of Antoine Maury was discovered in Duddingston Loch in Edinburgh last December, with the 21-year-old having gone missing six weeks earlier.
Now his mother, Laura Maury, from Paris, has offered her support to Nicola Urquhart, the mother of missing RAF serviceman Corrie McKeague.
Laura has criticised people who saw her son running “shirtless” the night he went missing yet did nothing.
She believes that if they had helped Antoine, or reported the matter, her son could still be alive.
Corrie, from Dunfermline, has not been seen since disappearing on a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, last September and Laura says she hopes his family’s “ordeal” will end soon.
Writing on the Find Corrie Facebook group on Monday, Laura said: “My son Antoine went missing in Edinburgh exactly one month after Corrie.
“If the people who saw him running in the middle of the night shirtless would had paid more attention my boy might still be alive today.
“Before he was found my son went missing for six weeks. I do hope the ordeal that Corrie’s family is living will end sooner than later. Thinking of you.”
Corrie’s Mum, Nicola, responded: “My thoughts and prayers are with you. And I could not agree with you more.”
Fellow Facebook users were quick to offer their support in the comments section.
Ann Connor wrote: “Hugs and respect for you Laura.”
Susan Cole commented: “God bless, my heart bleeds for you.”
Whilst Dorothy Paterson added: “So sorry for your loss, god bless you and your loved ones.”
Officers are currently searching a landfill site after it was discovered one of the bins collected from the loading bay where Corrie was last seen was unusually heavy.
Waste management staff had initially said the bin weighed 11kg – however, it was later revealed it actually weighed 116kg.