New theory for disappearance of Fife airman

Mother says he could have left loading bay unnoticed

The mother of missing Fife airman Corrie McKeague said there could be a new explanation for her son’s disappearance.

To date, the most widely accepted theory for what happened to Corrie on the last night he was seen, in Bury St Edmunds in 2016 is he ended up in a bin store and was taken to a landfill site in Cambridgeshire.

Nicola Urquhart is now open to the possibility her son is somewhere else.

Corrie was based at RAF Honington in Suffolk when he vanished after a night out in the early hours of September 24 2016. The RAF gunner was last seen walking into a loading bay in Bury St Edmunds known as the Horseshoe, which is used as a bin store.

Ms Urquhart, who said she had met Suffolk Constabulary recently, said in a new development it was now considered possible Corrie could have left the Horseshoe area unnoticed.

“After 7am on the Saturday September 24 2016, Corrie could have left the Horseshoe area in any vehicle and this would not have been caught on CCTV,” she said.

“There is a huge number of vehicles that come in and out of the area and none of these vehicles have been identified nor have any of the drivers or passengers been spoken to.

“After 12pm on the same Saturday afternoon Corrie could have walked out of the horseshoe area on foot in any direction and there is no CCTV as the police did not take CCTV for these cameras after this time.

“So the belief that people have that Corrie could not have left the area until after 4pm is absolutely incorrect.”

Picture: PA. Nicola Urquhart met Suffolk Constabulary.