Family memorial for missing RAF airman as police confirm body was in ‘heavy bin’

THE missing RAF airman Corrie Mckeague was buried in landfill, police ruled yesterday, after concluding he would have been in an “unusually” heavy bin.

Officers confirmed his body would have been in the landfill site in Cambridgeshire, as his family said they would now be holding a private memorial.

Suffolk Police attended a meeting with Biffa head office, which confirmed the weight of the bin picked up from outside Greggs in the Horseshoe area of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk on Sept 24, 2016 when Corrie went missing.

They believe he climbed into the waste bin and fell asleep and the data showed the bin weighed 116kg – much higher than bin collection weights from the same place normally. In a statement the force said: “We reviewed the data for 24th September in particular and I remain confident that the bin did weigh 116kg as previously stated.

“We then went on to identify the weights of the Greggs bin which was collected each Saturday during the period of January 2016 and February 2017.

“Our findings were that the weights of these bins were consistently low (mostly between 20-30kg) and it was extremely unusual for the Greggs bin collection on a Saturday to be anywhere near 100kg, let alone over this figure.

“This investigation has found no other reasonable explanation for that unusually high bin weight.”

It added that their finding was that “Corrie came to be in the bin that was collected by the Biffa lorry and was transported away from the Horseshoe area to Red Lodge transfer station.”

Suffolk and Norfolk police spent 137 days looking for Corrie at the Milton tip and trawled through more than 7,000 tons of rubbish. In March this year they announced his disappearance had been moved to the cold case team.

His father, Martin Mckeague, said on Facebook: “The police have confirmed the Biffa bin weight that suggests my son ended up in the Suffolk waste disposal system. They also confirmed that there is no new evidence whatsoever. Whatever anyone has read in the newspapers to suggest otherwise is a lie.

“My son is gone and the Mckeague family in Scotland will be holding a private memorial for him in the near future. Thank you all again for standing up and standing by us.”