Search for missing RAF gunner to conclude by Christmas say police
The landfill search for missing RAF gunner Corrie Mckeague is expected to finish by Christmas. Mr Mckeague was 23 when he was last seen walking through Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in September 2016 after a nightout with friends.
It is thought he may have climbed into a waste bin and was taken away by a bin lorry, prompting a fivemonth search of the landfill site at Milton near Cambridge.
The initial search was called off in July after no evidence of his body was found but it resumed again in October in another area of the landfill. Suffolk Police said the search was “progressing well” with work to continue until middecember.
Mr Mckeague, from Fife but based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, was last seen on CCTV at 3:25am on 24 September, 2016.
A bin lorry was seen on CCTV near Brentgovel Street in Bury St Edmunds around the time Mr Mckeague was last seen.
It took a route which appeared to coincide with the movements of his phone. A police spokeswoman said: “The search at Milton landfill is progressing well.”