Corrie McKeague's mum says new CCTV shows missing RAF airman 'is not in landfill and never was'

The gunner was 23-years-old when he vanished two years ago, with police believing he fell asleep in a skip before being crushed in a rubbish lorry and taken to the dump.

But mum Nicola Urquhart today claimed CCTV of the area in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, showed Corrie just after the bin lorry left.

Writing in a lengthy Facebook post, Nicola said: "We have been shown CCTV of people in the area … just after Corrie walked in there.

"All are wearing dark clothing. You then see them leaving the area and one is clearly wearing white or very light-coloured trousers.

"I believe this is Corrie. These people leave the area … immediately after the bin lorry left."

Ms Urquhart said she "only saw this footage on our last meeting with Suffolk Police".

She added it is "possible Corrie left on foot and is AWOL" but she has "never believed this is probable, Corrie made no plans, had no reason and has never been seen after the immediate sightings".

Corrie was last seen at 3.25am after a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, on September 24 2016.

The missing man's dad Martin McKeague has previously said he doesn't believe Corrie is still missing, and has instead accepted the theory his son fell asleep in a skip.


It is believed Scots-born RAF gunner Corrie climbed into the bin after a drunken night on the town, fell asleep and was taken away to a waste tip.

Detectives have told the family that the bin weight was "unusually high" on the day vanished.

A typical bin of waste would be between 20kg and 30kg — but one container weighed 116kg (18 stone 2lbs).

The search for Corrie included two searches of a landfill site in Milton, Cambs.

But Nicola argued there was "far more evidence" to prove Corrie wasn't in the landfill.

She said: "Myself and my family will not move on and try to forget about Corrie, we are not ready to remember Corrie, we are still fighting for him. "

A Suffolk Constabulary spokesperson said: “This investigation was conducted in line with the Code of Ethics. The most likely scenario is that Corrie McKeague unfortunately went into the bin which was emptied into the Biffa lorry and consequently ended up in the waste process. We have come to this conclusion based on all of the evidence we have available to us, and not just the weight of the bin.

“Our investigation has been reviewed by an outside force and the review agreed that Suffolk Constabulary’s preferred hypothesis of what happened to Corrie was the most likely one given the evidence available.

“Suffolk Constabulary has previously stated that unless new, realistic and credible information becomes available then the investigation is complete. There is no information available at this time that changes the status of the investigation.”



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