Missing RAF gunner Corrie Mckeague being tracked by private investigators with military grade software, uncle reveals
MILITARY grade software is being used in the hunt for RAF serviceman Corrie McKeague, his uncle has revealed.
Corrie, 23, is due to become a dad but has not been seen since he disappeared after a night out on September 24.
Private investigators with military backgrounds have been hired to help with the search through a crowdfunding scheme which raised £50,000.
They have experience supplying information to special forces in war zones in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Cops had earlier seized a refuse vehicle that was in the area where Mr McKeague disappeared, but when it was weighed its load was too light for there to have been a body.
The RAF airman's uncle has said the bin lorry theory is "still an active line of inquiry".
McKeague, originally from Dunfermline in Fife, Scotland, was last seen on CCTV at 3.20am entering a cul-de-sac loading bay area known as the "Horseshoe" in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
It would not be possible to leave the area without being seen cameras but there was no sign of him.
Mr Wringe believes his nephew could still be in the area where he was last seen, and said: "There's been all these other bins that were collected by other vehicles within two to four days after Corrie's disappearance."
He added: "The full area has not been cleared. That's everything - roofs, gutters, basements, empty cupboards and storage areas."
Mr Wringe also said that all cars that were seen leaving the area have been ruled of the police investigation.
He said: "There were four vehicles in the area in the window of time that's of most interest to the investigation team. That is an open line of inquiry."
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A member of the public found a phone close to where Corrie's mobile pinged a mast hours after he disappeared.
Police have since said there is "nothing to link" the find to the Corrie enquiry.
Earlier this month his mum Nicola Urquhart told ITV's This Morning she believes somebody could be holding her 23-year-old son captive.
She added they could crack under “phenomenal” public pressure.
The tearful former policewoman appealed for anyone with information about Corrie to come forward in return for a £50,000 reward.
In a desperate bid to trace him his family hired "an elite team of specialists" as his disappearance stretches into months.
Mr McKeague was reported missing after he failed to turn up at his base in RAF Honington.
It was feared he could have tried to walk the ten miles back.
Since Corrie's disappearance Suffolk Police has carried out "extensive" investigative work to find him, searching woodland, scouring hundreds of hours of CCTV and tracing dozens of people who may held clues.
But in November they admitted they have "no leads" despite trawling through 1,100 hours of CCTV footage.
Before Christmas Hollywood star Tom Hardy made a video appeal for help finding missing Corrie, from Dunfermline.
Nicola was also pictured combing through undergrowth with a team of volunteers as she refuses to give up the search.
Police are keen to speak to anyone who was in Bury St Edmunds on the night of September 23/24. Anyone with information that may assist is urged to call the Suffolk Police incident room on 01473 782019.