Corrie McKeague’s mum says there’s a ‘good possibility’ of finding missing RAF man at landfill site – and begs ‘whoever put him there’ for closure

THE mum of missing RAF man Corrie McKeague has said there's a 'good possibility' of finding him at a landfill site currently being searched by police.

Nicola Urquhart has begged 'whoever put him there' to come forward for 'closure', the Mirror Online reports.

Serviceman Corrie went missing after a night out with friends in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk on September 24 2016.

Work has begun to prepare a huge landfill site for a police search by detectives looking for the 23-year-old.

The site is close to where the RAF airman’s phone was last tracked five months ago and police believe there’s a chance he could be there.

Mrs Urquhart said: “I think there’s a good possibility that that’s where he could have ended up, because I try to look at things logically.

“What we know is that he’s not left on foot, he’s not still in there now, so he’s left in a vehicle.

That means he could have gone in a bin and then in the bin lorry, or in one of the other vehicles that were there.”

She added: “if someone knows how someone is behaving oddly - we’re going to find Corrie if he’s in that landfill - come forward now. This is so whoever has put him there doesn’t get away with saying he’s fallen in a bin and it’s an accident.

"At least give us some more closure, not just finding Corrie, but also how he got there and what happened to him.”

Detective Superintendent Kate Elliott said: “The work to trace Corrie remains a priority and we are continuing to progress our investigation as the work around the site search is being planned.”

Corrie was last seen on CCTV going into an area of the Suffolk town called the horseshoe.

The hunt for the missing RAF man received a boost this week after police revealed they had traced a potential witness who may hold vital clues into the young man's disappearance.

Police searching for the 23-year-old airman, who has been missing for five months, revealed they have traced a cyclist seen in CCTV images recently released by investigators.

Despite the breakthrough, cops are still appealing for two other potential witnesses to come forward  – an older man and a person seen walking through the Brentgovel Street/ ‘horseshoe’ area of Bury St Edmunds around 5.15am – 5.20am on Saturday 24 September.

Police know a waste collection was made from the area hours after he was last seen but the landfill - 27 miles away - has not yet been searched.

A forensic search of the rubbish truck did not reveal any trace of the airman, originally from Dunfermline, Fife.

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