Mum of missing RAF man Corrie McKeague plans a summer concert for charities that joined the search for her son
THE MUM of missing airman Corrie McKeague plans to hold a summer concert to raise funds for the charities that have joined the search for her son.
Corrie's Concert will raise funds for groups including Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue (SULSAR), who have been pictured searching alongside Nicola Urquhart.
Corrie, 23, went missing after a night out in Bury St Edmunds last year and hasn't been seen since
Posting on the Find Corrie Facebook group Nicola wrote: "I've said from the start I will always try to find ways of raising funds for SULSAR and the charities that's have helped to support us to find Corrie.
"But I also want to find a way of showing the amazing community spirit, the kindness and love that has been shown to myself, Makeyan, Darroch and our families.
"So plans are underway to have CORRIE'S CONCERT this summer."
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Police are currently searching through 8,000 tonnes of bulk material at a 920 square metre landfill site, in Cambridgeshire.
Officers have said they are “confident” they will find Corrie's body at the landfill.
Last week Corrie’s dad, Martin McKeague, 48, said that visiting the landfill site was like staring into a “piece of hell.”
He said that they, like everyone else, could only speculate about what had happened to Corrie, who went missing after a night out with friends on September 24, last year.
Corrie, 23, He was last seen on CCTV going into an area of Bury St Edmunds called the horseshoe.
Police knew a waste collection was made from the area hours after he was last seen but had initially believed the weight of the bin meant he could not have been inside.
It has since emerged that the weight of the bin was calculated incorrectly.
The missing airman’s mum has admitted it’s “just a matter of time” before her son’s body is unearthed at the Cambridgeshire landfill site – more than five months after he disappeared.
The landfill site is also close to where the RAF airman’s phone was last tracked five months ago.
CCTV shows Corrie disappearing into an area known as the horseshoe, and a waste collection was known to be made there hours after he was last seen
Anyone with information about Corrie's disappearance is asked to call the incident room at Suffolk Police on 01473 782019.