Missing airman Corrie McKeague’s dad blockades the rubbish tip where his son’s body is thought to be as he pleads with police to continue their fingertip search
Martin McKeague used his camper van to block the entrance to the landfill site at Milton this afternoon
THE DAD of missing airman Corrie McKeague blockaded the entrance to a rubbish tip where his son is believed to be buried after police ended their investigation at the site.
Martin McKeague used his camper van to block the entrance to the landfill site at Milton, Cambs, on Monday afternoon in a desperate effort to get police to change their mind over stopping the search.
Officers from Suffolk and Norfolk police have spent 20 weeks sifting through but they said they have now completed the search of the area where they know waste was deposited in that period.
Officers officially ended the search on Friday afternoon - .
Mr McKeague, who wrote on Facebook on Friday that he was "devastated" by the announcement, was in tears as he stood at the entrance to the site with his wife, Trisha.
He said he wanted the police to continue searching the landfill site as they needed "closure."
He said today: "As a father, I felt I had to come back here and block off the entrance. I want the search to carry on and I hope they make the right decision today.
"I want them to continue to search for my son. All the facts and all the evidence lies at this landfill site and as a father and as a mother I think you would probably do the same thing.
"We just need them to do the right thing and continue to look for Corrie.
"We need closure, we need to find Corrie."
He is convinced Corrie was at the landfill site and the police just needed to continue their search at the site.
He said he had been speaking to Suffolk Police today and would be heading back there this afternoon.
"I've voiced my concerns," he added.
His wife Trisha said the emotional toll on them had been "horrific."
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She said: "It has been a living hell and we're still in this living hell.
"We just need to know today that Suffolk and Norfolk police are going to carry on with their search. We can't thank these guys enough."
Mr McKeague's actions today come after Corrie's mum, Nicola Urquhart, urged the police to ask the army for help in searching the landfill site and .
Nicola said it was “possible” that .
She told BBC Breakfast today that she wanted to find out why police have stopped the search when they still believe Corrie is buried there.
She said: "I'll be trying to find out exactly what they have searched and what is still left to be searched.
"I think it's out of my comprehension and the publics that the police are still saying Corrie is in the landfill but they are not searching anymore.
She said she would urge them to ask the army for help with the search or even fund the search themselves.
She added: "Is there some sort of compromise we can find whether it's us funding it or getting military assistance? Is there any way we can continue just the search of that cell?"
Corrie disappeared on September 24, 2016, after a night out with friends in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and the investigation into his disappearance has now cost £1.2 million.
More than 21,000 friends and family have now signed a petition urging police to continue their search.
Nicola said the past two days had been "incredibly difficult" but that they would ~get through it, just as any family would."
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