Heartbroken family of missing RAF airman Corrie McKeague believe search is closing in on his body after finding landfill rubbish from when he vanished
Mum Nicola Urquhart says she’s hoping to get some news this week as cops scour landfill site
THE heartbroken family of missing Scots RAF airman Corrie McKeague believe the search is closing in on the area where his body could be.
Cops scouring the landfill site in Milton, near Cambridge, are finding rubbish dating on September.
They began sifting through 8,000 tonnes of waste in early March and Corrie’s mum Nicola Urquhart, from Dunfermline, said the efforts could take a further four weeks.
Now the operation is focused on one particular area.
She said: “Although the search doesn’t start again until Tuesday, I pray we get some news this week.
“Each day of not finding Corrie is potentially as heartbreaking as receiving that call.
“For now all we can do is wait.”
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, who lives in Cupar, said more than 2,200 tonnes had already been raked through.
He said: “They’ve even told us that where they’re now looking, they’re finding more and more mail and newspapers with dates and addresses near to the time and area where Corrie disappeared.
“While I dread the thought of finding my son here, not knowing what’s happened to him is almost worse.”
However, Nicola said there was still a huge amount of rubbish to search.
She added: “We also do not know, and without finding Corrie we will never have a hope of knowing, if someone is responsible for what’s happened.
“We do not know what police action will be after this.
“There will be a review but we are not being given much more information at this time.”
Corrie, 23, from Fife, a Royal Air Force Regiment gunner, has been missing since a night out in Bury St Edmonds near his base at RAF Honington.
Corrie was last seen in the early hours of September 24 walking into a loading bay known as the The Horseshoe which is used as a bin store.
A bin lorry linked to his disappearance was initially thought to have collected an 11kg load but was later found to have been carrying more than 100kg.
We told you last week that Corrie's mum says every day waiting for news of her son feels like an “impossible task”.
She released an unseen photo of as she thanked members of the public for their messages of support for her family over Easter.
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