Missing Corrie: The Search So Far
Thirteen months on since he first disappeared, the search for missing RAF gunner Corrie McKeague has resumed.
Police will search an area known as 'cell 22', at the Milton landfill site in Cambridgeshire.
Mr McKeague has been missing since disappearing while on a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and detectives still believe Corrie fell into a skip, which was then taken away and crushed.
On the anniversary of his disappearance in September, around 100 people traced the airman's last known movements.
They joined his mother Nicola Urqhuart in Bury St Edmunds, where she talked them through what is known about his last night.
The 23-year-old was last seen at 3.25am after going out with his friends on 24 September 2016.
The police investigation led to the belief the RAF gunner had been taken in a bin lorry to the Milton landfill site in Cambridgeshire.
Last August, Corrie's mother Nicola Urquhart offered a £50,000 reward to help her find missing son.
However, a painstaking search found no trace of him and it was called off in July.
Suffolk Police also set up a pod in an attempt to encourage people to come forward with new information.
Detectives then identified the four individuals in the CCTV images released.
One of the males came forward following the police appeal, and he has also given names of the three friends he was with on the night.
During August, Corrie's mother Nicola Urquhart offered a £50,000 reward to help her find missing son.
In September 2017, Detective Superintendent Katie Elliott: "Our thoughts are with Corrie's family and friends 12 months on from his disappearance.
"It is fair to say that a year on from him going missing, we never thought we would be in this position of not yet locating Corrie or establishing exactly what happened to him.
"We have always wanted to provide answers to Corrie's family about what happened to him.
"The search for Corrie remains an active investigation.
"We would appeal directly to the public who were out in Bury St Edmunds exactly 12 months ago on the night he went missing and maybe a year on are once again back in the town centre this weekend.
"We would ask the public to call us if they have fresh information that may be of benefit to the investigation.
"We have deliberately placed the police pod on Brentgovel Street as we know this is the route Corrie took on that evening and hope our presence will jog someone's memory."
No trace of SAC McKeague, from Fife in Scotland but based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, was found during a 20-week search of a sprawling landfill site at Milton in Cambridgeshire.
Ms Elliott said this was "bitterly disappointing", adding:
"We had compelling information that directed us to this particular area of the landfill site."
A bin lorry was caught on CCTV near Brentgovel Street in Bury St Edmunds around the time Corrie was last seen. It took a route which appeared to coincide with the movements of his phone.
The bin lorry linked to Corrie's disappearance was initially thought to have collected a 24lb (11kg) load, but police said it was later found to be more than 220lb (100kg).
Anyone with information about Corrie's disappearance is being urged to contact Suffolk police on 01473 782019 or to call 101.
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