Landfill Search For Missing Corrie Extended

The search for missing airman Corrie McKeague on the landfill site at Milton in Cambridgeshire has been extended by three weeks.

The decision comes after waste linked to both the right dates and the right location was found at the site.

More than 3,500 tonnes of waste have been searched through in the past ten and a half weeks by specialist search trained officers, but no trace of Corrie has been found.

According to Suffolk and Norfolk Police, the waste in the landfill site has moved as the work has progressed, and for this reason the search area has been expanded.

Police have been searching the site for 11 weeks after it emerged a bin lorry of interest to the investigation was carrying a heavier load than first thought.

Initial information revealed the bin, collected on the day Corrie vanished, weighed 11kg.

That was later corrected to 116 kg, prompting the search of the location where the rubbish ended up.

There's been no trace of the RAF gunner since he disappeared after a night out in Bury St Edmunds on the 24th September last year.

He was last spotted on CCTV entering a refuse collection area in the town at 3.25 in the morning. 

Suffolk Police, who have been responsible for the search, have been heavily criticised by the public and former detectives.