Police Extend Landfill Search For Missing Corrie

The search for missing airman Corrie McKeague is set to be extended after weeks of looking through landfill failed to find any trace of his body.

It has been nine weeks since the search of the landfill site in Cambridge has started and officers have already gone through 2,850 tonnes of rubbish.

Officers haven't yet found any trace of Corrie, but they reported finding rubbish "from the right time period" from when he went missing. 

According to Cambridge News, the case is one of the most expensive disappearance's investigations undertaken by Suffolk and Norfolk Police, exceeding £1m.

Despite the progress made so far, his mother, Nicola Urquhart, fears they are searching in the wrong area:

Police have been searching the site 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.