Police say Corrie McKeague's body IS in waste system

A wheelie bin's extra-heavy weight, about the same as a man, has helped convince the father of missing RAF airman Corrie McKeague that he is lost forever in a waste disposal system.

The horrific conclusion has been reached after police quizzed dustcart teams who confirmed the weight of one bin they collected on the day he vanished was above average.

A typical bin of waste would be between 20kg and 30kg but this particular container - which was never opened to check why - weighed 116kg.

It's thought Scots-born RAF gunner Corrie climbed into the bin after a drunken night on the town, fell asleep and was taken away to a waste tip.

His father Martin McKeague says he now accepts that Corrie, who disappeared from Bury St Edmunds two years ago, ended up in a Suffolk landfill site and will never be found.

Corrie, who was 23 when he vanished, was born in Cupar, Fife, but moved to Dunfermline following his parents' divorce when he was nine.

In a statement on Facebook, Mr McKeague confirmed that he and his partner Trisha visited the area Corrie was last seen in the town centre on September 24th, the second anniversary of his disappearance, where they laid flowers and met with police.

Officers shared the findings of waste company Biffa with the family, which suggest that the excess weight in a bin collected near Corrie's last known whereabouts was that of the RAF serviceman.

In his statement, Mr McKeague said 'The police have confirmed the Biffa bin weight that suggests my son ended up in the Suffolk waste disposal system.

'They also confirmed that there is no new evidence whatsoever - whatever anyone has read in the newspapers to suggest otherwise is a lie.'

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