Corrie McKeague: Father says missing RAF airman 'is in waste disposal system'

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Corrie McKeague is “no longer missing,” his father said, as he claimed he knows what happened to the RAF airman. Admitting that his son will never be found, Martin McKeague said he was certain Corrie was "somewhere in the Suffolk waste disposal system," adding that "his remains are essentially irretrievable.” The -23-year-old serviceman was stationed at RAF Honington, around 10 miles from Bury St Edmunds, when he went missing in the Suffolk town on 24 September, 2016 after a night out. We are certain he is somewhere in the Suffolk waste disposal system, but his remains are essentially irretrievable.” Police who said in March that the investigation was being handed to a cold case squad, believe Corrie climbed into a waste bin and was taken away by a refuse lorry. Police officers search a landfill site while searching for missing RAF airman Corrie McKeague on 8 March, 2017 in Milton, near Cambridgeshire in England The evidence presented to him was “as thorough as it was compelling,” he wrote.