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A missing aviator is believed to have died after he climbed into an industrial garbage can while drunk on a night out and was then emptied into a truck, according to an investigation.
Corrie McKeague, of Dunfermline, Fife, was 23 years old when she disappeared in the early hours of September 24, 2016 after a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
No trace of him has been found, but Suffolk Chief Coroner Nigel Parsley said McKeague “died in Suffolk jurisdiction in September 2016.”
The hearing in Ipswich was opened and rose on Friday.
Suffolk Police Temporary Superintendent Marina Ericson said at the hearing that McKeague is believed to have climbed into a container that was emptied into a garbage truck where he later died.
The theory is well established, but has been disproved by McKeague’s mother, Nicola Urquhart, a former police officer.
His father, Martin McKeague, accepts the version of events as true and said after Friday’s hearing: “This will bring the truth out to the public. There is no mystery. We are not finding any new news here. “
She said her son went to the garbage and added: “The facts and evidence that they have presented to us tell us that is what happened to him.”
Ericson said Corrie McKeague drove to Bury St Edmunds on the night of Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, and met up with RAF colleagues to go drinking and socializing.
“Witnesses claim that Corrie drank so much alcohol during the night that she got very drunk and was asked to leave the Flex nightclub,” he said. “Witnesses also described him as happy and friendly throughout the night.”
He was last seen alive at 3.25am, on CCTV footage, entering a horseshoe-shaped area on Brentgovel Street, behind a Superdrug and a Greggs store, where there were several industrial garbage containers.
Ericson said a Biffa garbage truck emptied Greggs’ container at 4.19 a.m. and the container was recorded to weigh 116 kg (18 3 pounds).
This was about 70 to 80 kg (12 ° 8 pounds) more than his average weight, he said.
“Corrie’s mobile phone, having connected to the Internet, provided a signal from this point that mapped the garbage truck’s movements to the Barton Mills roundabout. At that time, the mobile service provider lost the signal. “
McKeague was reported missing at 3.42pm on Monday, September 26, by colleagues from RAF Honington.
Ericson continued: “Despite an extensive investigation and search led by the police, there has been no evidence of life since the last sighting of Corrie at 3.25am on Saturday 24th September 2016.
“Corrie, having climbed into the Greggs bin located in the horseshoe area on Brentgovel Street, is believed to have been in the bin when it was emptied into the Biffa garbage truck and this is where she subsequently died.
A pre-investigation review hearing will be held on February 5.
