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Missing aviator Corrie McKeague died after drunkenly climbing into a Greggs container that was later dumped into a truck, police believe.
The 23-year-old RAF gunner McKeague disappeared after a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in September 2016.
He was last seen entering a cargo bay area in the city and it is feared that he may have fallen asleep inside the container.
Police tracked his cell phone signal showing that he had traveled in a vehicle shortly after 4 a.m. to Barton Mills, about 14 miles away.
The movement of the phone coincided with that of a garbage truck collecting trash from the loading dock.
A search of nearly 10,000 square feet of trash in Milton, Cambs, conducted by Suffolk police ended without success.
Chief Superintendent Marina Ericson said today in an investigation into Corrie’s death in the Suffolk Coroner Court that she believes she died in the Biffa truck.
She told the hearing in Ipswich that Mr. Mckeague was last seen alive at 3.25am on September 24, 2016, when he entered the container area.
Ms. Ericson said a garbage truck emptied the Greggs container at 4.19am, and the container was recorded to weigh 116 kg (18 3 pounds).
“This was 70 to 80 kg (12 ° 8 pounds) more than their average weight,” he said.
She added: “Despite an extensive police-led investigation and search, there has been no evidence of life since the last Corrie sighting.
“Corrie is believed to have been in the trash when it was emptied into the Biffa garbage truck and this is where she died.”
Corrie’s mother, Nicola Urquhart, 51, of Dunfermline, Fife, has said she believes he may have walked or been expelled from the area where he was last seen.
A £ 2 million investigation into the disappearance was shelved in 2018 and handed over to the open cases team after police admitted they had “no realistic lines of investigation to follow”.
The investigation was formally opened by County Coroner Nigel Parsley, and a pre-investigation review will take place on February 5 of next year.
He said, “Based on the evidence I have heard, I will open an investigation into Corrie’s tragic death.”
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