Serviceman threatened with knife outside RAF base
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The Marham incident involved a serviceman in civvies and contrary to the initial story, he wasn't on the married patch.
Thoughts are with his family and friends. I hope he turns up soon with nothing more than an epic hangover. Fingers firmly crossed.
Thoughts are with his family and friends. I hope he turns up soon with nothing more than an epic hangover. Fingers firmly crossed.
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The guy at marham was very close to the base - and TBH there are as many questions as answers about that incident with an amazing lack of progress
"Police say they can't rule out terrorism but they're also saying there are also other plausible alternative explanations."
What did the police mean by "other possible plausible alternatives"?
The current missing person was in town and looks like any other civvy late at night. In the video it looks as if he's eating as he goes ?chips? - certainly not zig-zagging around or blotto
"Police say they can't rule out terrorism but they're also saying there are also other plausible alternative explanations."
What did the police mean by "other possible plausible alternatives"?
The current missing person was in town and looks like any other civvy late at night. In the video it looks as if he's eating as he goes ?chips? - certainly not zig-zagging around or blotto
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In the video it looks as if he's eating as he goes ?chips? - certainly not zig-zagging around or blotto
Certainly looks a bit swervy after he 'drops the chip'.
Enquiries and information received over the past week have led police to believe he may have been in the Mildenhall area at some point between 4.30am and 8am on Saturday 24 September
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A desperately worrying time for the lads family and not one that's helped by speculation however well meant or educated.
I've been involved in enquiries of this nature recently and they're incredibly time consuming and labour intensive. Modern technologies can help but you have to put the hours in to get results from them.
I hope this ends well.
I've been involved in enquiries of this nature recently and they're incredibly time consuming and labour intensive. Modern technologies can help but you have to put the hours in to get results from them.
I hope this ends well.
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"Police say they can't rule out terrorism but they're also saying there are also other plausible alternative explanations."
Has anyone considered this could possibly be a case of Munchausen's?
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there could be a lot of explanations why someone wanted a close talk to him and he didn't want to talk to them...............................
Corrie Mckeague: Bin lorry seized in search for missing airman - BBC News
the McKeague case has taken a turn for the worse - they've checked his phone and it seems to be in a bin lorry trundling around Suffolk............
Police searching for a missing airman have seized a bin lorry believing it may contain his discarded mobile phone.
Corrie Mckeague, based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, disappeared after a night out in Bury St Edmunds nine days ago.
Data shows his missing mobile phone moved to nearby Barton Mills, matching the route of a bin lorry.
Officers do not believe Mr Mckeague, 23, from Dunfermline in Fife, still has the phone and searches for him are continuing across Suffolk.
The phone has not been used since it was pinpointed to Barton Mills, which is about 10 miles (16km) from Bury.
In a statement, police said they were "exploring the possibility that the phone may have been lost or discarded as the timings of the movement has been found to coincide with that of a bin lorry". The lorry's load was weighed at under 15kg (33lbs), leading police to believe that Mr Mckeague was not with the phone.
His mother, Nicola Urquhart, is expected to attend a police press conference about his disappearance later on Monday.
Over the weekend searches by police, the RAF, Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue and a National Police Air Service helicopter were carried out, but have not revealed "any new information".
Checks in Bury St Edmunds were also held a week after the last confirmed sighting of Mr Mckeague in Brentgovel Street on Saturday 24 September at 03:20 BST. Police said he could have been in the area of Mildenhall between 04:30 and 08:00 on the Saturday.
They said they wanted to hear from anyone who may have seen or spoken to a man matching Mr Mckeague's description in the area at the time.
Corrie Mckeague: Bin lorry seized in search for missing airman - BBC News
the McKeague case has taken a turn for the worse - they've checked his phone and it seems to be in a bin lorry trundling around Suffolk............
Police searching for a missing airman have seized a bin lorry believing it may contain his discarded mobile phone.
Corrie Mckeague, based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, disappeared after a night out in Bury St Edmunds nine days ago.
Data shows his missing mobile phone moved to nearby Barton Mills, matching the route of a bin lorry.
Officers do not believe Mr Mckeague, 23, from Dunfermline in Fife, still has the phone and searches for him are continuing across Suffolk.
The phone has not been used since it was pinpointed to Barton Mills, which is about 10 miles (16km) from Bury.
In a statement, police said they were "exploring the possibility that the phone may have been lost or discarded as the timings of the movement has been found to coincide with that of a bin lorry". The lorry's load was weighed at under 15kg (33lbs), leading police to believe that Mr Mckeague was not with the phone.
His mother, Nicola Urquhart, is expected to attend a police press conference about his disappearance later on Monday.
Over the weekend searches by police, the RAF, Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue and a National Police Air Service helicopter were carried out, but have not revealed "any new information".
Checks in Bury St Edmunds were also held a week after the last confirmed sighting of Mr Mckeague in Brentgovel Street on Saturday 24 September at 03:20 BST. Police said he could have been in the area of Mildenhall between 04:30 and 08:00 on the Saturday.
They said they wanted to hear from anyone who may have seen or spoken to a man matching Mr Mckeague's description in the area at the time.
Re 'Amazing lack of progress' - it could be that it is not prudent to share a live investigation with the general public unless there is a specific need to do so.
As regards 'plausible alternatives', until the full story/circumstances come out, an open mind has to be kept. Again, is it prudent to share specifics etc etc.
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As regards 'plausible alternatives', until the full story/circumstances come out, an open mind has to be kept. Again, is it prudent to share specifics etc etc.
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Looks like missing airman Corrie McKeague and his pregnant girlfriend were "members of a swinging club".
See here:
Corrie McKeague's mum confirms missing RAF man and his girlfriend were members of swinging club - Daily Record
See here:
Corrie McKeague's mum confirms missing RAF man and his girlfriend were members of swinging club - Daily Record
Has he done a runner with someone?
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Looks like the police are gradually releasing information they have to try and keep the case warm.
they almost always hold back facts so they can check on the nutters who call in claiming "I did it" (remember the Ripper tapes?) and also to use in interrogation.
God knows what actually happened - it really is quiet hard to disapear totally in this country in this day and age ...
The outlook is not good I'm afraid
they almost always hold back facts so they can check on the nutters who call in claiming "I did it" (remember the Ripper tapes?) and also to use in interrogation.
God knows what actually happened - it really is quiet hard to disapear totally in this country in this day and age ...
The outlook is not good I'm afraid
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Missing airman ?is in landfill? | News | The Times & The Sunday Times
New evidence suggests that an RAF gunner who went missing last year ended up in a bin lorry and was dumped at a landfill site.
Corrie McKeague, 23, from Dunfermline, disappeared during a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, on September 24. The airman, based at RAF Honington, was seen on TV going into a refuse collection area behind a branch of Greggs, the bakery chain. Police soon discovered that the signal from his mobile phone corresponded with the movement of a Biffa lorry that picked up the contents of a Greggs wheelie bin.A search of the lorry, however, found nothing and Biffa initially said that only 11kg of rubbish had been collected.
Mr McKeague’s mother, Nicola Urquhart, 48, a family liaison officer for Police Scotland, wrote on Facebook yesterday that more than 100kg of waste had been taken. “This can really devastatingly only mean one thing,” she said. A Biffa employee who was arrested when the error was found faced no further action, police said, adding that he had made a genuine mistake.
Ms Urquhart said she had accepted that her son was dead and on the landfill site. “I can only pray that Corrie is found quickly and that we are able to get answers as to how this could have happened,” she said.
New evidence suggests that an RAF gunner who went missing last year ended up in a bin lorry and was dumped at a landfill site.
Corrie McKeague, 23, from Dunfermline, disappeared during a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, on September 24. The airman, based at RAF Honington, was seen on TV going into a refuse collection area behind a branch of Greggs, the bakery chain. Police soon discovered that the signal from his mobile phone corresponded with the movement of a Biffa lorry that picked up the contents of a Greggs wheelie bin.A search of the lorry, however, found nothing and Biffa initially said that only 11kg of rubbish had been collected.
Mr McKeague’s mother, Nicola Urquhart, 48, a family liaison officer for Police Scotland, wrote on Facebook yesterday that more than 100kg of waste had been taken. “This can really devastatingly only mean one thing,” she said. A Biffa employee who was arrested when the error was found faced no further action, police said, adding that he had made a genuine mistake.
Ms Urquhart said she had accepted that her son was dead and on the landfill site. “I can only pray that Corrie is found quickly and that we are able to get answers as to how this could have happened,” she said.
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It seems like this will come to its sad conclusion fairly soon.
I hope the family can find some peace.
I wonder why they felt it was necessary to arrest the Biffa employee over the data error?
I hope the family can find some peace.
I wonder why they felt it was necessary to arrest the Biffa employee over the data error?
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Possibly they thought initially the vehicle was overweight, and he had falsified the readings?
Either way, such a sad outcome if he is in there.
Either way, such a sad outcome if he is in there.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
I get the feeling that an arrest is almost routine so that the interview may be recorded officially.
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Not anymore. To arrest there must be a necessity from an exhaustive list.
Solely to interview isn't likely to meet any criteria.
Just seems strange that the investigation would go down that route.
Not anymore. To arrest there must be a necessity from an exhaustive list.
Solely to interview isn't likely to meet any criteria.
Just seems strange that the investigation would go down that route.
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Police have stopped the landfill search for Corrie McKeague whilst they still apparently believe he is there or may have been incinerated. An awful conclusion for his family.
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This is so sad on so many levels.....................
Corrie Mckeague: 'Nothing found' in airman landfill search - BBC News
An airman who disappeared 10 months ago was "known to sleep in rubbish on a night out", police have said. Corrie Mckeague, 23, has not been seen since a night out in Bury St Edmunds last September, when CCTV showed him entering a bin loading bay. Suffolk Police has confirmed its search of waste at Milton landfill was at an end.
Mr Mckeague's family say they are "devastated" at the news and disputed claims he would have slept in a bin. Police said all the information "points to the fact Corrie was transported to the landfill". Det Supt Katie Elliott said the landfill search for Mr Mckeague had been "systematic, comprehensive and thorough. Corrie had been known to go to sleep in rubbish on a night out. There is no evidence to support any other explanation at this time."
Responding to the news, Corrie's father Martin Mckeague posted a statement on his Facebook page saying: "The McKeague family in Scotland is devastated by today's announcement.
At no point did we think that the search of the site would end this way, and as all the evidence tells us that Corrie is somewhere in that landfill site, we are heartbroken at the thought that we may not be able to bring Corrie home together." His mother Nicola Urquhart said: "I have tried really to put my trust in them (the police) but to say I am devastated that they are now saying they think he is still in there but they are going to stop searching, I cannot begin to explain how that makes me feel."
She said she did not believe there was evidence he slept in bins and was "angry" at the claim.
Det Supt Elliott said police had spoken to one witness who had previously found Mr Mckeague asleep in a bin and he had been known to previously sleep on park benches, in toilets and stair wells. Although material from the time and place of Mr Mckeague's disappearance has been found at the landfill, the serviceman, from Dunfermline, Fife, has not been discovered.
In June, Mr Mckeague's girlfriend April Oliver, from Norfolk, gave birth to their daughter. The police investigation had established early on that Mr Mckeague's mobile phone tracked the same route, and at the same pace, as a bin lorry on the night of his disappearance. But initial inquiries found the rubbish truck was carrying a load of 11kg (1st 10lb), suggesting Mr Mckeague was not on the refuse truck. Then in March it emerged the true weight of the truck contents was more than 100kg (15st 10lb). The error was a "genuine mistake", Suffolk Police said.
Corrie's mother, Nicola Urquhart, said the initial assurance from police that he was not in the bin lorry had been "the one thing that was giving me hope that he was still alive".
Police say they will now search previously incinerated waste and carry out a review of the investigation for any fresh leads in the case.
Corrie Mckeague: 'Nothing found' in airman landfill search - BBC News
An airman who disappeared 10 months ago was "known to sleep in rubbish on a night out", police have said. Corrie Mckeague, 23, has not been seen since a night out in Bury St Edmunds last September, when CCTV showed him entering a bin loading bay. Suffolk Police has confirmed its search of waste at Milton landfill was at an end.
Mr Mckeague's family say they are "devastated" at the news and disputed claims he would have slept in a bin. Police said all the information "points to the fact Corrie was transported to the landfill". Det Supt Katie Elliott said the landfill search for Mr Mckeague had been "systematic, comprehensive and thorough. Corrie had been known to go to sleep in rubbish on a night out. There is no evidence to support any other explanation at this time."
Responding to the news, Corrie's father Martin Mckeague posted a statement on his Facebook page saying: "The McKeague family in Scotland is devastated by today's announcement.
At no point did we think that the search of the site would end this way, and as all the evidence tells us that Corrie is somewhere in that landfill site, we are heartbroken at the thought that we may not be able to bring Corrie home together." His mother Nicola Urquhart said: "I have tried really to put my trust in them (the police) but to say I am devastated that they are now saying they think he is still in there but they are going to stop searching, I cannot begin to explain how that makes me feel."
She said she did not believe there was evidence he slept in bins and was "angry" at the claim.
Det Supt Elliott said police had spoken to one witness who had previously found Mr Mckeague asleep in a bin and he had been known to previously sleep on park benches, in toilets and stair wells. Although material from the time and place of Mr Mckeague's disappearance has been found at the landfill, the serviceman, from Dunfermline, Fife, has not been discovered.
In June, Mr Mckeague's girlfriend April Oliver, from Norfolk, gave birth to their daughter. The police investigation had established early on that Mr Mckeague's mobile phone tracked the same route, and at the same pace, as a bin lorry on the night of his disappearance. But initial inquiries found the rubbish truck was carrying a load of 11kg (1st 10lb), suggesting Mr Mckeague was not on the refuse truck. Then in March it emerged the true weight of the truck contents was more than 100kg (15st 10lb). The error was a "genuine mistake", Suffolk Police said.
Corrie's mother, Nicola Urquhart, said the initial assurance from police that he was not in the bin lorry had been "the one thing that was giving me hope that he was still alive".
Police say they will now search previously incinerated waste and carry out a review of the investigation for any fresh leads in the case.
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Last September I posted..............
"Hope he is sleeping it off somewhere but it,s now 4 days......."
He was it seems ............. and he was in more danger than if he'd been shot at by nutters........... just an awful, awful story
"Hope he is sleeping it off somewhere but it,s now 4 days......."
He was it seems ............. and he was in more danger than if he'd been shot at by nutters........... just an awful, awful story