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Mother Accepts Son’s Death After 2016 Disappearance

By Drooid · Sep 24, 2026, 10:19 AM UTC · How we work

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British mother Nicola Urquhart said she has accepted her son’s death.
Her son, RAF gunner Corrie Mckeague, vanished on 24 September 2016 in Bury St Edmunds.
A 2022 inquest declared him dead after he allegedly climbed into a commercial waste bin.
Urquhart said she can sleep at night knowing she did everything possible.
She said their last meeting was a meal at Cheers, calling him a ‘social hand grenade’.

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British mother Nicola Urquhart said she has accepted her son’s death.
Her son, RAF gunner Corrie Mckeague, vanished on 24 September 2016 in Bury St Edmunds.
A 2022 inquest declared him dead after he allegedly climbed into a commercial waste bin.
Urquhart said she can sleep at night knowing she did everything possible.
She said their last meeting was a meal at Cheers, calling him a ‘social hand grenade’.