The man who served Corrie McKeague his last meal before he vanished has issued an appeal for his safe return.
RAF squadron member Corrie, originally from Dunfermline, disappeared in the market town of Bury St Edmunds following a night out with friends.
He was last seen wandering down the Suffolk town’s Brentgovel Street with a takeaway in hand shortly before 3.30am on Saturday September 24.
Abdulkadir Tekagac, who works in Pizza Mama Mia, became friendly with Corrie after the 23-year-old began dropping in for a kebab after regular nights out.
He said there was nothing unusual about the night Corrie went missing and that police have been unable to find anything fruitful from the takeaway’s CCTV.
He said: “Corrie is my friend. He came in here maybe every two weeks for food when he was out.
“He usually came in with an American guy from the base.
“There wasn’t anything different about him or the way he was acting when he came in that night.
“He was always just friendly and normal. I don’t know what has happened, but I hope they find him soon.”
Local police, RAF staff and volunteers are continuing a huge search covering a “vast” area of rural green and brown belt land.
So far no positive sighting of Corrie has been recorded since the day he disappeared.
Locals have described seeing a helicopter flying over the town’s skyline on almost a daily basis.
On Wednesday afternoon Suffolk police issued a statement urging three potentially key witnesses to come forward.
Temporary Superintendent Kim Warner said: “We should reassure them that we just wish to speak to them as potential witnesses at this stage.
“We appreciate that getting in touch with police may be intimidating but we do need to speak to you.
“At this stage in the investigation we just need to talk to anyone who may have seen Corrie during his night out so we can build a picture.
“We need to find him and a number of enquiries are being carried out to do this but we know, from CCTV images that we have already viewed, that he engaged with a number of people during his evening out.”
