Girlfriend of missing man treated for stress

The mother of missing Corrie McKeague has revealed the stress of his disappearance has resulted in his pregnant girlfriend being admitted to hospital.

During a question-and-answer session held on the Find Corrie Facebook page yesterday Nicola Urquhart revealed that her son’s girlfriend, April Oliver, had been hospitalised due to stress which put the baby at risk.

RAF gunner Corrie, 23, has been missing since he disappeared on a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, last September.

He met April, 21, five months before he went missing and it emerged she was pregnant with their child in January this year.

On the Find Corrie Facebook page Nicola responded to a well-wisher who hoped April was doing well in the latter stages of her pregnancy.

She wrote: “Thank you, hopefully everyone who has had any doubt about the nonsense being told about Corrie knowing April was pregnant will have been able to work out that it’s physically impossible for April to have known she was pregnant at the time Corrie went missing as she would have had the baby by now.

“Sadly the stress has put the baby at risk and she was hospitalised, requiring strong drugs to try to help baby.

“But she’s a fantastic mum already and managed to get herself and baby through it. She is not due yet but is doing very well.

“I will pass on your message, hopefully she will get some peace until baby arrives.”

Nicola also admitted she was losing confidence that the search of the nearby landfill site will result in her son being found.

“I did think he would have been found by now, so it’s hard to remain confident,” she said.

April with Corrie McKeague.