Corrie's Mum: Swingers Account "None Of Your Business"
Missing airman Corrie McKeague and his girlfriend April Oliver were members of a swinging website, the RAF man's mother has revealed.
Nicola Urquhart posted on the Find Corrie Facebook page after details of her son's private life had surfaced online.
A link had been posted on the 'Reddit' website to Corrie's account page on 'Fab Swingers', which was later deleted by his family. Ms Urquhart said:
"April has asked me to post this on the page. Corrie and April were on dating sites, they are young and were enjoying themselves. They were both seeing other people, this has not been hidden.
"April and Corrie had a Fab Swingers account, to the haters, get over it. This is none of your business."
"April could have easily deleted her account as I could have deleted Corrie's however what was far more important than a little embarrassment was that the police were informed immediately and given every ability to ensure this did not have anything to do with Corrie's disappearance."
Suffolk Police, meanwhile, said in a statement:
"Police are aware of the social media and websites Corrie was using and this is part of our investigation. We will not be commenting further at this time."
Ms Urquhart's Facebook post, however, said, that she didn't think the news was likely to be relevant to her son's disappearance:
"We know it has nothing to do with the investigation and realise I am predominantly feeding the haters."It was announced last week that Miss Oliver, 21, is expecting the airman's baby, after they met on a dating site about five months before his disappearance. Ms Urquhart added:
"Last week April had to publicly tell the world about her private life, something we all tried to keep private for both her and their baby, predominantly at April's insistence as April's main concern is finding Corrie.
"Sadly others would not leave her alone and were constantly messaging hateful remarks to us.
"After many long discussions April, her parents and us all felt she was really left with no choice as it was coming out anyway. With our full support we helped this happen."
Corrie McKeague, 23, from Fife, vanished on a night out with friends on September 24 in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk.
Mr McKeague, a gunner and team medic, based at RAF Honington, was separated from friends while leaving the Flex nightclub on St Andrews Street South.
He was last seen in Bury St Edmunds town centre on CCTV at 3.25am wearing a light pink Ralph Lauren shirt, white jeans and brown suede Timberland boots with light soles.
The last sighting shows him walking from a shop doorway and into a horseshoe-shaped area in Brentgovel Street, with no sign of him emerging.
Police are renewing their appeal to identify two remaining people shown on CCTV who could be helpful to the investigation.
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