Coronation Street fans haven't been able to completely work out how Lauren Bolton got away with being gone for so long as they called out a 'soapland blunder'.
The teen made a shock return after being presumed dead following her sudden disappearance from Weatherfield back in February.
As viewers of the ITV soap know, Lauren, played by Cait Fitton, went missing after being sacked from her job at Roys Rolls and later being visited by a mystery person, who viewers never got to see.
However, three months after she left without a track, in May it was confirmed that it was Joel Deering who was behind her disappearance - not Roy Cropper as DS Lisa Swain decided when she charged him with Lauren's murder. READ MORE: Coronation Street's star warns it 'won't be pleasant to watch' as Joel discovers baby news Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link A flashback clip revealed him to be Lauren's secret 'boyfriend' and saw him brutally attack her with a chair leg.
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