Coronation Street fans 'work out' Joel Deering identity twist and who is really dead

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Coronation Street fans think there will be an idenity twist as they struggle to believe Joel Deering is really gone. The character has been loathed by viewers of the ITV soap after his squeaky clean image was shattered by the reveal of him being Lauren Bolton's 'secret boyfriend'.

Joel, who first arrived on the cobbles as Dee-Dee Bailey's love interest last year, was revealed earlier this year to have groomed Lauren and was behind her disappearance and presumed murder after he was seen attacking her with a chair leg.

Luckily, the teen survived and returned to Weatherfield over the summer when Roy Cropper fell ill following his release from prison after being wrongly accused of being behind Lauren's disappearance and presumed murder. READ MORE: Coronation Street fans have 'horrible feeling' as they 'work out' Joel Deering's killer READ MORE: Read more of our Coronation Street stories here When he and Lauren were reunited, it was revealed that Joel started by helping Lauren with money for bills and living expenses, before forcing him to sleep with her for money and he quickly discovered she was now expecting his child.

It was revealed that when they tried to end things that Joel turned nasty, with the mention of his fiancee Dee-Dee Bailey finding out that finally tipped him over the edge and saw him attack Lauren.