Coronation Street has confirmed its next suspect in the Joel Deering murder cast - and it may come as quite the shock. The solictior went missing before his body was found floating down a river earlier this month.
Joel's disappearance was confimed after he failed to show his face in court. In the ITV soap scenes aired at the end of September, a warrant was issued for Joel's arrest as he was seemingly set to face his comeuppance for his twisted crimes, which included grooming Lauren Bolton.
However, after transferring money to his grooming victim and mother of his new son Lauren Bolton as well as his ex-wife Emily, Joel's car was found abandoned and it was believed Joel may have ended up taking his own life. READ MORE: Coronation Street spoilers as Dee-Dee makes Joel confession, death fears for Billy and David hides truth READ MORE: Read more of our Coronation Street stories here His ex-fiancee Dee-Dee Bailey didn't believe that theory and so DS Lisa Swaina and DC Kit Green carried on digging - until Swain was taken off the case due to Joel's vicious threats to her daughter Besty being found.
The police investigation into the murder of Joel, after his body was found and it was confirmed he'd been killed with a heavy weapon before entering the water, ongoing, Corrie viewers have been playing super sleuth with the help of an exciting series of flashbacks.
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