Yahoo News Coronation Street fans rumble what's happened to Lauren and Ellie and say who's 'in on it'
Coronation Street fans think they have rumbled what has really happened to Lauren Bolton and newcomer Ellie after Joel Deering's link to both women was uncovered.
Viewers of the ITV soap discovered last week that the solicitor is behind the disappearance - and suspected murder - of Lauren. She was last seen on the cobbles on February 23 after being sacked from her job at Roy's Rolls by Roy. The café owner later visited her with her wages and some extra cash to tide her over.
But soon after, the teen was visited at home by a mystery person, who viewers never got to see, and she hasn't been seen since. Roy Cropper found himself being charged with Lauren's murder after blood was found in the flat his misguidedly cleaned as a favour to sub-letter Evelyn Plummer.
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However, weeks on and after a number of episodes shown the same day from different characters' perspectives, Roy was released from prison and the truth was finally revealed - but only to those watching at home.
The residents of Weatherfield are still none the wiser that Joel was Lauren's 'secret boyfriend' who had showered her with expensive gifts but also left her shockingly bruised. They now think it was Nathan Curtis following the return of Bethany Platt's groomer as he was charged with Lauren's murder after newcomer Kit Green planted evidence in his van, after catching Sarah Barlow thinking about doing the same.
The duty solicitor ended up being Joel and he had good reason for looking shifty as when he returned to the street, he made a swift exit from Roy's homecoming and was met by Hope Stape who handed him a necklace that she found in his car when cleaning it, which viewers recognised belonged to Lauren. Then, a flashback clip then revealed him to be Lauren's secret 'boyfriend' and him brutally attacking her with a chair leg.
Joel then later appeared to make Bethany Platt his next target after she headed to speak to Ellie, who she previously scared off, as she believed had been attacked by a man who also attacked Lauren. After showing Ellie a picture of Nathan, the woman confirmed to Bethany that it was him who attacked her.
During Monday night's (June 3) Corrie, Dee-Dee was horrified to discover that Joel would be representing Nathan and when the news later came out in the cafe, a gutted Bethany made it clear that if Nathan got away with it, Joel would be just a guilty as he is if he attacks any other young girls.
But he was surprised to learn the PC Craig Tinker would be paying the aforementioned Ellie a visit. When he did, her flatmate said she'd done a bunk and all her stuff was gone but she had noticed something wasn't right about her in the days earlier. Soon after, viewers saw Joel emerge at the precinct where he was seen deleting Ellie's number from his phone, hinting that she'd met the same fate as Lauren.
But flocking to social media, some Corrie fans believe Lauren and Ellie may be alive and together. @Wee_Westie29 said: "Nah. I’m convinced he’s involved in human sex trafficking ring and he’s got Lauren and Ellie tied up somewhere until he can get them out of the UK. #Corrie #CoronationStreet @itvcorrie."
@RyanTheSoapking commented: "I'm still convinced that Lauren is alive and Joel has her locked up in an abandoned warehouse somewhere #Corrie." @zovee83 predicted: "We'll find both Ellie and Lauren locked away in a derelict pub. Soon to be joined by Bethany."
@homebrew19721 shared: "I think joel might have lauren and ellie locked up in a celler somewhere #Corrie." @WhoPotterVian added: "New prediction: Ellie is in the same basement as Lauren. That's why Joel deleted her name from his contacts list. He's keeping them both captive together now that PC Tinker is trying to get a statement from Ellie. #Corrie."
Meanwhile, some think Joel may not be acting alone as Ellie was first introduced to viewers through former sex worker Nicky Wheatly. @julie.lindab commented: "Looks like Nikki is in on it," to which @nickiewj replied: "THIS!" and @zovee83 added: "I think so too."
