One Coronation Street resident accused another character of knowing the truth about Joel Deering’s disappearance on Friday night.

Joel is presumed dead with the police believing he has taken his own life, after his car was abandoned and a note was found written by him. Amid speculation someone is involved in him going missing, his ex-fiancée Dee-Dee Bailey is convinced Joel is on the run.

She believes he has faked his death to avoid his crimes, after he tried to kill Lauren Bolton before trying to kill her unborn baby, while his other crimes include grooming young girls. With him set to face trial, the police believe he ended his life with his father Gus Deering also believing this to be the case.

Dee-Dee bumped into him at the police station during Friday’s visit to Weatherfield. As the pair spoke, Dee-Dee made it clear she believed Joel was in hiding and wasn’t really dead.

Gus fumed at Dee-Dee, calling her out for suggesting his son had faked his death as he struggled with the claim by police that Joel had taken his own life. He’d revealed the last time he saw Joel was two days before he vanished, with him keen for answers from detectives including DS Swain.

One Coronation Street resident accused another character of knowing the truth about Joel Deering’s disappearance ( 
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Gus told Dee-Dee that in his last conversation with his missing son he was distraught about everything, and that he “talked about ending it all”. He then berated Dee-Dee over her claims about Joel, saying: “My son was suicidal. He could be lying dead somewhere.”

In that moment Swain came over and intervened, apologising to Gus before asking to speak to Dee-Dee in private. It’s then that Dee-Dee repeated her theory about her ex and what had really happened to him, before she suggested someone was in on it.

She believed Gus might be involved in Joel going missing, and said there was a huge clue that confirmed her thoughts. As DS Swain told her to leave Gus alone, stating he was grieving and believed his son had taken his own life, Dee-Dee claimed he was acting up.

Dee-Dee even urged someone to follow Gus around, believing he could be the key to what happened to Joel. She told DS Swain: “I don’t buy it. He is putting it on and he obviously knows something. Why don’t you get someone to follow him and see if it leads us to Joel?” Swain was having none of it – but could Dee-Dee be on to something?

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