Coronation Street fans ‘work out’ who really killed Theo – and it’s not one of the suspects | Soaps

Coronation Street have revealed the line up of official suspects in the ‘whodunnit’ that saw Theo Silverton (James Cartwright) bashed over the head before being thrown off some scaffolding in the climax of ‘murder week’.

Danielle Silverton (Natalie Anderson) the deeply scorned ex-wife, George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley) the father figure of Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce) who Theo had been viciously abusing for close to a year and his girlfriend, Christina Boyd (Amy Robbins), Gary Windass (Mikey North), Theo’s former best friend and resident bully-buster, Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby), the adoptive daughter of Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank) who Theo killed, and, of course, Todd himself, make up the suspect list.

While it is completely plausible and, more than likely, possible, that one of the above bumped monstrous Theo off, there is a chance that the killer is somebody else entirely. Cast your minds back to EastEnders’ mammoth ‘whodunnit’ event, ‘who killed Lucy?’, in which it was revealed that her little brother, Bobby Beale (Eliot Carrington), had done the deed, without ever having been announced as a possible culprit.

In the vein of ‘keeping it in the family’, a few Coronation Street fans have surmised that Theo’s killer isn’t a part of the official line up and that the reappearance of an infrequent character last week is a confirmation of guilt: Theo’s son, Miles (Lewis William Magee).

Who is Miles Silverton?

Miles has been pretty estranged from his dad since their family collapsed, with Theo leaving his wife and Miles’ mum, Danielle, to set up home with Todd.

Though Theo possessed very few positive traits, one was his dedication to his children.

In the aftermath of Theo choosing to be with Todd, Miles was understandable hurt, confused, and completely blind sided, having had no idea about his dad’s sexuality, with Theo having undergone sick ‘conversion therapy’ previously to ‘cure’ him of his homosexuality leading to him repressing it.

Things erupted violently at a family dinner, with Miles landing a punch on Todd. Stepping into the melee, Theo accidentally ended up hitting Miles himself, and things got even worse between father and son.

Billy later discovered Miles handing out leaflets promoting the conversion therapy alongside Noah Hedley (Richard Winsor), the man who’d practiced said therapy on Theo, and had recently gotten into a relationship with Danielle.

Billy tried his hardest to get through to Miles, who’d begun being poisoned by Noah’s anti-gay ramblings and when Billy wound up on the floor as a result of Miles and Noah’s response, he reported Miles to the police, resulting in him being interviewed and let off with a caution.

Could Miles have killed Theo?

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In Miles’ recent reappearance, Theo tried, above anything else, to mend things between he and his son, but new enemy Carl Webster (Jonathan Howard) put an end to that, insinuated that he’d slept with Theo the previous night in the back of his van in front of him.

This somewhat random reappearance of Miles has got the cogs whirring in fans minds. Could it have been more than just a brief return? Could yet another clash with his dad have finally driven him to extreme measures?

Ange certainly thinks so, and she’s not the only one!

There’s some very interesting points made. Despite Theo being truly evil, a murder won’t go unpunished by the soap Gods. Would Coronation Street really be willing to part with any of the main suspect line up?

Are Miles, or even Danielle, more expendable to the show? Absolutely.

Still, the exact circumstances of the death are still unknown. Could the final blow have been delivered in self defence, making Theo’s death an accident rather than cold-blooded murder?

Either way, we’re in for one hell of a ride as we try and out-sleuth the Weatherfield coppers!

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