On the 18th April (Good Friday) this year, Lucy Beale shuffled of this mortal coil thanks to one of the residents of the square. This story line is said to be one that will be played out right up to the soaps 30th anniversary which is February 2015.
Recently one character has been arrested and charged with her murder and this is Jake Stone. This is an interesting character to be charged, one main reason for this is because he originally came into the soap closely connected to Lauren Branning. Although Jake did have contact with Lucy in the months leading up to her death it is unlikely that he has the motive to be able to do so. Jake created Lucy and Lauren's website and later on in the aftermath of her death Lucy's blood is found in his flat, This does give his a slight motive and the police a reason to charge however Jake shares a flat with shifty market inspector Aleks so could it be him??
The next character that has been suggested could be the killer is Max Branning. For those of you that are regular EastEnders viewers you know his shady past with women, but for others not so familiar he is a serial cheat and likes the women of the square. In the months leading up to Lucy's demise she was secretly seeing somebody on the sly and later we the viewers find out that it is Max (who is best friend Lauren's dad). We saw Max telling Lucy that he didn't want his girls to find out so this could be the motive that he needed to kill her.
So from this we end up with Lauren Branning. When the Lucy storyline was first made public knowledge Lauren was instantly put in the frame as she is Lucy's best friend. Initially the soap magazines said that it could have been Lauren because she thinks that Jake and Lucy are romantically involved, however later on we discover that Lauren's motive includes the Max and Lucy affair.
Whitney is the next character that could be put in the frame. Over the years Lucy and Whitney haven't had the closest of friendships as there has always been friction between them. Before this week viewers didn't have much to create a plausible motive for Whitney as all the friction was normal girl stuff. This week however we find out that it was Whitney that left a note at the funeral that read 'ROT IN HELL', and when Tamwar (who found the note) confronted her she revealed that Lucy was Cyber bullying Whitney. This now gives Whitney the perfect motive however with her close relationship to her siblings such as Tiffany it seem unlikely that she would risk a prison term.
Ian has also been a suggested suspect. This is because before her murder half sister Cindy revealed that Lucy had drugs in her jewellery box, and he went to find her to confront her about her problem. In the aftermath when the police ask of his whereabouts he lies and says he was at the restaurant. This shifty behaviour could be that of a murderer but i ask you this would a father such as Ian have it in him to murder his only daughter?
Lucy's brother Peter is the next one that was mentioned to be a suspect. The main reason that he was considered to be a suspect was because he was he twin brother and was always playing second fiddle to her. We learnt in the week of her murder that Lucy was Ian's favourite to which Peter overheard and was visibly upset. However I don't think that he would have enough courage and enough of a motive to murder his twin sister.
Lucy's stepmother Jane was suggested as another suspect. Jane doesn't have much of a motive for killing Lucy, but because she was in the square on the evening of the murder and in the lead up to her funeral we learn that Jane cant face it. does this mean that she has a guilty conscience??
Finally my prediction. For this storyline i am going to take a far fetched prediction and that is Abi. I know your thinking right now, wait a minute Sarah, but Abi is an innocent young women and is the innocent and sweet Branning sister but let me try and convince you. As you have learnt earlier on in this post her father Max is a serial cheat and caused her family pain by splitting up the family. Now cast your mind forward to about a week before Lucy's death, both Lucy and Max received an email with a picture of their secret liaison. This after the funeral was revealed to be Abi. Could Abi have a more sinister side and killed Lucy ... i leave it open to you people, who do you think the killer is? ... My theory is a far fetched idea but in the world of soap land anything is possible.
Happy guessing soap detectives
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