John Sugden (played by Oliver Farnworth) appeared to brutally kill Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb) when he chased him through the woods and shot him with a bow and arrow in recent episodes on Emmerdale.
John was later seen watching a fire burn in the woods, hinting he’d burned Mackenzie’s body.
The latest episode showed Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) receive a text from Mackenzie announcing their marriage was over and he had moved to London permanently.
While she was furious their romance had ended over text, fans think she could easily learn the truth about her husband’s sudden disappearance.
Discussing the storyline on Reddit, one fan asked: “Do you think charity has location on Mack’s phone? Cos if they can ping if or something it’ll be with John and Aaron, I can’t believe that Aaron can’t see Johns personality is proper weird.
“And bloody fingerprints in the car ? Surely Macks phones gonna make some noises. I thought it was meant to be all coming out this week.”
Another fan argued: “If John has switched off the mobile, it will obviously not make noises. I don’t think FIND MY DEVICE works when the phone is off either. But surely Mack’s ISP can track GPS history of the phone when it was in use and reveal it’s last location, which tower it bounced off, etc.; many real murders are solved in this fashion.”
However, someone else suggested Moira Barton (Natalie J Robb) might uncover the truth about her brother due to a mistake John made when he text Charity from Mackenzie’s phone.
They theorised: “Moira did say “M?” as she read the text message Charity showed her, which sort of indicated that wasn’t the way Moira was accustomed to seeing Mack sign his texts. Maybe that will be revisited.”
But it seems Aaron Dingle (Danny Miller) might begin to grow suspicious of his husband as official spoilers reveal: “Charity crumbles at the idea that she’s lost Mack for good. Aaron makes a shocking discovery and accuses John of lying to him.”