{"id":469274,"date":"2026-05-27T09:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T09:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/469274\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T09:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T09:09:16","slug":"coronation-street-airs-intriguing-new-theory-surrounding-theos-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/469274\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street airs intriguing new theory surrounding Theo’s death"},"content":{"rendered":"

George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley) has pointed his finger towards another Coronation Street<\/a> character amid the investigation into Theo Silverton’s (James Cartwright) murder.<\/p>\n

So far, the funeral director, his partner Christina Boyd (Amy Robbins) and Gary Windass (Mikey North) have been hauled in for questioning, and Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) has been charged.<\/a><\/p>\n

George had suspicions about her behaviour,<\/a> and her willingness to lie about her whereabouts on the night of Theo’s death, and decided to speak to DS Lisa Connor-Swain (Vicky Myers).<\/p>\n

He’d also witnessed her burning a number of pages from her journal, which detailed how she wanted to aim a gun at Theo’s head. Connor-Swain’s eyebrow had also been raised, having found a photo of Summer wearing a brooch that matched the one found at the scene of the crime.<\/p>\n

George has lost his surrogate son Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce), who is furious that Summer is behind bars as a result of his actions.<\/p>\n

\"Natalie<\/p>\n

Natalie Anderson as Danielle Silverton in Coronation Street.\u00a0ITV<\/p>\n

However, in today’s episode, a potential new suspect came to the forefront.<\/p>\n

Theo’s ex-wife, Danielle Silverton (Natalie Anderson), was in Preston’s Petals browsing their floral arrangements. Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) warned that they could be expensive, and although she could do a smaller spray, it wouldn’t look appropriate for on top of the coffin.<\/p>\n

George overheard her discussing her financial woes, and quickly surmised that she could be looking at a hefty payout from Theo’s life insurance and inheritance.<\/p>\n

Tracy reckoned that this could be a good enough reason to want to bump someone off.<\/p>\n

Did Danielle kill Theo?<\/p>\n

Series producer Kate Brooks has already teased to Radio Times<\/a> and other media that the reveal of the murderer won’t come until late June or July<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Danielle<\/p>\n

George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley) believed that Danielle could have killed Theo.\u00a0ITV<\/p>\n

“It’s a massive story, there\u2019s so many different twists, and there’s so many different offshoots to the story as well,” she explained.<\/p>\n

“You think you’re watching one thing, and then it diverts into a completely new kind of story territory. It’ll definitely keep people guessing.”<\/p>\n

Could the suspicion surrounding Danielle just be another way to throw us off the scent, with the real killer still walking the cobbles?<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/p>\n

Coronation Street airs weeknights at 8:30pm on ITV1 or can be streamed from 7am on ITVX.<\/p>\n

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