CORONATION Street fans suspect they know who murdered the abuser Joel Deering after his body is found in the river.

The mystery of Joel Deering’s disappearance is revealed when his body is found next week in Coronation Street.

Upcoming scenes on the ITV soap will see Craig Tinker and Kit Green study CCTV from a train station car park, and see Joel Deering and then his dad around a locker.

Kit interviews Joel’s dad Gus and demands some answers.

Meanwhile, on a riverbank, three lads spot a body floating in the water.

Craig approaches DS Lisa Swaine and Kit and announces that they’ve found Joel’s body.

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Kit steals himself to break the news to Dee-Dee Bailey and Lauren Bolton at the hospital.

Lisa breaks the news to people in the Rovers.

Kit calls back at the hospital and tells Lauren that the post mortem revealed that Joel was dead before he entered the river.

So, they’re now looking at a murder investigation.

But, who could be responsible?

Kit questions Lauren about where she was on the night of Joel’s death, the 27th September.

Dee-Dee finds out the truth from Lauran

While Dee-Dee tells her dad Ed Bailey and uncle Ronnie Bailey that Joel was murdered.

Corrie fans are convinced they have sussed who the murderer is.

Taking to a Digital Spy fan forum, one fan wrote: “They’ve really murdered Joel? That was a decision. I predict it was Ellie and it was an accident #Corrie.

Also next week, Kit reveals to Lisa that Joel died from two blows to the head, inflicted by a heavy weapon, most likely a crowbar.

Lisa is shocked to discover from Yasmeen Nazir that she threw Mason Radcliffe out because he had a crowbar.

Betsy Swaine is intrigued when her mum tells her to stay away from Mason.

Betsy warns Mason that the police are onto him.

Behind the factory, Mason disposes of the crowbar in a bin.

But is caught in the act by Kit.

And Dee-Dee explains to Ronnie that the police believe Joel was attacked with a crowbar.