{"id":28896,"date":"2023-01-20T22:00:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T21:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1771043"},"modified":"2023-01-21T06:41:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T05:41:01","slug":"stephens-horror-as-body-goes-missing-in-coronation-street-murder-twist","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/stephens-horror-as-body-goes-missing-in-coronation-street-murder-twist\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen\u2019s horror as body goes missing in Coronation Street murder twist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Laura Denby\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 20 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Murderous Stephen Reid struck again<\/a> in tonight\u2019s Coronation Street<\/a> (20th January), killing poor Teddy Thompkins (Grant Burgin) \u2013 but he lost the man\u2019s lifeless body before he could dispose of it!<\/p>\n

Stephen\u2019s first victim was Teddy\u2019s son Leo<\/a> (Joe Frost), who he pushed to his death. Then, at the end of last year, Stephen breathed a sigh of relief when Teddy\u2019s suspicions over Leo\u2019s disappearance were stopped in their tracks when the man was run over in the Street.<\/p>\n

Since recovering, Teddy\u2019s memory has been blank,<\/a> but Stephen has kept himself firmly in the loop and even managed to convince Teddy he was his friend. However, when the latter smelled some mulled wine that the pub was trying to sell off from the Christmas market, it triggered a breakthrough.<\/p>\n

Stephen and Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews) sat with Teddy as he recalled flying off to Canada \u2013 but when it came to remembering a heated conversation with Leo, he had no recollection at all. Of course, this is because there was no meeting with Leo, but Stephen lied that Teddy had told him there was before his accident.<\/p>\n

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Teddy (Grant Burgin) is attacked by Stephen (Todd Boyce) in Coronation Street.<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Undeterred, Teddy booked a flight to Canada once more, and Jenny informed Stephen that Teddy was saying his goodbyes. Panicking, Stephen rushed to the Rovers to persuade Teddy to have a farewell coffee with him at Roy\u2019s Rolls.<\/p>\n

Teddy agreed, and Stephen managed to talk him out of going in search for Leo, instead convincing him to move on as his son didn\u2019t want to see him. Relieved, Stephen headed off for work, while Teddy struck up a conversation with a nearby Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank) about his \u2018lost\u2019 son.<\/p>\n

When Billy remarked that he wished he\u2019d thought to track his adoptive daughter Summer Spellman\u2019s (Harriet Bibby) phone when she was missing, Teddy came to a realisation.<\/p>

Locating Stephen, he told him that he had spoken to a friend who had traced the location of Leo\u2019s final text to Weatherfield. Stephen desperately tried to put Teddy off as the latter accused him of getting rid of Leo, and he led him into the factory.<\/p>\n

Teddy revealed he now believed that Stephen had killed his son, and Stephen failed to change his mind as Teddy threatened his freedom. But when Teddy\u2019s back was turned, Stephen picked up a very large hole punch and hit him over the head with it, killing him.<\/p>\n

He was interrupted by Michael Bailey (Ryan Russell), but Stephen ran out of the office to talk to him, and even rushed back to retrieve the hole punch for him. Later, Stephen moved Teddy\u2019s body into mum Audrey Roberts\u2019s (Sue Nicholls) car roof box. But, with the body concealed, he was spotted struggling to get the box into the car by Kevin (Michael Le Vell) and Abi Webster (Sally Carman-Duttine).<\/p>