EastEnders Shirley Carter will make a big decision after getting an important update on Tina s disappearance.
The Carters have been growing worried about Tina s whereabouts, after she vanished without a trace over Christmas.
Tragically, Tina (Luisa Bradshaw-White) was murdered by Gray – who has since led everyone to believe she s done a runner to escape punishment for Ian s attack. Kieron McCarron/Jack BarnesBBC
Tina s loved ones have reluctantly accepted her fate, but will have their suspicions reawakened when Sharon s role in Ian s ordeal comes to light.
As Shirley and Mick do some further digging, Tina s disappearance soon becomes a police matter.
Tensions are set to reach breaking point in Walford as Max Branning believes he has worked out the truth about Sharon Watts dealings with her husband Ian.
Convinced she is the one who really tried to poison Ian, Max (Jake Wood) proclaims Tina s (Luisa Bradshaw-White) innocence, leaving everyone stunned.
Ian (Adam Woodyatt) survived Sharon s latest murder attempt and has since fled Albert Square, with his mother Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth) desperate to find him.
Accusation: Tensions are set to reach breaking point in Walford as Max Branning believes he has worked out the truth about Sharon Watts dealings with her husband Ian
Upcoming scenes will see Max determined to prove that Sharon was responsible for Ian s attack – hoping that it will vindicate Tina and win Linda back in the process.
However, when Max later exposes Sharon s guilt in front of everyone in the pub, it sparks a wider question about where Tina really is – and why she ran.
Following Max s revelation, Mick persuades Linda to get the truth from him. Linda agrees but her suspicions are piqued when Max explains what he knows.
This only leaves Mick even more worried for Tina afterwards, especially as she seemingly owned up to the attack via text message.
Gray quickly carried Tina s body out to his car and put it in the boot, but while he was outside he was interrupted by Jack (Scott Maslen), who was looking for Tina in order to ask her some more questions about the attack on Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt), which she was on bail for.
Gray lied that Tina was out at the sales and Jack simply replied: Is she now?
But what some fans might not have noticed is that a part of the blanket was sticking out of Gray s car door at the time – and police officer Jack may well have seen this and suspected that something was amiss.
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After an explosive confrontation in which Gray chased her around the house before eventually trapping her, the scene then showed Gray talking to Tina as she lay dead on the sofa.
He then set about cleaning up the evidence before loading her body into the car in a bid to get rid of her.
Murderer: The sinister solicitor (Toby Alexander Smith) silenced Tina (Luisa Bradshaw-White) after she had rumbled that he killed his wife Chantelle (Jessica Plummer)
It was known that Tina was planning to do a runner after being implicated in the attack on Ian Beale.
So when her brother Mick Carter (Danny Dyer) called round, Gray easily convinced him that Tina had run away.