Top 10 Characters Most Likely to Have Killed EastEnders' Lucy Beale

Fed up, potential stepmother of the deceased. Lucy may have found out that Denise wanted out of a loveless relationship with her father.

Could they have had an argument, and in the heat of the moment, Denise killed her?

I think it was Nick Cotton who killed Lucy while he was pretending to be dead, and Lucy threatened to tell Dot that her son was not really dead.

Father of the deceased. Is he trying to stop her from becoming successful and outshining him? Or, since he found out about his daughter's cocaine habit, could he, in his own way, be trying to save her from a life of drugs by killing her?

Whoever did it is obviously well-known to Emma Summerhayes, by the way she spoke to the person on the phone.

It's the clever copper. You know it's him, playing it sly.

He is also a killer on the loose because he has killed before - remember Heather Trott? He was released from prison on the same night Lucy was killed.

Friend of the deceased. A little unstable. In her mind, newcomer Lee Carter, because he kissed her, believes he is hers - that is, until she learned that he spent a passionate night with Lucy in her father's restaurant.

Could Whitney, in a moment of jealous rage, have killed her friend?

I will say that it could well turn out to be Abi Branning who killed Lucy Beale. It turned out to be Abi who was stalking Lauren after Cameron Bryant started it in the first place. She has interfered in the police investigation into Lucy's death and perverted the course of justice as well.

Abi has it in her to kill someone anyway. I know it is Abi.

This is Michael Gannon here. Just to let you know, I do watch EastEnders all the time. I cannot wait to watch the live episodes next week and find out who killed Lucy Beale. I believe it was Abi Branning because she planted the evidence in the common, left it behind, got the shovel, and dug it up.

From then on, she was very uneasy with herself, and for me, she was the killer.

I think Lucy Beale's drug dealer is either Lee Carter or Jake Stone. Both of them have a history of violence and have violent tempers as well. So, do not rule out Jake Stone as Lucy's killer yet, or Lee Carter either.

I think Lucy Beale's drug dealer is obviously Lee Carter or Jake Stone. Either Lee or Jake killed her for not paying for the drugs, or I could be totally wrong. It makes sense.

Brother of the deceased. He overheard his father praising his twin sister over him. Again, could Lucy's tragic death be the result of jealousy?

Friend, recovering alcoholic, and business partner of the deceased. She is also the daughter of the man Lucy was having an affair with.

Could a messed-up Lauren have killed her friend over her betrayal?

Jilted lover of the deceased. Lucy called time on their affair after feeling guilty that Max is her friend's father. Max has a temper. We all know that.

Did he kill Lucy because of his wounded male pride? Or to cover up his affair with his daughter's best friend?

Because he had an affair with Lucy way before her death, he caused her to hit her head off the chair in the car lot. He has a temper as well. I might be totally wrong, or I could be right, and he used his own daughter, Abi, to clean up the mess he made.

Teenage, pregnant half-sister to the deceased. Could Lucy's death be the result of the fact that Lucy had everything the young teenager didn't?

I still think it is Jay who killed Lucy. He was on the same bus as Lucy, got out at the same bus stop, and went in the same direction as her. Plus, Lucy recognized his West Ham beanie hat and knows it was him who killed her.

Jay is covering for either Abi or Ben. I know he is because Jay has covered for Ben before, through the murder of Heather Trott, and he would do absolutely anything for Abi. I know it.

I think Jay could also be involved because he was caught with Ben robbing an off-license on the night Lucy was killed. Lucy saw them and threatened to tell the police.

I do not think that Lee killed Lucy because he did not know her that well before she made him suspect number one. But I reckon that Lee could well be Lucy's drug dealer.

Love rat. Unlikely to have killed Lucy, but what do we really know about this charming newcomer to the Square?

Could sad, lonely, depressed Lucy have committed suicide? Did she overdose on cocaine? Was she trying to frame one of the many suspects?

This would be a great twist. How would they script it out, and why would Dot kill Lucy?

I think Phil Mitchell could be Lucy's drug dealer as well because he has a history of violence, a history of cocaine and crack cocaine, and he helped Ben cover up the murder of Heather Trott. Phil is also the resident bully and thug. I have always said that, and he pretends to have sympathy for Ian Beale when he really does not.

I totally think that Phil is involved in Lucy's death. Most definitely, Phil has to be involved as well. I know it.

Phil may not have killed Lucy, but I think he is involved in her death as part of a cover-up, like he did with Heather Trott's death.