Emmerdale fans believe they have uncovered Dawn Fletcher's death. The character, played by Olivia Bromley, married Billy Fletcher in 2022 and later adopted son Lucas and took in Clemmie Reed before welcoming son Evan in December 2023.
The couple faced challenges including Evan's leukemia diagnosis and Dawn's affair with Joe Tate. Dawn is now engaged to Joe and expecting their first child, while Billy explores a romance with Gabby Thomas.
Dawn's wedding could be derailed after Billy tried to kiss his ex-wife this week. Dawn pulled back, shortly before Joe walked in—but it is unclear if he saw anything.
Joe's impromptu lunch and suspicious behaviour
During Wednesday's (July 29) episode, now streaming on ITVX, Joe called an impromptu family lunch at The Hide. Even Graham Foster suspected Joe was up to something. Billy and Dawn feared confrontation, but the lunch took an unexpected turn when Joe asked Billy to be one of his groomsmen.
Billy still felt uneasy. Joe has already enlisted Graham to keep an eye on uncle Caleb Miligan, who runs a criminal underground operation alongside Billy and Kerry Wyatt. Later, Joe told Graham that everything was 'in hand'.
Fan theory: Caleb causes fatal car accident
Several Emmerdale fans now believe they have worked out Dawn's death, with Caleb possibly responsible. One X user wrote: 'I got a wild theory that Caleb will be involved in Dawn's exit. Here is my theory that Joe's car comes in for a car part at Cain's garage and Caleb uses one of [the] non-brand car parts to get back at Joe (we know he gets a chance to) but instead of Joe picking up the car it's Dawn and the car gets in an accident which kills her.'
Another agreed: 'Actually that makes sense cause when they go out for revenge someone else is always caught in the middle.' A third said: 'I think that's a good theory!' while someone else shared: 'It is very possible! I have thought myself that her exit will be her getting caught in a revenge plot on Joe.'
This comes after rumours that Olivia Bromley is departing the soap. A source told The Sun: 'Olivia is adored by everyone at Emmerdale so the decision to axe her has not gone down well at all. She's a popular member of the cast and if they can get rid of Olivia, then the feeling is virtually no-one is safe.'
Neither the soap nor Olivia have confirmed the reports. Emmerdale airs weekday nights at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
