Lucy Beale

[Glen1]

Two good theories LostVoodoo, Lucy's body would need to be taken onto the common and dumped. There was CCTV set up on the common , did not provide any footage after midnight, why? We know Lucy hit her head whilst arguing with Max, so was there a second injury triggering her death. The home office pathologist would have picked that up, but all the info we got was death caused by head trauma ,no mention of a secondary injury ? The comment apparently made by the killer ,implying that what he or she did not kill her but only contributed to her death, might mean they knew about the row with Max. Lots of questions, but for me no answers. Not forgetting the producers latest comment about a" gimmick" over the Xmas period which as I understand can mean something very misleading or a complete diversion . ..

[LostVoodoo]

Thanks Glen, just fancied a bit of sleuthing! I think whoever did it is not alone in their secret, like you say, the body had to be moved to the common so I feel like it's most likely it involved more than one person.

Also, apart from soap ridiculousness, why would Emma not just go straight to her superiors if she knew who it was? If she was deliberating or torn about what to do that suggests it was someone she's was close to - eg a Branning.

[xx_Dan_xx]

Also Lost, if Abi did it, she'll need someone who can drive to transport her body from where she died to the common and Abi cant drive so.

[Perdita]

Lauren got into a car and run over Max when she had no licence ...

[parkerman]

Didn't Abi run her dog over?

[owenlee4me]

any reason for Ben to have done it? he was creeping about the square before Lucy died?

[xx_Dan_xx]

Lauren got into a car and run over Max when she had no licence ...

Abi cant drive though, you saw what happened when she drove over the dog, she could barely control the vehicle.

[xx_Dan_xx]

Lauren got into a car and run over Max when she had no licence ...

Abi cant drive though, you saw what happened when she drove over the dog, she could barely control the vehicle.

[Perdita]

Yes, and Lauren could not drive when she tried to run over Max .. .maybe she would have done if she had been able to drive .. not being able to control a vehicle does not mean some don't drive anyway

[Dazzle]

The 'but it's still murder' comment from Emma at the park also suggests she didn't mean it, it was a row that got out of hand etc.

I've been looking at the law regarding murder in England and Wales. From Wikipedia: "Murder...is considered the most serious form of homicide, in which one person kills another with the intention to unlawfully cause either death or serious injury." (A murder charge can be reduced to voluntary manslaughter if there are mitigating circumstances.)

As a former cop, Emma would be well versed in the legal definitions so was unlikely to have made a mistake. Therefore, for her to call it murder must mean that the killer intended to kill Lucy, or at the very least to seriously hurt her. It seems likely to me that the "but it's still murder" comment was said in reply to someone who was trying to excuse what happened, meaning that they intended to hurt Lucy but not kill her.

So yes, a row that got out of hand could work, but Emma using the term murder implies there was intent to seriously harm Lucy, which in my opinion points to something more deliberate than a row going wrong. I'm hoping this is the case anyway, as I'd find an accident disappointing.

I doubt if the head injury in Max's office played a significant part in Lucy's death because then police wouldn't be so certain she was murdered surely? I wonder if the point of that was that they'll eventually find traces of the blood in the car lot and arrest Max for murder.