I agree-all this speculation is doing my head in.
I just don't understand what would have been the point killing him if Pete then confesses everything right after?? And gets arrested-and that's 2 Barton brothers gone! Or are we meant to believe that police would just treat Ross's death as an accident? Maybe-if Pete had called for help, but he tried to hide his body which is crime itself. So there's no medical confirmation that he actually was dead...And then Debbie would be back to square one-miserable again and what would be next for her without Ross/Pete?

Who would we have left then? All the gay men(Finn, Robert, Aaron)+Adam! I like Cain, but he's got too soft-no edge on him anymore with Moira.
I just realized last night how many old or just settled boring characters Emmerdale has. There's nothing to write about if they keep losing their cast! And nothing to watch..
This week already has been really boring in Emmerdale..mainly because Ross is not there stirring things..!

I watched one very recent Mike Parr interview on youtube and he was very much enjoying his character Ross too..

So-I don't believe he's dead. Really disappointed in Emmerdale if he is.
And IF he wants to go, he would deserve better than what he's got so far. And leave the door open for him to come back.

ps. I don't know his situation but even if he happened to get a small part in some film, doesn't mean that he needs to leave Emmerdale for that?? Emmerdale means steady income and would be madness to throw that away for nothing..