Death shock in Emmerdale as bones of a BABY are unearthed at the school
There's horror heading for Emmerdale next week as the police make a grim discovery...
Next week sees Emmerdale residents left reeling after the remains of a baby are found... but which villager knows more about the grim discovery than they're letting on?
Every soap fan knows that Emmerdale's far from the sleepy country village that it looks like, but next week's grim discovery will shock even the most loyal of viewers.
The drama starts when a troubled Jessie Dingle is forced to give the troubling news that some human bones have been found at the school where she is head teacher.
She makes the shocking revelation in the Woolpack, leaving everyone reeling at the news. But that's just the start of the drama.
The following day Jessie is given the unenviable task of preparing for a police press conference to break the news to the local community, but as she gets ready to face the cameras, the police make a breakthrough back at the station.
DI Bradwall reveals they have worked out that the baby was likely to have been left by its mother years ago, and they have narrowed the parent down to a sixteen-year-old Jenny Finn.
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But everyone in Emmerdale is in for a shock when the police reveal a photograph of the likely candidate and the teenager in the picture bears a striking resemblance to someone who lives in the village.
Everyone is left reeling that someone they thought they knew has been hiding a dark secret like this for so long, but who is it?
As the police continue their investigations, it seems like the police won't need that press conference to gain information after all...
Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7pm on ITV, with an extra episode at 8pm on Thursdays.
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