The following article contains spoilers from an episode of Emmerdale that hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX.
Ruby Miligan (Beth Cordingly) will be questioned by a police officer in tonight’s episode of Emmerdale, after confessing to the murder of Anthony Fox.
Last week, Ruby got word that a body had been pulled out of the lake near the village. She immediately assumed it was her abusive father Anthony, and that was where John Sugden (Oliver Farnworth) had disposed of him months ago.
In order to save the other people who knew about Anthony’s murder from prison, Ruby secretly went to the station and confessed on her own.
She will be interviewed by a detective, but the situation will change dramatically when they later learn the body in the lake is not Anthony at all.
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s ahead in Emmerdale for the rest of the week.
Who is the body in the Emmerdale lake?
The corpse is actually Nate Robinson (Jurell Carter).
After Tracy Shankley (Amy Walsh) had an affair with Caleb Miligan (William Ash), Nate and Tracy’s marriage broke down again and Tracy asked for a divorce. Nate was devastated about the affair and also about the breakdown of his relationship.
After a while they seemed to have repaired things, but a false accusation from Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) that Nate was having an affair with Moira (Natalie J Robb) again destroyed things, as Tracy believed Cain and Nate was shattered by her lack of trust in him.
Subsequently Nate announced that he’d taken a job in Shetland and left the village.
Who killed Nate in Emmerdale?
We learnt in April that John Sugden (Oliver Farnworth) killed Nate last year, and then disposed of his body in the lake.
In an episode that featured flashback scenes, it was established that John lives with a hero complex. He orchestrates terrible situations and then steps in to fix them, looking like a great person in front of the Emmerdale residents.
When it comes to Nate, John attempted to help him after he was attacked by Cain. He gave Nate some medication but he reacted badly to it, leading to his death.
Nate’s family will learn about his murder before the week ends. Amid their devastation, they will be told they’re not able to see Nate’s body, due to it being badly decomposed.
