Coronation Street has confirmed Gary Windass’ (Mikey North) whereabouts after the character seemingly vanished into thin air.
The character said he was heading off on a trip to Durham to visit mum Anna (Debbie Rush), but hasn’t been seen since.
His brief holiday took place after an eventful few weeks, having found himself caught between wife Maria Connor (Samia Longchambon) and dangerous Lou Michaelis (Farrel Hegarty).
Lou developed quite the crush on Gary, attempting to kiss him and incriminating messages to herself from his phone. The blackmail got the better of him and he fled.
Since then, he’s failed to return to Weatherfield.
Maria’s only contact will be a message saying he’s stopping off to see a mate, but by next week, there’s still no sign of him.
In upcoming scenes, Liam’s (Charlie Wrenshall) birthday, and as his mum and uncle Kirk (Andrew Whyment) gift him his presents, they all begin to ponder where Gary has gone.
Little do they realise, he’s actually in a coma and fighting for his life – just around the corner at Weathy General.
But how did he end up in this situation?
We’ll see desperate Maria report him as a missing person to Kit Green (Jacob Roberts), who then learns about an unidentified patient.
He’s sure that it isn’t Gary, but it becomes clear that his attacker is going to extreme lengths to conceal their crime and cover their tracks. They’re even pretending to be his next of kin!
‘Maria and Gary are going through a bit of a rough patch at the minute and initially she’s upset that he’s left but doesn’t think too much into it,’ Samia told us.
‘As soon as Gary misses Liam’s birthday, she has a gut feeling that something isn’t right and fears something awful might have happened to him.’
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His condition is critical, and the investigation into his disappearance will uncover secrets and eventually – the identity of those involved.
Samia continued: ‘Maria’s mind is spiralling, but she doesn’t stop for a second to think who actually attacked Gary.
‘She’s aware he has a lot of enemies from over the years who could have potentially wanted to take revenge on him.’
