ITV Coronation Street issues update on missing Lauren as identity of boyfriend ‘revealed’

Coronation Street spoilers may have confirmed Lauren Bolton’s mystery ex will be forced to reveal their identity next week, as her whereabouts are ‘revealed’.

Lauren appears to be missing after vanishing from the street last week and telling no one where she was. Viewers are convinced she has been kidnapped, and the culprit could be the mystery ex-boyfriend who has been seemingly harassing her.

A recent injury has also left fans worried for the teen’s safety, with her friends panicked over where she might be following the discovery that she had an O-Vidz account. Lauren was confirmed to be posting videos on the adult content platform, with the mystery ex thought to be a subscriber.

What started off as them giving her money and expensive gifts, and seemingly taking her on lavish dates, quickly turned into a nightmare for the teenager. She has been shown ignoring calls and constant messages, while telling the man to leave her alone as the gifts continued.

In a recent episode they even paid her a visit before bruises were shown on her body, and just days later Lauren vanished. Next week, the ex could be about to make contact though with their identity possibly revealed.

As Bobby desperately searches for Lauren, he records an appeal in the hope it brings her home. Some residents are also interviewed about the teen’s abrupt disappearance, but when Bobby finds out about Lauren’s two accounts on O-Vidz, he makes a breakthrough.

Soon a sighting is revealed with someone claiming to have seen Lauren, knowing her whereabouts. It’s an account user named DirtyNigel54 and Bobby reveals he’s off to meet them to find out more.

But is Bobby in danger, and does the person know where Lauren really is? If identified, could the account user be the mystery ex or the person who has been harassing Lauren all this time?

It comes amid fans growing convinced Joel Deering was her mystery ex, after a new flower clue. The character is having his own problems at the moment after his double life was exposed. Dee-Dee Bailey was heartbroken when her lover was revealed to have a secret wife and child.

A scene in a recent episode saw Lauren receive an expensive looking bouquet of flowers. Some viewers believed the very same arrangement of flowers were also given to Dee-Dee in the same week.

Noticing this, some fans questioned if this was a major hint that Joel was Lauren’s mystery man. A viewer theorised online: “Maybe completely wrong but did you notice Dee Dee and Lauren received same bouquet of flowers making me wonder if the guy seeing Dee Dee is the same guy abusing Lauren.” Other fans agreed with this idea after noticing the same thing.