Zoe Slater was previously charged with murder over Anthony’s death on the BBC soapJean Slater had a night to forget on EastEnders(Image: BBC)

EastEnders fans are claiming that they’ve ‘worked out’ who killed Anthony Trueman following a turbulent night for Jean Slater on the BBC soap.

Christmas Day saw Anthony die in odd circumstances, bringing an end to the character’s journey. After getting into a fight with Zoe where he hit his head, Anthony was discovered dead by Kat.

Anthony initially said goodbye to Albert Square in 2003, after he accidentally caused the death of a pregnant patient and decided to go travelling. Fans have seen him make brief returns every now and then in the ensuing years.

The character had been showing a strong to intereston Zoe, with Michelle Ryan returning to soap on a permanent basis as his former fiancé for the first time since 2005 in September. Things appeared to be off with the character, with it revealed that he and his wife had a restraining order against him and he kept lots of photos of Zoe on his laptop.

Anthony soon learned that not only was he the father of Zoe’s twins, but their daughter was the mysterious Jasmine. Within moments of learning the truth, Anthony was pronounced dead by medics in the Queen Vic.

Zoe is currently in police custody after being charged with the murder. However, her mum Kat Slater and Jasmine are not sure that she is responsible for the murder of Patrick Trueman’s son.

In scenes aired on Monday night (January 5), Kat was informed by Sharon Watts, who was once again referred to rather than being shown, that she should go visit Chrissie Watt’s former cellmate Dor. Chrissie revealed on Christmas Day that she made Jasmine stalk her for months on end.

Anthony Trueman was murdered on EastEnders(Image: BBC )

While this was happening, Jean was seen becoming obsessed with the mystery behind Anthony’s death. Stacey Slater’s mum, who suffers from bipolar disorder, went as far as setting up an incident board at their home.

Showing signs that her mental health is once again declining, Jean told Alfie Moon that she is certain that Jasmine killed her dad. Bringing up that she caught her on the phone in the bathroom, Jasmine insisted that she was talking to Oscar Branning.

Brought to the doctors by Alfie, Jean continued talking about the murder case even when she was being assessed by her psychiatrist. When it was suggested she should change her medication, Jean stormed out of the meeting.

Elsewhere, Kat learned from Dor that Chrissie might be staying at a hotel in Corfu. Deciding she needed to take action, Kat revealed that she will be gone for a few days to dry track her down.

Towards the end of the episode, Jean made the mistake of going to Patrick’s house to share her theory about Jasmine, but was shut down by Yolande Trueman as Patrick is grieving. The episode concluded with Jean appearing to stalk Jasmine.

EastEnders fans rushed to social media to have their say on why there may be a twist where it turns out that it was Jean who killed Anthony all along.

@Icy_Sentence_4130 said on Reddit: “I have this strong feeling it was Jean. *the killer always return to the scene of the crime *they started getting along. Maybe Jean came up stairs, she saw Zoe on the floor and wacked Anthony. She might not even remember. *and if she doesn’t remember, she is obsessing over it because her conscious mind is trying to remember.”

@gameofgroans_ wrote: “Also I think her episodes are often triggered by something and her keeping some kind of secret (from what I can remember) so she may be over compensating in that way?” @NairobiFan stated: “Maybe or it was Tommy or Jean stumbles upon the fact that Tommy knows more than what he’s letting on and voices her suspicions to the family, they obviously don’t believe her, she’s sectioned, but the truth ends up coming out that Jean was telling the truth eventually?”

@Annie-2006 wrote: “So my theory is Jasmine killed Anthony, Jean finds out and Jasmine gets her sectioned or something. Jasmine has mentioned disassociating in the past so probably saw Anthony about to hurt Zoe and killed him whilst disassociating.”