Emmerdale appear to have explained April Windsor’s sudden Christmas Day disappearance, with new spoilers teasing the fallout on the ITV soap with her whereabouts teased too

 

There was a worrying twist on Emmerdale this Christmas, as teenager April Windsor vanished from her home.

New spoilers have teased what might have happened to the 15 year old, amid concern from her family. The storyline is set to continue, as her dad Marlon Dingle and their loves ones remain desperate to find her.

In a horrifying plot, Christmas Day saw Marlon go to April’s room after a recent row. Amid April rebelling recently, she’s felt alone and in a recent episode she got drunk and lashed out at her loved ones.

When Marlon went to his daughter’s room over Christmas, he was terrified to find her gone without a trace. With no clue as to where she is and unable to contact her, the search begins and fears spread about the situation.

Now, new teasers have appeared to reveal the reason behind her vanishing act, or at least part of it. It seems she has not been taken and had actually left by her own doing.

The spoilers detail Marlon uncovering his daughter has run away from home, wanting and choosing to go missing after weeks of torment. In upcoming scenes, Marlon begins to discover the devastating reasons why his daughter fled.

Soon enough he’s finding things out about his child he didn’t know. It would appear that April was leading a life that her father, and maybe others, was completely unaware of.

There was a worrying twist on Emmerdale this Christmas, as teenager April Windsor vanished ( 
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So what would cause April to run away from home, and is there something we are about to uncover? In the coming weeks as the storyline unfolds, Marlon, his wife Rhona Goskirk and the Emmerdale community will rally together to try and find April.

There are fears for her safety, but the villagers remain hopeful they will find April alive. But has something sinister happened to her? it’s said Marlon and Rhona will “face every parent’s worst nightmare that they may never see their daughter again”.

Emmerdale has worked closely with the charity Missing People on the storyline. Emmerdale Producer Laura Shaw revealed: “Marlon has recently been struggling with his relationship with April but never imagined he would be in such a heartbreaking situation this Christmas.

“In the coming weeks, as the search for April intensifies, we explore the emotional turmoil a family faces when a young person goes missing. We are so grateful to the charity Missing People for their invaluable help and support with this storyline.”

Kate Graham, Head of Communications at Missing People said: “It has been an amazing experience to work with Emmerdale on this important storyline. The researchers were clear from the start that they wanted to ground the storyline in reality and in no way glamorise it. Everyone at Emmerdale, including the actors, have impressed us with their understanding of a very difficult subject matter, meeting with our team of experts, asking very relevant questions and really immersing themselves in the experience of both being missing and homeless, and also being the parents of a missing teenager.

“We hope that as viewers watch this story unfold they are able to gain some understanding of what families with a missing loved one go through and why our charity exists to support those families, as well as anyone thinking of being missing, or anyone already away from home.”