EXCLUSIVE: THE KILLER OF ANTHONY IS NOT ZOE, NOR CHRISSIE
EastEnders has finally pulled the trigger on one of its most tightly guarded mysteries, delivering a devastating revelation in a huge early BBC iPlayer release that redefines everything viewers thought they knew about Anthony Trueman’s Christmas Day death. For weeks, suspicion has bounced between Zoe Slater, Chrissie Watts, and a web of half-truths. But now, the truth is out – and it cuts closer to home than anyone expected.
A death that never sat right
Anthony Trueman’s death has cast a long shadow over Walford. Zoe Slater sits behind bars, charged with killing her ex, while Kat Moon remains convinced that Chrissie Watts orchestrated the crime, heading to Corfu in a desperate bid to expose her. Yet from the beginning, the story never fully added up. The fight in The Vic. The missing moments. The way grief and guilt warped every version of events.
This week’s early-release episode confirms what EastEnders has been quietly building toward: Zoe didn’t kill Anthony. Chrissie didn’t kill Anthony. Jasmine Fisher did.
Patrick’s grief opens the door to the truth
As the episode unfolds, Patrick Trueman is told by the funeral director that he will soon be able to view his son’s body. Hoping to mend broken bonds, Patrick reaches out to his granddaughter Jasmine Fisher. But the moment talk turns to funeral arrangements, Jasmine bolts. Her discomfort is immediate, visceral, and impossible to ignore.
The tension escalates when Denise Fox invites Jasmine to visit Anthony with the family. Instead of healing, the offer sends Jasmine spiralling. She drinks heavily and lashes out at Oscar when he tries to talk to her, revealing a volatility that feels increasingly uncontained.
A return to Walford that screams danger
By the next day, Jasmine has vanished. Oscar leaves a worried voicemail, fearing the worst. When she finally reappears, it’s in a striking image that immediately signals disaster: Jasmine rides back into Walford on the back of a milk truck, still drunk from the night before, unsteady and unravelled.
Yolande Trueman, desperate to protect Patrick from the truth, finds Jasmine in the café and vows to sober her up. But Jasmine bolts again, clutching a secret no one else can see.
As she scrolls through a mysterious video on her phone, Jasmine flirts recklessly with Zack, prompting Chelsea Fox to step in. Chelsea begs her to stop hurting Patrick – but in doing so, accidentally cracks open the door to the truth by admitting that Anthony “was no saint”.
Anthony Trueman exposed – but not redeemed
Chelsea’s words detonate. Jasmine storms to No.20 and confronts the family, demanding answers. Patrick, shaken but honest, finally tells the truth: Anthony was controlling, his ex-wife took out a restraining order, and his obsession with Zoe crossed dangerous lines.
Yet even then, Patrick insists that despite his failings, Anthony was still a good man. That contradiction proves pivotal. Something in Jasmine shifts. She agrees to join the family in visiting Anthony at the chapel of rest.
It feels, briefly, like closure.
The moment that changes everything
At the chapel, the family says their goodbyes. Grief hangs heavy in the air. Then Jasmine asks for a moment alone with her father.
When the door closes, the episode takes its darkest turn.
Jasmine’s expression hardens. She pulls out her phone and plays a video recorded on Christmas Day. The footage shows Anthony violently attacking Zoe in The Vic. The argument escalates. Then, in horrifying clarity, Anthony falls to the floor – dead.
Jasmine killed him.
“You could have killed her,” Jasmine tells her father’s body. “But I stopped you. It’s nice to finally meet you, Dad. Now rot in hell.”
The confession is chilling not because it’s loud, but because it’s calm.
A killer revealed – and a future in question
With that single scene, EastEnders rewrites the entire storyline. Jasmine didn’t act in blind rage. She acted deliberately, driven by protection, fury, and a lifetime of abandonment. Zoe’s imprisonment is now built on a lie. Kat’s mission to expose Chrissie is suddenly meaningless.
The question is no longer who killed Anthony Trueman – it’s how long Jasmine can live with it, and whether the truth will ever come out.
Will Jasmine confess and free her mother? Or will the secret destroy her from the inside, poisoning every relationship she has left?
A masterclass in slow-burn storytelling
By holding this reveal for an early iPlayer release, EastEnders delivers a brutal emotional payoff that feels earned, shocking, and deeply unsettling. Jasmine Fisher is no longer just a traumatised newcomer. She is a killer carrying a secret powerful enough to tear Walford apart.
And now that the truth is finally known… nothing can ever go back to the way it was.