There’s set to be another murder on the cobbles of Coronation Street next month, but this one comes with an added twist – we won’t know which character is the victim.

The ITV soap is set to air a special flash-forward episode in the middle of February, which will see one local find a dead body. Initially, viewers won’t know who the body is, but it will be revealed over the course of the storyline, producer Kate Brooks explained.

‘There are five potential victims and we’ll take the audience on a journey for them to try and figure out who that body is and what happened, what’s the backstory to it and how did it get to that place, why did that person die.’

After recent scenes, it looks likely that one of the five potential victims could be Carl Webster (Jonathan Howard).

It’s safe to say that Carl has done wrong by almost everyone on the cobbles – and certainly everyone in his immediate family.

From the outset, he stole brother Kevin’s (Michael Le Vell) wife, Abi Webster (Sally Carman).

Then, he cheated on her with James Bailey (Jason Callender).

At the same time, he was using Debbie Webster’s (Sue Devaney) dementia to gain access to her business accounts and stealing money from her.

And to top it off, he got behind the wheel of a car drunk, drove straight into a multi-vehicle pile-up, and is now letting Debbie take the blame.

Oh, and did I mention that he almost paralysed Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) in a hit and run last year?

That happened while he was orchestrating a criminal operation from Kevin’s garage, while having teenagers Dylan Wilson (Liam McCheyne) and Brody Michaelis (Ryan Mulvey) do his dirty work.

So, in short, there are more than enough people on Coronation Street with a motive to want Carl dead.

Abi already took her revenge when she stole Carl’s stolen money and stopped him being able to runaway to Germany, but will the memories of that be enough to satisfy her?

Or, could Carl’s potential killer be someone else entirely?

In recent scenes, Carl overheard Theo Silverton (James Cartwright) confessing to Billy Mayhew’s murder, which obviously did not go down well.

During a confrontation, Theo threatened to put Carl in a coffin if he breathed a word about what he knew to Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce).

Could we be set to see Theo commit his second murder? And will Carl be the mystery body in the flash-forward?

Or, could it be someone else? Villains are always at risk when there’s a whodunnit on the horizon, and Coronation Street certainly isn’t short of baddies at the moment.

As well as being a killer, Theo has also been abusing Todd. Could one of their neighbours find out the truth and end up killing Theo?

Down the street, predator Megan Walsh (Beth Nixon) has been grooming Will Driscoll (Lucas Hodgson-Wale) and threatening Sam Blakeman (Jude Riordan), while Jodie Ramsey (Olivia Frances-Brown) has been acting shifty since moving onto the cobbles.

Will it be a villain that falls victim to the upcoming murder, or could it be someone else entirely? Is anyone truly safe?