When and how did Roxy Mitchell die in East Enders?

Sean Slater (Rob Kazinsky) is back at EastEnders. He is in shock this week when he learns that Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons) is dead.

The character, who left in 2009 after trying to drown herself, Roxy and her daughter Amy in an icy pond, receives an icy welcome from Amy's father, Jack (Scott Maslen), upon his return to Walford.

However, he does not take long to realize that Sean has no idea what happened to Roxy – and takes him to his grave, where Sean is crushed by the news – but in the end, it only makes sense to inflame more things between the two men.

What happened to Roxy, who died alongside her sister Ronnie (Samantha Womack)?

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When and how did Roxy Mitchell die in East Enders?

Roxy had a tragic end with Ronnie on New Year's Day 2017, just hours after Ronnie and Jack's wedding.

The character had a hard time in the months leading up to his death, battling drug addiction and asking Ronnie and Jack to adopt his daughter Amy.

The sisters had arranged and Roxy had agreed to move to Esbad with Ronnie and Jack, where they had planned to move early in their married life.

However, things took an unexpected turn when the two disappear together during the evening and remember getting drunk more and more.

They then discovered the hotel pool and Roxy decided to step in – but as she did not resurface, Ronnie tried to save her and found her unconscious at the bottom of the pool.

In the end, Roxy and Ronnie drowned in the pool. The investigation concluded that Roxy had suffered a cardiac arrest when she touched the water, and Ronnie drowned after being weighed down by her wedding dress while trying to save her sister.

When did Sean return to Albert Square?

The character made his first reappearance at the end of the Friday night episode while taking Amy to school.

Speaking exclusively to metro.co.uk, Rob revealed that while returning to see his mother Jean, who is on cancer treatment, he would have liked to see Roxy as well.

"Kate Oates asked who he was going to see when he returned to the square," he said.

"I thought he wanted to see Roxy – did he know she was dead? We talked about it for a long time – we both felt that if he knew it, he'd already come back. So why did not he know why Stacey did not tell him?

"He also needs to see Amy, he likes her. I lost my dog ​​in a break 11 years ago and I still think about this dog every day. You're still clinging – Amy was her child for a minute. "

EastEnders broadcasts weekday evenings on Mondays and Fridays at 8pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 pm.