DAYS of Our Lives fans have begun fearing that beloved character Sonny is dead after he was stabbed during Thursday’s new episode.
The cliffhanger ending has viewers wondering if the portrayer, actor Zach Tinker, is leaving the show.
At the end of Thursday’s episode, Leo went to get his parking validated at the Titan office when he discovered his hit list with a drop of blood on it.
After taking a second to wonder how it got there, he discovered Sonny lying on the floor behind the desk.
He was stabbed, with the knife still left in his back as he lay there motionless.
Days of Our Lives fans immediately took to social media to share their fears that he might be dead.
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One scared viewer asked: “Did Sonny just get killed off?!”
Another begged: “Poor Sonny! Save Sonny!”
A fourth guessed: “After today's episode, it definitely seems like Leo is the red herring with who stabbed Sonny!”
Sonny's stabbing comes as the mystery surrounding Abigail Deveraux's true killer continues.
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The legacy character was stabbed and killed in June, and her husband Chad was the one to find her.
At the time, fans were furious over how they handled such a beloved member of the show.
One angry fan tweeted: “This is a HUGE mistake! Soap Opera Rule #1 : YOU DON'T KILL OFF A LEGACY CHARACTER!”
Another furiously wrote: “We are very upset that Abigail is being killed off the show!
“We all love Marci Miller as Abigail, couldn't it been done some other way?”
“So I’m a long time #Days fan but i am pissed that Abigail is being killed off,” a third said, calling it “BS!”
Abigail “Abby” Deveraux first appeared on the show in late 1992 when she was born to parents Jack and Jennifer Deveraux.
She’s been played by a few different actresses over the years, but Marci Miller currently is her portrayer.
Marci started in the role in 2016 before taking a couple-year hiatus as previous Abby actress Kate Mansi returned to the gig from 2018 to 2020.
Following her DAYS departure, Marci came back to DOOL and had been playing the role ever since.
Head writer on DAYS, Ron Carlivati, told Soap Opera Digest that they chose to kill Abby off after Marci decided not to sign a new full-time contract and would be leaving.
He explained: “For us and for the audience, it’s always heartbreaking for a character to die because we love these characters, and they are part of our lives and part of our family.
"Even though it’s fictional, it hurts anytime we kill somebody.
"In this instance, it was mostly for a practical reason because Marci was not going to be available to us full-time on contract and it made it challenging to tell story for Chad and Abigail."
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Ron continued: 'So we didn’t really have the option to have Abigail around, and then that always becomes a problem when one-half of a couple is not going to be available to you.
"What’s the solution at that point?
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