Former Eastenders Actress Found Decapitated and Dismembered in Canal

You think that nasty things only happen to normal every day people, that people in the public eye, or celebrities are somehow spared from the horrors normal people face. For a period of time British television audiences became very familiar with Gemma McCluskie an actress in popular BBC soap Eastenders. On Thursday the 1st of March McCluskie went missing from her home in Bethnal Green London.

Recent image of McCluskie

A search immediately went underway, with several celebrities including former Eastender stars Natalie Cassidy, Brooke Kinsella, and Martine McCutcheon all helping to develop interest in finding the actress.

But yesterday things took a far more disturbing turn when the actress’s decapitated, and limbless body was pulled out of a canal at Hackney.  While police have yet to formally confirm the identification of the actress, a close friend of the actress is said to have been at the location having rushed to the scene after the alert was raised, and was overheard to state that the body was that of McCluskie.

The stretch of canal in which the body was found.

Today police arrested a thirty-five-year-old man called Tony, who is said to be the brother of McCluskie, in relation to the death.

Gemma McCluskie became known to Eastenders fans as Kerry, the blond haired trouble making friend of Zoe Slater. Her character caused ripples in Albert Square from the very day she arrived, and messed with the heart of Robbie Jackson in the process in order to gain attention. It was this incident that caused her departure.

McCluskie as Kerry With Dean Gaffney (Robbie) In Eastenders

An autopsy and official identification process is underway. An official announcement is expected shortly.