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‘Days of Our Lives’: Furious fans threaten to BOYCOTT show after Abigail's shocking murder

Abigail Deveraux was found dead by her husband Chad at the very end of Friday's episode

This could be one of the biggest ends of an era in NBC drama series ‘Days of Our Lives’ as Marci Miller’s character Abby Devereaux DiMera has been killed off. Abigail was found murdered by her husband Chad hours after they made love to each other towards the end in Friday’s episode. The death of a beloved legacy character was so shocking for fans that many were hoping she would not be declared 'officially dead' and would somehow turn out to be alive on Monday's episode. However, that did not happen leaving fans disappointed.

Fans took to Twitter to express their anger and disappointment over the sad demise of Abigail. Miller took over the popular role in 2016. She left the soap after a two-year run in 2018, before returning to the show in 2020.

For viewers who are unaware, from past several months itself, there had been increased fan discussions on social media about how Abigail could be brutally murdered in the show ‘Days of Our Lives’ which would kick start a who killed her mystery and suspense that can last for the entire summer.

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Abigail (Marci Miller) is a pivotal character on the Days canvas as the daughter of legendary supercouple Jack (Matthew Ashford) and Jennifer (Melissa Reeves). Then the writers made the character even more important to the show when Abigail was paired with Chad (Billy Flynn), connecting her to the all-powerful DiMera family.

In Friday’s episode of ‘Days of Our Lives’, Abigail was found dead by her husband, Chad (Billy Flynn), hours after the couple had made love with each other. The situation behind Abby’s death will kick off a murder mystery arc. Multiple characters could be shown as suspects — Abigail's uncle Lucas (Bryan Dattilo) who’s on an alcoholic bender and often can’t recall his actions, half-sister Gwen (Emily O’Brien) even though she’s currently in prison, and nemesis Leo (Greg Rikaart) who’s out for revenge against those who played a part in Craig (Kevin Spirtas) ultimately deciding not to marry him.

Fans furious

“Not gonna lie wish Gwen would of gotten killed off #DaysofOurLives’, wrote a fan. “RC stay killing off characters but Abby didn’t deserve this at all and I’m so pissed off. Killing off the daughter of a legacy supercouple is so cruel. I’m mad #DAYS #DaysofOurLives”, tweeted another fan.

“Okay so #DaysofOurLives is killing off Abigail, one of the characters that I love watching and Marci crushes it. I’ve basically been watching Days my entire life and this is the first time I’m saying…I’m not watching anymore. The final straw…”, mentioned another fan. “Ron was so wrong for killing off Abby, like I’m very pissed about this. Big mistake for Days of Our Lives. Y’all really killed off the daughter of a supercouple, smh. #Days #DOOL #DaysofOurLives”, tweeted a user.

“Damn it, Ron! He stay killing off legacy characters even the children of supercouples too. Abby didn’t deserve to be killed off at all. He don’t care if viewers are mad. Why is he is still at Days.  He is killing the show. #Days #DaysofOurLives”, wrote a fan. “Dear @daysofourlives, you had at least 100 different options for the character of Abby - a legacy character in Daytime - and you made the lazy choice. As a 25 year viewer of the show, I'm so sad to see this choice made. #BringAbbyBack #DaysofOurLives #DOOL”, tweeted another one.

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