Home > Soaps > Coronation Street: John Stape to commit suicide? March 28th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry. No comments Insiders have claimed that Coronation Street’s John Stape is set to die after committing suicide. The troubled new dad is wracked with guilt after covering up three murders and while no official confirmation has yet been received, sources say that when his storyline comes to a head, the character will take his own life later this year. John (Graeme Hawley) watched his former colleague Colin Fishwick – whose identity he had stolen so he could become a teacher again after spending time in jail for kidnapping Rosie Webster – die from a heart attack before burying his body in the foundations of the Underworld factory. He then killed Charlotte Hoyle after she began blackmailing him over Colin’s death and he then murdered Colin’s mother Joy as she tried to track down her son. When a disaster at Underworld sparks fresh building work, John – who has a three-month-old daughter,...