Home and Away has confirmed the death of Holden Dwyer in tonight’s Australian episode, after he was killed by Lacey in self defence.

Late last month, a promo for last week’s Aussie episodes confirmed that someone wouldn’t survive the week, with the victim teased as being one of Lacey (Sophea Pennington), Holden (Lach Millar) or Remi (Adam Rowland).

That death has now been confirmed as Holden Dwyer, after he was killed in self defence by Lacey.

The last two months have seen new arrival Holden develop an unhealthy obsession with Lacey after meeting her on the train to Off the Rail festival in the 2025 Home and Away Season Finale back in November.

The two bonded after the train derailed, with Lacey there when Holden learnt that his friend Isaac (Jordan Dulieu) had died in the crash.

The pair then bumped into each other a week later at Northern Districts Hospital, when Holden was receiving a checkup on his dislocated shoulder and Lacey was visiting sister Jo (Maddison Brown), who had been injured in the crash.

The pair spent the afternoon together, and despite Lacey turning Holden down when he invited her on a date – explaining that she wasn’t ready to date anyone new after the death of boyfriend Theo (Matt Evans) last year – it soon became clear that Holden wouldn’t take no for an answer.

He began coming up with more reasons to spend time with her, despite not living anywhere near Summer Bay.

He signed up for surf lessons at Manta Ray Boards, began watching Lacey from his car, and even let himself into the Beach House to prepare her dinner while she was out, eventually beginning to refer to her as his “girlfriend”.

Lacey tried to keep the concerning ordeal from her dad, worried that he was already preoccupied with Tane’s (Ethan Browne) drug charges, which were affecting his relationship with daughter Jo.

However, after Mali (Kyle Shilling) was brought in for questioning after brawling with Holden on the beach whilst trying to get him to back off, David (Jeremy Lindsay Taylor) finally learnt that his daughter had been dealing with a stalker whose actions were growing increasingly unhinged.

David encouraged Lacey to take out an AVO (Apprehended Violence Order) against Holden in the hopes that it would force him to back off.

However, the AVO instead hardened Holden’s resolve, as he remained determined to “fix” things with the woman he continued to deludedly view as his “girlfriend”.

After Holden broke into the Beach House for a second time, Lacey was horrified to find him waiting for her in the bathroom and called the police. Cash came across Holden a short while later and was able to place him under arrest following a short pursuit.

With the breach of his AVO, together with further charges of breaking and entering and resisting arrest, it seemed as though Lacey’s ordeal would finally be over.

But last week, Lacey and David endured an anxious wait for news on whether Holden would be granted bail for his AVO breach.

Whilst at the beach with Jo and Abigail (Hailey Pinto), Lacey briefly got up to get her sunscreen and caught sight of Holden at the top of the path leading to the Surf Club.