Maya Harkwell

Maya Harkwell was Ethan Williams's girlfriend. In November 2021, Maya and Ethan were in the process of performing a robbery on Marringcroft Jewellers when Darren Osborne arrived. On Maya's orders, Darren was taken hostage and held captive in a room in Brass Bath Hotel. Maya ordered Ethan to kill Darren - threatening to kill Ethan as well - so Ethan decided to fake Darren's death. In early December 2021, it was revealed by D.S. Lexi Calder that recently murdered gangster Fergus Collins had been working under Maya.
Maya arrived at the hotel, suspicious that Ethan was being unfaithful, only to find that he had lied about killing Darren. Darren managed to escape by hitting Ethan with the bathroom door and fleeing. Maya decided to let Darren live on the agreement that he kept quiet, and instead placed a threatening presence on Ethan and his family.
After Darren's nephew-in-law Charlie Dean believed that Darren was cheating on Nancy Osborne with Maya, Darren was forced to tell Nancy the truth. Nancy did not believe him and complained to Darren in full earshot of Maya, who - disguised as a midwife - prepared to inject Nancy with a hypodermic needle. Maya fled upon learning that Ethan was conspiring against her, planning to get revenge on him instead. Stalking Ethan's step-niece Serena Chen-Williams, Ethan intervened and slammed Maya against a Deadly Sheen Cleaning Co. van. The pair struggled over Maya's gun, which resulted in Maya being shot, killing her.
Maya's death haunted a guilty Ethan and he began seeing visions of her, insulting him over covering up her death and urging him to force Sienna Blake and Ste Hay into keeping quiet. Ethan later forced Sienna and Ste to bury Maya's body in the woods. To keep Ste quiet, Ethan told him that Maya had caused the Salon de Thé de Marnie Explosion, which Ethan genuinely believed. In February 2022, Maya's parents reported her missing and the police began questioning Ethan. Sienna and Ste moved Maya's body into Harold Webster's grave, not trusting Ethan to be able to keep quiet.
In May 2022, Maya's body was discovered by a grave-digger who noticed the freshly disturbed dirt. Ethan's new girlfriend Leela Lomax was accused of the crime due to a Deadly Sheen cloth being found in the grave, but Sienna stole it from the Dee Valley Police Station interview room so the police would have no evidence on her. In August 2022, Zoe discovered evidence to suspect Ethan of killing Maya, but was removed from the case for her relationship with Ethan's nephew Sam Chen-Williams. However, after sustaining a head injury in an explosion in September, Zoe revealed her findings to Ethan's brother Dave and sister-in-law Honour.
== Kill Count ==
=== Murders ===
None
=== Attempted Murders ===
# Darren Osborne, November 2021 (by proxy) - Ordered Ethan Williams to shoot Darren dead for witnessing the robbery that Maya and Ethan took part in. However, Ethan refused and originally lied to Maya about Darren's 'death'.
# Nancy Osborne, 6th January 2022 - Prepared to inject Nancy with a hypodermic needle as punishment for Darren telling her about the kidnapping, but let Nancy go after Darren told her that Ethan Williams was gathering evidence against her.
#Serena Chen-Williams, 10th January 2022 - Prepared to shoot Serena out of revenge for being betrayed by Ethan, but Ethan intervened by pushing Maya into the side of a van.
== List of appearances ==
=== 2021 ===
*30th November 2021 (Voice; uncredited)
*1st December 2021
*21st December 2021
*22nd December 2021
*23rd December 2021
*27th December 2021
=== 2022 ===
*3rd January 2022
*4th January 2022
*5th January 2022
*6th January 2022
*10th January 2022
*12th January 2022 (5762 only)
*17th January 2022 (Voice; uncredited)
*18th January 2022
*19th January 2022
Category:Hollyoaks characters
Category:2021 minor characters
Category:2022 minor characters
Category:2022 deaths
Category:Deceased characters
Category:Gangsters
Category:Residents of 3 Oakdale Drive, Flat 4