The Walking Deads Austin Amelio confirms Dwight is not dead as he teases incredible comeback

Warning: Contains spoilers for The Walking Dead season nine.

This week Tom Payne revealed that Jesus would be coming back to screens before season nine of The Walking Dead comes to an end.

And now Austin Amelio has hinted that we havent seen the last of his missing character Dwight.

While he didnt say how, when or where Dwights comeback could feature in forthcoming episodes, the actor is expecting an incredible resurrection from writers of the AMC show.

Hes not dead, Austin confirmed to audiences at Walker Stalker Con, Business Insider reports. Thats all I can say. Hes alive. Hes alive in the world somewhere.

Teasing what will happen next, he added: Theres so many different ways you can go with him. Theres the comic book, theres Sherrys story, theres me being with the Alexandrians. I have no idea.

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But he reassured fans by concluding: I have full faith in the writers. They do an awesome job, so Im sure theyd bring me back in an incredible way.

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Dwight disappeared at the end of season 8 in search of wife Sherry (Christine Evangelista).

After the series ended, Austin hinted at a dark path ahead for Dwight.

He said: I would just like to see Dwight sort of go on a super dark journey, where he just has to do all this crazy shit in order to find her.

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