His unexpected murder caused his wife and kids to flee town, but EJ DiMera could find himself back in Salem again soon enough on Days of Our Lives.

According to The Inquisitor, former All My Children star Adam Mayfield is headed to the soap-and the dark-haired actor may be the new EJ when he arrives.

The website teases that NBC and Mayfield won't reveal any actual information surrounding what role he will have on the long-running soap, and are keeping his character's identity under wraps-which has sparked endless rumors that he could be portraying EJ DiMera back from the dead.

The character of EJ DiMera has been off the canvas on the show since earlier this Fall, when he was murdered by Clyde's (Jaames Read) thug and his murder was covered up to look like a mugging gone wrong at the hands of a drug addict. The character was killed off as a part of Scott's decision to end his run on the soap.

Not long afterwards, his on-screen wife, Sami (Allison Sweeney), also left the show, as she and the kids packed up and headed for Hollywood after a movie studio expressed interest in her life story.

However, EJ wasn't left to rest in peace for all eternity for very long, before his scheming family set tongues wagging. As per Stefano's (Joseph Mascolo) request, Kristen (Eileen Davidson) injected her dead brother with something-and he was allegedly stolen and buried in the DiMera crypt-while Sami believed she had her husband's ashes.

A start date for Mayfield's appearance on the soap has not been revealed.