Police in the Spanish municipality of Tajueco have arrested two people in connection with a missing persons case, but how they were found has gripped headlines.
A report by CNN late Thursday (Dec 19) said a man and a woman were arrested after a Google Maps vehicle took a photograph of one of them loading a large object in the trunk of a car.
According to the police, a relative of the missing person (who was a man) reported him missing in November 2023 after receiving suspicious messages from his phone.
Victim said he was getting rid of his phone
The police said that although the victim and his relative spoke often, the victim told his relative that he had met a new partner, would be moving to a different part of Spain, and was also getting rid of his phone.
The relative’s missing persons complaint sparked off an investigation during the police discovered the Google Maps photograph. The car seen the vehicle was used in the crime, they added.
Photograph still shows on Google Maps
The CNN report said that the photograph, which was taken in the streets of Tajueco, was still showing on Google Maps.
So who were the man and the woman arrested in connection with the crime?- The report further said that on November 12, the police arrested the former girlfriend of the missing man, as well as another man who had been in a relationship with the woman.
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Last week, police recovered a badly decomposed torso from a cemetery. The torso has not been identified yet but the police pointed out it could be of the victim’s.
(With inputs from agencies)