Gruesome photos on Street View Google images help Spanish police solve murder case
A Google recording van caught a man in Spain loading a suspected corpse into a car trunk. Now he and his partner have been arrested by the police.
19.12.2024, 00:00
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- A Spanish couple allegedly murdered the woman's new partner.
- Incriminating images on Google Street View are said to have led to their arrest.
- However, the police emphasize that other clues were also decisive for the investigation.
- Parts of the man's body were previously found near a cemetery.
Images on Google Maps could have helped to solve a suspected murder case in Spain. Two people have been arrested in connection with the killing of a man in the province of Soria in the north of the country, the national police announced.
The investigators had discovered incriminating images "in a location search application", it said. This application is Google Street View, an extension of the Google Maps service, reported the state TV station RTVE and the newspaper "La Vanguardia", among others, citing the police.
Alleged corpse photographed by recording van
The images are said to show a man placing a presumed corpse, apparently wrapped in a sheet, in the trunk of a car. The scene was photographed from behind by a Google recording van.
According to the police statement: "Investigators also had images they discovered during the investigation in a location-tracking app that showed a vehicle that may have been used in the course of the crime."
However, these images were "not decisive", the Policía Nacional emphasized. "Relevant" evidence had already been secured during house and vehicle searches. The two people arrested are a couple who have been divorced for some time, it said. The alleged victim, a Cuban, was the woman's new partner.
Cuban disappeared without a trace over a year ago
According to the authorities, the crime took place in the village of Tajueco, almost 200 kilometers northeast of Madrid. More than a year ago, in November 2023, the alleged 33-year-old victim was reported missing there by a relative.
After around a year of searching, parts of a body were discovered on Wednesday last week in a cemetery not far from the village with only around 50 inhabitants.
The head of the investigating commission told journalists that the body parts could not yet be assigned to the missing person with absolute certainty. However, it is assumed that they are the remains of the missing Cuban.
His body had probably been dismembered by the perpetrators. The investigation is ongoing. The search for the missing body parts, including the head, is continuing, it said.
