Google Maps cameras have captured some interesting images in the past, saved in mapping software for the world to find, but this time the images have given police further evidence about the arrest of two people in connection with a murder investigation.
The images in question were captured by a Google Maps car camera in October, in which a man can be seen bent over the trunk of a car on a nearly deserted street in Spain, carrying a large, bulky object wrapped in what appears to be white paper or bags.
Police say they believe the item is linked to the death of a Cuban national living in Spain who was reported missing by a relative in late 2023.
According to El Pais newspaper, the man was living in the municipality of Soria in northern Spain, where he arrived hoping to live there. He tracks down a woman he believes is his partner.
The missing man’s relative called the police, saying he had received some suspicious text messages from the man’s phone stating that he had met another woman and was leaving Spain and getting rid of his phone.
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“This made the complainant suspect that the letters were not sent by the missing person and led him to do so Report this to the police,The police said in a statement.
Last month, according to Reuters, there were a man and a woman He was initially arrested on suspicion of kidnapping. On December 11, part of the man’s dismembered body was found buried in a cemetery in the local village of Taguico, confirming that he had been murdered.
Now, police say they are continuing to investigate the matter Potential role He was arrested in the man’s death. Their statement, translated from Spanish to English, said they had become aware of “images in the location app” that appeared to contain “A vehicle has been detected “It may have been used during the course of the crime.”
The BBC reports that this was For the first time in 15 years The Google Maps car was driving through the streets of the small Spanish town, with a population of less than 60 people.
The police described the couple as “perpetrators of the crime of aggravated illegal detention for failing to provide a reason for the whereabouts of the missing person,” saying that the woman who was arrested appeared to be an accomplice of the missing Cuban man, and the man who was arrested “was an accomplice of the detainee.”
El País spoke with several residents in Tajuico, who told the outlet they saw the images on Google Maps but… He didn’t pay much attention to them Before this week.
“We never imagined he was doing anything and we didn’t think anything of it,” one resident said, while another noted, “We didn’t think that in the picture of the torso there would be a body.”
Police said the investigation is still ongoing, noting that the Google Maps image was just one of several pieces of evidence in the case.
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