Jamaine Punzalan

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Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1734570883985GOOGLE MAP.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Tamas Tuzes-Katai, Unsplash "/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Tamas Tuzes-Katai, Unsplash </span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>A must-have download for disoriented travelers, Google Maps has guided Spanish investigators to resolve a year-long murder mystery by capturing the moment a person stowed a suspected corpse into a car.</p><p>Police in the northern region of Castile and Leon began their probe in November 2023 when someone reported the disappearance of a male relative.</p><p>Officers arrested a woman who was the missing male&#x27;s partner and another man who was her ex-partner in Soria province on November 12, police said in a statement on Wednesday.</p><p>Investigators then raided the suspects&#x27; homes and inspected their vehicles but also stumbled on an unexpected lead in the search for further clues.</p><p>These were &quot;images in a location application&quot; where they &quot;detected a vehicle that may have been used during the course of the crime&quot;, the statement said.</p><p>Spanish media circulated pictures of a screenshot of Google Maps&#x27; Street View from October 2024 showing a person dumping an object covered in a white shroud into a car boot in the village of Tajueco.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/business/05/24/22/google-marks-15-years-of-street-view">Google marks 15 years of Street View</a></div><p>The images contributed to resolving the case, though they were not &quot;decisive&quot;, police said.</p><p>The central government&#x27;s representative in Soria, Miguel Latorre, told public broadcaster RTVE the person &quot;can presumably be&quot; considered the culprit.</p><p>Police said a severely decomposed human torso believed to belong to the victim had been found this month in a cemetery in Soria province. El Pais daily reported that he was a 33-year-old Cuban.</p><p>A judge has ordered the suspects into custody and the investigation remains open.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/technology/2024/12/17/chatgpt-search-opens-to-all-users-in-challenge-to-google-1029">ChatGPT search opens to all users in challenge to Google</a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/technology/2024/12/13/google-renews-push-into-mixed-reality-headgear-1231">Google renews push into mixed reality headgear</a></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>A must-have download for disoriented travellers, Google Maps has guided Spanish investigators to resolve a year-long murder mystery by capturing the moment a person stowed a suspected corpse into a car.</p>

A must-have download for disoriented travellers, Google Maps has guided Spanish investigators to resolve a year-long murder mystery by capturing the moment a person stowed a suspected corpse into a car.

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Google Maps helps unlock Spain murder mystery

Agence France-Presse

Published December 19, 2024 09:46 AM PHT

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