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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ashifa Kassam in Madrid

Google Maps car snaps vital clue in Spanish missing person case

Google Streetview image of person putting something into the back of a car
Police have cited the image – which continues to appear on Google Maps – and others snapped by the camera car as clues that helped lead to the arrests of two people. Photograph: Google Maps Streetview

On a nearly deserted street in northern Spain, the images appeared to show a man hunched over the back of a red Rover car, gingerly loading a bulky white sack into the boot.

A passing Google Maps camera car happened to snap the suspicious moment as it unfolded in the hamlet of Tajueco in October. Two months later, police have cited the image – which continues to appear on Google Maps – and others snapped by the camera car as clues that helped lead to the arrests of two people after the disappearance of a man last year.

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