Whenever police start searching for a missing person, having an accurate physical description is absolutely critical. However, a recent case in Mexico has highlighted a modern hurdle for law enforcement, as heavily edited social media images severely complicated regional rescue efforts.
Police in the southern state of Chiapas found themselves struggling to locate 30-year-old Grecia Guadalupe Orantes Mendoza after she vanished on 12 April. The official missing persons alert featured images that had been drastically altered using digital filters, leaving the public searching for a digital persona rather than a real woman.
