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Google Maps, a must-have for regular commuters, helped Spanish detectives solve a decades-old murder mystery after a man filmed the moment he hid a suspicious body in his car. In the northern region of Castile and León, police began an investigation in November 2023 when someone reported the disappearance of a male relative. Authorities have arrested a woman who was the partner of a man who disappeared on November 12 in the province of Soria, as well as another man who was his former partner, the police said on Wednesday. Detectives searched the suspects' homes and searched their vehicles, but while looking for more clues, they came across some unexpected clues. These were "location-based images" that "identified the vehicle used in the crime," the statement said.

Spanish media have circulated images of a Google Maps Street View screenshot from October 2024 showing a man throwing an object covered in a white cloth into the trunk of a car in the village of Tahueco. Police said the images were not "convincing" but helped solve the case. Miguel Ladorre, a spokesman for Syria's central government, told public broadcaster RTVE that they "may be found guilty indirectly". A badly decomposed human body was found this month in a cemetery in Soria province, police said. 33-year-old Cuban, reports El País newspaper. The judge ordered the arrest of the suspects, the investigation continues.