Chilling images on Google Street View of a person appearing to load a body bag into the back of a car have provided Spanish police with a “decisive” clue over the disappearance of a man.
The case of a Cuban man who was reported missing a year ago in the north-central Spanish municipality of Tajueco was being investigated for more than a year.
But now images captured by a Google Maps camera car showing a man standing over a body-shaped package in the boot of a red car have potentially provided police with a breakthrough.
Other images show a man at the top of a street pushing a wheelbarrow with a large white package, while others show the quiet streets of the Spanish town.
Spanish police have said the pictures are a “decisive” clue in the case, with detectives reportedly launching a murder investigation and arresting two people in connection with the man’s death.
The images, which have gone viral online, have also helped officers locate the body of the man, known only as JLPO and thought to be aged 33.
Police discovered the victim’s dismembered remains, including his torso, buried in the cemetery of Andaluz, a 12-minute drive from where the image was taken, Spanish media has reported.
The two arrested are reported to be the wife of the dead man and a bar worker in Tajueco.
Investigators have discovered that the pair had been living together, Todo Alicante reported.
According to El Pais, police are still investigating the case and it appears neither have yet appeared charged before a court.
“My goodness, the things that happen in the villages,” one worker in the cemetery told El Pais after being shown the pictures from Google Maps.