Police in Spain have arrested two people in connection with a missing persons case after a Google Maps vehicle took a picture of someone apparently loading a large object into the trunk of a car.

Officers arrested a woman who was the missing male's partner and another man who was her ex-partner, police said.

In what can be termed a shocking twist, a Google Maps street view in Spain facilitated in solving of a murder mystery. The incident took place in Spain's small village of Tajueco, where a vehicle accidentally captured a man placing a large white bag into the trunk of a red car,

Police in Spain used recent images captured by a Google Maps Street View car to solve a missing persons/murder case.

A man went missing in Spain last year. Now, Google Maps Street View images have unlocked a part of the investigation into his murder.

Google has spent decades dispatching specially-equipped cars to capture footage of streets around the globe. That includes one that was patrolling a town

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.

A car snapping the 360-degree footage happened to be passing through the tiny town in October 2023, when it caught the disturbing sight.