Disturbing Murder Case Solved After Google Street View Catches Suspected Killer Putting Body in Trunk

An picture from Google Maps Street View showcasing a person bent over the trunk of a automobile, loading a bag into it, has helped Spanish National Police officers resolve a homicide case that they had been investigating for over a yr.

The picture, inadvertently captured by a Google Maps digital camera truck, incorporates a man inserting a white sack into the truck of a purple Rover automobile in Calle del Norte in Tajueco, Spain, in response to Surinenglish.

The picture has been linked to the case of a 33-year-old Cuban man recognized solely by his initials, JLPO. His physique was discovered dismembered after he traveled to Spain in November of 2023 searching for his spouse. He was reported lacking by a relative shortly after touring.

Some of his stays have been present in a cemetery about six miles away from the city of Tajueco. However, regulation enforcement revealed that components of his physique are nonetheless lacking.

Investigators consider that JLPO was killed attributable to his involvement in a love triangle. When he arrived in Spain’s Soria province, it’s believed that he found his spouse was having an affair with 48-year-old Manuel Isla Gallardo, her neighbor, who owns a bar close by in Bayubas de Arriba.

JLPO’s spouse allegedly deliberate the homicide with Gallardo. JLPO’s cousin said that he obtained texts from JLPO that did not sound like him, wherein he described assembly a lady and that he had been planning to eliminate his telephone.

Investigators arrived at a serious breakthrough after they found the Google Maps Street View picture of the person and the purple automobile. While the person inside the photograph has not been recognized, they consider the picture depicts Gallardo loading JLPO’s physique in a white trash bag into the trunk of the automobile.

Gallardo and JLPO’s spouse have been arrested on Nov. 12 for his or her involvement within the crime.