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.

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

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,

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.

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

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

Police in central Spain believe they've cracked a recent murder case after finding images on Google Maps of someone loading a suspected body bag into a car. Street view images captured by a passing Google mapping vehicle show a man leaning over something wrapped in cloth in the car trunk.