Google Maps has been credited with helping investigators in the past, with Italian authorities using Street View to trace the location of a mafia fugitive in 2022.

In the course of its globe-mapping mission, a Google Street View car appears to have documented the very moment that crime suspects deposited what sure looks a whole helluva lot like a wrapped-up corpse in the back of a car.

A Google Street View image of a man loading a large white plastic bag into the boot of his car has helped unravel a murder case in a northern Spanish town, police say. The Google app allows users to see images of streets around the world - filmed by cars ...