In Tajueco, a tiny hamlet in Spain’s Soria province, a Cuban man disappeared in November 2023.
The case began when someone close to him reported him missing after receiving odd messages from his phone claiming he had met a woman, was leaving Soria, and was ditching the phone.
Investigators did not buy the story, and the inquiry started aiming toward the people around him.
A year later, a Google Street View car happened to pass through Tajueco for the first time in roughly 15 years.
In the October 2024 Street View sequence, there was a frame that appeared to show a man leaning into the trunk of a red car beside bulky white bags. Another Street View image from the village shows a person moving a large white bundle in a wheelbarrow.
Spanish police later arrested Manuel Isla Gallardo, 48, and his partner, Alicia. The investigation revealed the couple took the life of the missing Cuban man, identified as 33-year-old Yoel, after a dispute.
The white bags detected by Street View contained Yoel’s dismembered body. His remains were later found buried in a shallow grave at the Tajueco cemetery. The couple was charged with illegal detention and homicide.
The case began when someone close to him reported him missing after receiving odd messages from his phone claiming he had met a woman, was leaving Soria, and was ditching the phone.
Investigators did not buy the story, and the inquiry started aiming toward the people around him.
A year later, a Google Street View car happened to pass through Tajueco for the first time in roughly 15 years.
In the October 2024 Street View sequence, there was a frame that appeared to show a man leaning into the trunk of a red car beside bulky white bags. Another Street View image from the village shows a person moving a large white bundle in a wheelbarrow.
Spanish police later arrested Manuel Isla Gallardo, 48, and his partner, Alicia. The investigation revealed the couple took the life of the missing Cuban man, identified as 33-year-old Yoel, after a dispute.
The white bags detected by Street View contained Yoel’s dismembered body. His remains were later found buried in a shallow grave at the Tajueco cemetery. The couple was charged with illegal detention and homicide.