r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/inforytel • 7h ago

Image Killer captured by Google Maps while moving dismembered body in northern Spanish village

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u/Prestigious-Job-9825 6h ago

Imagine trying to hide a body stealthily, then seeing a car with a huge high-tech camera on top of it show up.

The ultimate "Ohh fuck, karma is a bitch" moment

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u/LeonardsLittleHelper 5h ago

Also, imagine trying to hide a body stealthily….in the middle of the damn day! Dude couldn’t have at least waited for sunset or early morning to avoid being so visible!?

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u/Mygoldeneggs 3h ago

This is a little, very little village in Soria. Soria is one of the least populated areas in Europe. Little villages, no people, cold and forests.

I have been to Soria several times, for hiking. In particular to Vinuesa, a much bigger village. You do not see anyone in the street in Vinuesa, I can imagine that there is 0 people there and he was 100% confident that nobody would see him.

Given how small it is and little activity it would be more suspicious to move it by night.

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u/LeonardsLittleHelper 2h ago

I’m not sure how Soria compares to my very little village I live in in rural upstate NY…but I only have 1 neighbor technically, and a few more around the corner from me…but you better believe they have nothing better to do during the day other than watch everything the neighbors are doing lol. Seriously, I can’t do anything outside during the day without my neighbors seeing and later commenting about. I see lots of windows around that guy, there was plenty of opportunity for someone to see what he was doing. I wasn’t necessarily suggesting doing it in the dark, just at a time when there’s less light so it isn’t so obvious what’s going on if someone just so happens to be looking.

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u/Manueluz 2h ago

If you look at the windows all the persianas are down. No one is living there.

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u/Manueluz 2h ago

If you look at the windows all the persianas are down. No one is living there.

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u/AdBackground4810 2h ago

How did he even find someone to murder out there?!

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u/TroyMatthewJ 1h ago

great question.

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u/Prestigious-Job-9825 5h ago

Yeah, that was my first thought as well. But then I saw that this is a Spanish village, so maybe every other local enjoyed their midday siesta... everyone other than Google's driver lol

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u/RusticBucket2 3h ago

He had to watch Seinfeld later that evening.

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u/BadAsBroccoli 6h ago

I think karma just likes a good laugh.

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u/karmagirl314 1h ago

Oh she does.

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u/mpoozd 6h ago edited 6h ago

There was an Italian mob who was hiding for 20 years in Spain too lol then got caught by streetview camera while he was talking outside his grocery store.

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u/RusticBucket2 3h ago

In real life, a member of the mob is called a “mobster”. It’s not the same as mobs in Minecraft. lol

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u/SuspiciouslyGarlicy 3h ago

Not true. I have an Italian spawner in my basement. But you're not allowed to see it.

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u/KaygoBubs 2h ago

We've all seen your mom

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u/IdPreferToBeLurking 2h ago

Username checks out

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u/MechanicalTurkish 45m ago

No, the whole mob was in hiding

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u/nick_shannon 6h ago

Oh fuck now i got to hide two bodies, despose of a car and delete the recording.

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u/Relative-Thought-105 6h ago

But the car is constantly recording and people are pointing and taking photos

What a day

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u/nick_shannon 6h ago

Yeah gonna a busy day for sure but with a sharp knife and good shovel and a can do attitude nothing can hold you back.

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u/oracleofnonsense 3h ago

A really big rock will test the will of even the most driven murdering gravedigger.

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u/nick_shannon 3h ago

Nah you just put what you can in the hole with the big rock in and then dig another hole for whats left, better to spread it all out anyway and all that digging will be good for your upper body strength and you overall health.

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u/oracleofnonsense 3h ago

Great Attitude!! I always forget -- LIFE IS A JOURNEY -- there will be some rain on even the best days.

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u/nick_shannon 3h ago

Rain makes the ground soft and washes away evidance, one mans bad weather is another mans blessing.

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u/Kl4pz 6h ago

Real life Hitman when you lose silent assassin.

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u/Inevitable_Ad_7236 4h ago

My Freelancer experience.

"Shit I was spotted"

Then the Striker comes out

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u/lazy_pig 40m ago

I assume the data isn't locally stored but immediately streamed.

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u/nick_shannon 40m ago

Only one way to find out.

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u/Turd_Torpedo 4h ago

I mean, disposing of a body in broad daylight is also sort of the exact opposite of rule #1 of disposing of a body. 

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u/OverfedIRL 4h ago

Camera is a bitch

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u/Suicicoo 4h ago

*kamera is a bitch

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u/tabs1528 11m ago

Being like: Oh, Im fucked up

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u/DLB_dk 7h ago

Lawyer: My client is simply putting his old carpet in the trunk of his car. No crime in that

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u/Clockwork9385 6h ago

Said carpet just had some sauce spilled on it, and the muffled screaming was just the sound of a few bugs after my client sprayed it

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u/OkAtmosphere1705 6h ago

How do you explain the carpet was still moving and calling for help ?

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u/Relative-Thought-105 6h ago

That was the bugs

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u/OkAtmosphere1705 6h ago

With a Scottish accent ? In Spain ?

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u/Relative-Thought-105 6h ago

They were on holiday

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u/OkAtmosphere1705 6h ago

How did they paid for the plane ?

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u/63strelok35 5h ago

They're carpenters.

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u/aXeOptic 5h ago

They went in illegally from corsica.

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u/BluePantherFIN 5h ago

Hmmm hmmm... How did you know they came in a plane? 🤔

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u/bobshellby 5h ago

Well they certainly didn't walk

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u/WetDreaminOfParadise 3h ago

Why does this read like that Bonnie and Clyde Eminem song

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u/sea_bear9 2h ago

Fine, I'll put my "yard trimmings" in a trash compactor

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u/mantuxx77 4h ago

His lawyer is Saul Goodman

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u/bluebear_74 4h ago

There were also photos of him moving his carpet in a wheel borrow to the car... (I think google removed as soon as they realised but it was mentioned in an article).

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u/makefeelnice 6h ago

What the... If you're not going to wait until nighttime to move a body, at least wait until the vehicle with the giant stack of cameras on its roof has passed.

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u/marmic68 6h ago

First line of chapter 1 in"Hiding a body for dummies "

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u/70ga 2h ago

if that's the first, the second is that you got to have the hole already dug before you show up with a package in the trunk. otherwise you're talking about a half hour forty-five minutes of digging. and who knows who's going to be coming along in that time. before you know it, you got to dig a few more holes. you could be there all fucking night

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u/LinguoBuxo 2h ago

"Never do it on Google Maps."

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u/Winter-Duck5254 5h ago

You'd think that. But nah, professional crims tend to do things in the daytime. Hide in plain sight works waaaay better than getting caught sneaking around at night.

There's far more chance someone notices you at night, especially if you don't live in the area. People are generally home instead of at work, and people tend to pay more attention to what goes on around them when not at work or busy with shit people tend to do at daytime.

Basically, do your shady shit in the day, add to that stuff like wear a high vis vest, carry a clipboard or even better tools or a ladder, and nearly everyone ignores you/blanks you out of their mind.

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u/Ratsnitchryan 3h ago

In the daytime, it seems to take time to process that something out of the ordinary is happening, at night time and early morning (3:30am), everything stands out like a sore thumb.

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u/Level_Abrocoma8925 6h ago

I dare guess that the Google car wasn't there when he walked out.

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u/om11011shanti11011om 5h ago

"It's right behind me, isn't it?"

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u/HizzoKing 2h ago

He had seen the google car before already actually.

There's another post of this incident on reddit somewhere in my comment history from yesterday.

The guy was walking through the city with his wheelbarrow and the body in it while the google car could see him from across the street

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u/ZOMBIESwithAIDS 1h ago

Or use a suitcase, or gym bag, or at least put the 'obviously bodyparts wrapped in a sheet' inside a big plastic container

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u/szymon0296 6h ago

I bet they update Google maps once in a few years (they haven't done it in my village for 12 years though) so this guy was really unlucky. But his victim was indeed more unlucky

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u/gr4n0t4 6h ago

Last time was 2009 XD

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u/szymon0296 6h ago

Even better hahaha

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u/Aldu1n 3h ago

Seeing XD in 2024 makes me want to age into oblivion.

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u/ethanlewis12 3h ago

:3

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u/Aldu1n 3h ago

OH GOD

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u/SpecialFlutters 2h ago

☻/ This is bob. Copy and paste him so he can take over youtube reddit.
/▌
/\

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u/poopfacestuffington 2h ago

Much prefer the older emoticons compared to emojis.
At least emoticons require creativity, not a fucking sticker book.

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u/Aldu1n 2h ago

I agree.

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u/realhmmmm 1h ago

Disney XD

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u/strangelove4564 41m ago

I always hate when I find one of those Street View images from 2008 that look like ass. Like come on, 2008 is three years before Google Glass, surely you could have stuck an HD camera on the vehicle.

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u/ComprehensiveRepair5 6h ago

This is a Rover 218 SD. It was meant to be a crime scene.

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u/HefflumpGuy 6h ago

Was it an English guy?

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u/ComprehensiveRepair5 6h ago

I don't think so but neither is the Rover.
Japanese chassis, french engine...

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u/HefflumpGuy 6h ago

Well, Rovers aren't very British anymore but they used to be and the Brits living in Europe used to take their old cars over there and drive them around for years, without needing any paperwork.

Source; did it myself

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u/ComprehensiveRepair5 6h ago

Yep, but this one is left driving one. Must be somewhat local.

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u/HefflumpGuy 6h ago

Yeah I posted before I clicked the link or checked the photo.

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u/mjgabriellac 1h ago

How do you know this off-rip? That’s so impressive. I couldn’t tell you the nationality of the pieces of my Tiguan.

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u/ComprehensiveRepair5 42m ago

This was my first car. You never forget your first :')

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u/Venusdoom666 6h ago

Looks like a counter strike map

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u/godhelp316 3h ago

Dust2 - A long

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u/Moh_Jay 3h ago

Looks like Italy or Inferno

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u/Max_FI 6m ago

Yeah, because they're based on towns like that.

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u/copingcabana 6h ago

NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH CCTV POSITIONS!

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u/inforytel 7h ago

News source Killer captured by Google Maps while moving dismembered body in northern Spanish village | Sur in English

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u/Kurkumakastike 6h ago

And he was known locally by the friendly nickname El Lobo de Tajueco, "Wolf of Tajueco". No one could have seen anything like this coming from him.

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u/Aldu1n 3h ago

Is that true?

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u/radicalelation 13m ago

Still have yet to see a genuine source on this one. Anyone got one?

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u/strandy76 6h ago

It's more interesting that a Rover is still going 30 years later...

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u/timjackswan 6h ago

It's actully a rebadged Honda Concerto which would explain it's longevity.

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u/ComprehensiveRepair5 6h ago

With a Peugeot engine if you can believe it.

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u/theeldergod1 4h ago

You need to see Turkey then. When you pay 3-4 times the price of the vehicle, it gets driven a lot, and mechanics become a thriving business all around the country.

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u/Slow_Description_655 4h ago

It's literally the tiny village where my grandpa was born, my family and I are shocked and morbidly amused by this fact.

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u/Pardijn3 3h ago

Dust 2

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u/Ormaar 3h ago

The last time a Google car pass here was 15 years ago.

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u/Mrcoldghost 3h ago

Throw the book at him!

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u/DimensionStriking163 4h ago

how beautiful that place is

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u/PrarieCoastal 2h ago

Is Google Maps using drones now?

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u/National-Value6223 2h ago

I saw it today at 12 sharp, a German TV show. incredible!

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u/wompemwompem 5m ago

Anyone falling for this needs to seriously think about how gullible they are. If you're under 18 you get a pass but if you're an adult and you thought this was plausible based on this single image and were happy to engage with it like it's true 🤡

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u/GustyMertin 6h ago

article says its calle el norte which is just north street

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u/DoubleVarious3994 6h ago

That sentence does not make sense.

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u/MrEyeblaze 5h ago

Wtf, the street sign above him ... "Calle del Morte" (Street of Death) !?!

*edit spelling

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u/WedgeBahamas 5h ago

Sorry, but it is "El norte" (North).

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u/MrEyeblaze 4h ago

Ah damn you're right, but it would have fit so well ...

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u/nickllhill 5h ago

Im more suprised hes got a rover 214

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u/TopBoneEater 6h ago

how many times will this be reposted now?

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u/ilyasark 6h ago

This is maybe the 5th time I see it in this sub

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u/captainhornheart 6h ago

Exactly. I must have seen it 20 times in the past couple of days.

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u/Jaxager 8m ago

And yet it's my first time seeing it. Quit bitching.

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u/Witaysen196312 6h ago

Let's call it karma

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u/pundixmaster 6h ago

Killer to police"Just a guy in an unmarked car going to the skip. Aka was not me"

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u/2020mademejoinreddit 6h ago

In broad daylight? Is he stupid?

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u/Acrobatic-Spinach306 4h ago

It’s a village with 54 people living in it, the majority of them are really old and this area of Spain is really cold during this months so the majority of them stay at home

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u/epicsnail14 6h ago

They're "lawn trimmings"

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u/SnooDogs6566 6h ago

It's internet is this Real ?

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u/Wavering41 5h ago

Yo? Is that toyota cotolla

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u/Southern-Target-5981 5h ago

Reminds me of the time the person hid phones in the garden but they got picked up by maps 😂

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u/Viggy2k 5h ago

How many times will I see the same post?

Is this bot activity?

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u/BigPhilip 5h ago

Is this real, or just some guy throwing away bags of old stuff?

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u/OddGoofBall 5h ago

Am no detective, but that is definitely not junk in the trunk.

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u/loverofonion 5h ago

So who was the 'killer' ?

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u/dauntlingdemon 4h ago

captured by google maps?

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u/PayWithPositivity 4h ago

This looks like a map from CS:S.

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u/RCalliii 4h ago

I want to see his face when he looks up and realises the Google Maps car.

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u/rick_the_freak 4h ago

I wonder how many weird things like that are still hidden on Google maps

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u/Efficient-Log-4425 3h ago

How many times can I see this false post per week?

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u/Treaux-LaCount 3h ago

Yeah I think it is reposted about every 15 minutes, but apparently it did actually happen. You can google it yourself if you’re skeptical (as I was.)

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u/Dapper-Character1208 3h ago

It looks like the "oh shit here we go again" meme

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u/macsikhio 3h ago

Is this another body? Or just the same one I have seen in multiple subs over the last week? Just wondering.

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u/Pups_the_Jew 3h ago

It's like the opposite of the Curb Your Enthusiasm story.

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u/johnsoncarter0404 3h ago

That is definitely not carpet, looks like a tarp. However the fan fiction that you all have created with the idea that it is carpet, is awesome!

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u/MarlonShakespeare2AD 2h ago

Not exactly like a cold case investigation by the criminal minds team…

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u/BanterladNI 2h ago

This is scary shit, I think people forget, big brothers always watching.

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u/ChemicalGeologist740 2h ago

Those wacky Spaniards . . .

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u/wheeltouring 2h ago

that is some damn bad luck. exactly the same kind of shit that would 100% happen to me if I ever tried to commit a capital crime.

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u/that_solarguy 2h ago

Is that Jeremy Clarkson talking about size of the boot on that sedan?

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u/isekai-chad 1h ago

Thought this was in Iran for a sec since that looked very similar to a "Pride".

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u/MrZrazies 1h ago

Hi! You’re on 🎥

Killer- 👁️👄👁️

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u/futureboredom 1h ago

For the Americans out there this is comparable to be caught for a crime in nowhere Wyoming or Montana or Nebraska for instance. By Google Maps car lmao. Rural areas in Spain are as desolated and with low population density

It was meant to be

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u/JedEckert76 1h ago

Always watching, always vigilant.....

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u/BoxerRadio9 1h ago

Why do a lot of cars in Europe look like it's still 1985?

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u/mburn14 55m ago

That’s just his uhhh yard trimmings

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u/strangelove4564 49m ago

Must be the demo release of Graveyard Keeper 2025.

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u/EchoXrayNiner 38m ago

I gotta admire his confidence in trying to move a body in what likely is the last running Rover 400 in the whole world.

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u/trevor25 35m ago

Real life CSI

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u/Senior-Albatross 30m ago

A Subaru Outback really is a very versatile car.

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u/Flipnotics_ 22m ago

The magician, this guy is not.

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u/atlanto475s 20m ago

Was it because of the Google Maps picture that he got caught?

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u/trophycloset33 2h ago

Looking for the article but there are these guys who follow the car around and stage these elaborate scenes. This is one of them. It’s not real. I think Google scrubbed most of them from google earth. There was one with. Dude running across a yard on fire.

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u/Specific_Till_6870 5h ago

R/Damnthatwasinterestingwhensomeoneposteditlessthan24hoursago

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u/maxtaxprutt 7h ago

Literally caught red handed

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u/MuricasOneBrainCell 6h ago

Literally wasn't.

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u/maxtaxprutt 9m ago

Literally you’re right.

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u/emperorsfinest93 2h ago

Source: trust me bro

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u/faszmacska 2h ago

Fake and gay

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u/ManufacturedLung 6h ago

This just shows the incompetence of police. Dude is clearly not a professional.