Google Earth Finds Remains Of Missing Man

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

The remains of a man who disappeared 22 years ago in Florida were found thanks to clues provided by an attentive user of the Google Earth service.

According to press reports, authorities guided by the data provided by the user located a car completely submerged in a lagoon in an exclusive area of Palm Beach. The vehicle was highly calcified, so they assumed it had been in the water for a long time, according to The Palm Beach Post.

Inside the car they found human remains that were immediately taken to the coroner's office to be examined. After the necessary studies, it could be confirmed that it belonged to William Earl Moldt, who had been missing since November 8, 1997.

The man, 40 at the time of his disappearance, never came home after a night of partying in the neighboring town of Lantana. After obtaining no clue as to his whereabouts, the police were forced to close the case at the time.

Until the unexpected intervention of Google Earth, which allowed the case to be reopened and offer a response to the loved ones of the disappeared.

"Incredibly, the car had been in plain view via the Google Earth satellite in a 2007 area photo, but apparently no one had noticed until 2019, when a surveyor detected the car by checking Google Earth," explained The Charley Project., a database that profiles missing persons cases in the United States.

According to Newsweek, the neighborhood where the car was found was under construction when Moldt disappeared.

According to the National System of Missing and Unidentified Persons, the man had attended an adult entertainment center the night of his disappearance, called his girlfriend around 9:30 at night to warn her that he would be home soon., but it was never heard from again.