Published 11:47 IST, September 13th 2019

Google Earth helps in locating missing man’s mortal remains

It took 22 years, but a missing man's remains were finally found thanks to someone who zoomed on his former Florida neighbourhood with Google satellite images.

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It took 22 years, but a missing man's remains were finally found thanks to someone who zoomed in on his former Florida neighbourhood with Google satellite ims and ticed a car submerged in a lake, authorities said.  skeletal remains were of William Moldt, who went missing in 1997 at of 40, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff's office spokeswoman Teri Barbera said on Thursday that a previous resident of Grand Isles neighbourhood in Wellington, Florida, was checking neighbourhood on Google Earth when he zoomed into lake and saw what looked like a car.  former resident contacted a current homeowner, who used a drone to confirm it was a white car on edge of pond behind his house. 

man called sheriff's office on August 28, and deputies later arrived to find white sedan's exterior "heavily calcified." After y got car out, y found skeletal remains inside. National Missing and Unidentified Persons System says Moldt went to a nightclub in vember 1997 but did t appear intoxicated as he left alone before midnight. He h called his girlfriend from club saying he would return to ir Lantana home soon. 

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subdivision was under construction when Moldt went missing, but pond was alrey re. Barry Fay, whose home is near where car was found, told Palm Beach Post that he h never ticed anything from shoreline. "Never did I believe re would be a 22-year-old de body," Fay told newspaper. With Google Earth being criteria, it is only worth remembering that Google even doodled World Earth Day 2019 that was celebrated in April this year. In case you are interested in checking out this invative doodle, here. World Earth Day signifies conservation of our planet by being socially responsible. This year, Google brought to light rare species - albatross seabird. bird flies continuously for as long as a few hundred miles, without flapping its wings during this point of time. 

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