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(#7) UK Offender Determines Victims With Google Earth
In 2010, Steve Hodgson, a career offender, used Google Earth to case the home of 85-year-old Patricia Thompson. Hodgson entered the premises of her home in Hartburn, England, and ended Thompson's life before he made off with her valuables.
Hodgson then went on a spending jaunt using his victim's bank card and persuaded his girlfriend to pawn Thompson's jewelry, including a wedding ring. The Crown Court eventually sentenced Hodgson to a couple decades behind bars.
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(#1) Missing Michigan Car Visible On Google Maps
In 2015, a car that had both been missing since 2006 was found while employees at a Michigan mortuary home were decorating their building for Christmas. While looking in a nearby pond, they saw what looked like the roof of a car, promptly solving a nine-year-old missing person case. It turns out that the car had been visible on Google Street View this whole time.
Authorities did not suspect foul play, as it appears 72-year-old Davie Lee Niles may have driven into the body of water by accident.
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(#6) Lying Spouse Caught Red-Handed In UK
If you're going to get caught lying to your spouse, you should try to make it count. Not like Donald Ryding, who was caught smoking in his driveway by Google Street View long after he told his wife that he'd kicked the habit. The car captured an image of Ryding trying to be furtive outside of his Merseyside home in England.
Mrs. Ryding said, "I couldn't believe it - there was no denying it now we'd seen him smoking. When Street View first launched, they didn't blur out faces, but there was no need to with him - he was covered by a cloud of smoke anyway." Burn.
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(#8) A German Guy In The Buff Hanging Out In The Trunk of A Car
One of the strangest photos found on Google Street View is this photo of an unclothed man exiting the trunk of a car while a dog either catches some shut-eye or is devoid of life next to him. The photo was captured in 2010 in Mannheim.
A German newspaper is the party responsible for the perplexing discovery.
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(#3) Ax Prank In Edinburgh Caught On Google Street View
Playing around with the Google Street View car can be fun, but as these mechanics from Edinburgh discovered, sometimes having too much fun can have consequences. The two goofs forgot about the pranks until the photos were uploaded to Google months later and a concerned citizen called the police. The images depict a man assailing the other.
Luckily, one of the cops who "solved" the case had a friend who had his car serviced at the mechanic's shop where this took place. Dan Thompson, the shop's manager, told authorities: "It was in the spur of the moment [...] It seemed like the obvious thing to do so I threw myself on the ground and Gary grabbed a pick-axe handle from the garage."
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(#13) A Possible Offender On The Run In South Africa
This image was captured in South Africa in 2010. While the man depicted in the image capture looks like an escapee from the United States, many pointed out he could be a municipal worker. In South Africa, some municipal workers wear orange as part of their uniform.
It's unclear where the man is running from or what he's running towards.
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