Google Earth Finds Remains of Missing Man after 22 Years

Florida, September 13, 2019:

Google Earth has found the remains of a missing man after 22 years.

A car submerged in a pond was discovered on Google Maps. 40-year-old William Earl Moldt, reportedly, went missing on November 7, 1997. He had gone to a nightclub in Lantana, Florida.

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Police had launched an investigation but failed to solve the missing case. Interestingly, a property surveyor, who was checking out Google Earth, had spotted the car submerged in a retention pond located in Wellington, Florida.

According to reports, the surveyor was a previous resident of the Grand Isles neighbourhood of Wellington. He contacted the current owner, who in turn, confirmed about the submerged car using a drone.

Later, the authorities found skeletal remains of William Earl Moldt.

The housing development where the pond is located was under construction when Moldt's disappeared.

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