A man checking out aerial views of his former Florida neighborhood on Google Earth helped officials discover the skeleton of a man missing for more than 20 years.
The remains of William Moldt, who was reported missing Nov. 8, 1997, were found in a Palm Beach County pond in a"heavily calcified" vehicle that the former resident, who officials did not identify, first spotted using Google Earth, the sheriff’s officeThis undated photo provided by the National Missing & Unidentified Persons System shows William Moldt.
In 1997, Moldt, then 40, called his girlfriend from a bar around 9:30 p.m. the night before he was reported missing and said he would be home soon. He left the nightspot around 11 p.m. and did not appear drunk, WPTV reported, citing the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System website.Barry Fay, 50, who moved to Wellington from Sunrise 14 months ago, toldthat a neighbor's ex-husband, who used to live in the neighborhood, found the submerged Saturn while looking at Google Earth.
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