The Google Earth Mystery Back in 1997, a man from Florida mysteriously disappeared. For years, his family and the police searched for him, but there were no clues. The family ____ over his well-being as days turned into weeks, then months, with no news. They ____ that it was hopeless. Police ____ the lack of evidence as a major obstacle. There was simply no trace of him. Twenty-two years later, a neighbor was casually looking at his neighborhood on Google Earth when something unusual caught his eye. He ____ to have spotted a dark shape, possibly a car, hidden under the water in a small pond near the houses. When the police pulled the vehicle out, they made a shocking discovery. Inside, they ____ the presence of human remains, which they later identified as belonging to the man who had vanished two decades earlier. The authorities ____ the family that they would investigate the circumstances of his death. The Golden State Killer For more than 40 years, California lived in fear of a mysterious man known as The Golden State Killer. Between the 1970s and 1980s, he broke into houses, attacked families, and killed at least 13 people. Then he vanished. The community ____ that they lived in fear for a long time. The police had his DNA from old crime scenes, but they didn’t know who he was. For decades, every lead went cold. The investigators ____ to being frustrated by the lack of progress. Finally, in 2018, investigators tried something new. They uploaded the DNA into an online genealogy website. To their surprise, they found a match. They ____ that the found match was not the killer himself, but a distant relative. Piece by piece, detectives built a family tree until one name stood out – Joseph DeAngelo, a former police officer living a quiet suburban life. They then secretly took his DNA from his garbage. It was a perfect match. The lab ____ the match. After more than 40 years, the Golden State Killer was finally caught. The police ____ the arrest, bringing a sense of relief to the community. The Rooftop Marijuana Plantation In 2019, the famous cycling race La Vuelta a España was on TV, and a helicopter was filming the cyclists. Viewers were enjoying the beautiful views of Catalonia when they suddenly noticed something strange. Many ____ that there was something odd about the roof of an apartment building in Igualada. On the roof, there were green plants – far too many to be normal flowers. Later, police ____ that it was indeed a marijuana plantation with about 40 plants. They ____ that the discovery was a complete accident. The police ____ that without the helicopter camera, the plantation would likely have remained hidden. However, the case was not so simple. The authorities ____ that the plants were growing on the roof of a residential building with many apartments. They ____ having enough evidence to prove which neighbor was responsible. In the end, the plants were destroyed, but nobody went to prison. The police ____ the case due to lack of concrete evidence.

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