A lady with Alzheimer’s vanished with no hint when her husband turned his again for only a second… earlier than Google Maps revealed her tragic destiny two years later

The mysterious case of the disappearance of an elderly woman with Alzheimer’s in Belgium was solved thanks to Google Maps. 

Marcel Taret was the only caregiver for his 83-year-old wife Paulette Landrieux, who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. 

Podcaster Mr Ballen, whose recent video on the matter went viral, explained that cqring for Paulette was a full-time job for Marcel. 

‘Paulette needed help remembering to eat or to take her medications on time’, he said.

‘Sometimes she would just wander off without telling Marcel and he would have to go and corral her and bring her back home.’

Marcel turned his back on Paulette for just a few minutes as they were both in the garden of their home in Andenne, Belgium, on November 2 2020 to hang up laundry. 

This, sadly, would be the last time he ever saw her. 

He anxiously called the police, who promptly sent a search and rescue helicopter over the area to find her, to no avail. 

Paulette can be seen walking across the street away from her home

Just a few metres away, Marcel can be seen hanging up some washing

Despite the continuous search efforts, Paulette was not found for two years. 

But by complete chance, a Google Streetview car was driving past the house at the same time as the disappearance. 

In 2022, one of Marcel’s neighbours examined the Streetview photos on the road and found the haunting final image of Paulette. 

Paulette can be seen walking across the street away from her home while Marcel can just be glimpsed in the background, as he hangs up the laundry. 

Using this new lead, cops traced the path that Paulette appeared to be taking and found her body hidden in a bramble bush.