Google to remove Maps image of slain teen

[PJTHEDOORS]

(CNN) -- Google says it will replace a Google Maps image after a California father complained it shows the body of his teen-age son, who was shot to death in 2009.

Jose Barrera, of Richmond, California, said he discovered the image, visible on Google Maps' satellite view feature, last week.

"When I see this image, it's still like that happened yesterday," Barrera told KTVU-TV in Oakland, a CNN affiliate. "And that brings me back to a lot of memories."

Kevin Barrera, 14, was shot and killed in 2009. Police discovered his body near a railroad track in Richmond on August 15 of that year, at an address that roughly matches the one of the scene in question.

His killer has not been found.

(Rest of article)
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/18/tech/web/google-maps-dead-body/index.html?hpt=us_c2

(You actually can see a body. Enter coordiantes below, then click Satellite on right. And zoom in.)
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en

37.951607, -122.360453

 

[Kristen82]

Yikes...

 

[Phoenix]

Wow

 

[Denim Chicken]

52.376552, 5.198303

not for the squeamish

 

[WoodysGirl]

Thanks, I'll pass on seeing the images.

I feel for the father, because that's gotta be a terrible thing to see...

 

[Denim Chicken]

Post above is not the image the story references. It is another image which supposedly caught a murder / body.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Post above is not the image the story references. It is another image which supposedly caught a murder / body.

Yeah, I'm still good on that...

 

[Questfor6]

Post above is not the image the story references. It is another image which supposedly caught a murder / body.

Read on twitter once about that photo that it's actually a dog and not a body.

 

[5Stars]

Well, I cannot see a thing from any of those coordinates.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

Well, I cannot see a thing from any of those coordinates.

Looks like Google updated the image like they said they'd do. Yes, body has been removed from their image server.