. >> reporter: in the middle of this picture is the body of 14- year-old kevin barrera that we covered. the teen was shot and killed in 2009. his murder still unsolved but it wasn't till this weekend he realized this picture captured the image of his son's body after he was killed. >> you know, all the memories coming back. >> reporter: as ktvu reported yesterday he tried to contact google to get them to remove the image. google called us asking for our help so they could call him and tell him they were taking the picture down. >> report for channel 2 is when they notice and say sorry for what happened. >> reporter: google sent out this statement, our hearts go out to the family. since the media contacted us we have been looking at different solutions. google never accelerated the replacement of imagery before but given the circumstances we wanted to make an exception but the family is still hurting. >> sorry is not all, you know, just to say sorry. >> reporter: google will take 8 days to change the picture. while the dredged up the pain he hopes the publicity spurs new interest in his

. >> reporter: kevin barrera was ot and killed in 2009. buhis father found o about the image las week. earlier day, the vice president of google maps called the boy's fatr and said he was sorry. >> he said he is from google mapand he apologize and said sorry about wha happened. >> reporter: is beenour years since jose barrera's 14-year-d son kevin was shot and killed but when he saw an image of his son lying lifeless onhe ground all the memories came rushing bac >> he an me -- he was really close to me it hurt me a lot to see those image. and toee his body and everything. th hurt a lot. >> reporter: the teenager was shot and killed on a trail near railroad tracks in richmond in aust of 2009. cocidentally, within hours of we blurred the image of t .ing y's body. and despite t pain the image has causedhim. hopes the publicityill bring a break inis son's killing whichs still unsolved. just a little bit, you know, to put more pssure into the police department. >> reporter: t teen's stepmother saidhat she is glad that ggleromised to take the im

richmond police say that boy was kevin barrera found shot to death along these railroad tracks not far from here. the fact that google happened to be shooting images in the area that day, pure coincidence. >> it's real painful to see those pictures on the internet of. >> reporter: kevin's father saw the images of the crime scene for the first time tonight. >> it bring me back, you know, the memories. that hurt me a lot. >> reporter: kevin's murder is still unsolved. his family only knows that the boy was walking in his neighborhood 1 night and called a friend on his cell phone to tell him someone was following him. his body was found the next day. jose wants google to remove the images. >> that's just something that they have to remove. >> reporter: but he sees the silver lining. four years after his son's murder a chance to appeal to police and the public answers. >> we reached out to google after hours to ask about the images. they did not get back to us. >> reporter: a cal football player has been suspended for starting take locker room fight that sent a teammate -- a locker room fi

the satellite image shows the body of 14-year-old kevin barrera near railroad tracks in richmond.hortly after he was found shot to death in 2009. the google -- now, google typically denies any request to remove images but yesterday the company sent out a statement saying it will make an exception. it will take about eight days to take down that image. police are still searching for the person who killed kevin barrera. >>> the faculty of san jose state university want the csu chancellor to investigate how the university is being run. they say there have been several problems with communication and transparency over the past year. but they add they are not trying to remove the university president. now, the president, by the way, says he welcomes a review. >>> 7:56. pediatricians are warning parents about the danger of spicy snacks. the medical daily reports that snacks such as flaming hot cheetos are sending kids to emergency rooms. health experts say the chips can cause inflammation of the stomach lining. now some school districts in california have banned the snacks. pediatrician

the image i on googl maps but the company is pmised to remove it within eight days. 14-year-old kevin barrera w shot and killed in rhmond in 2009 but his father only found out about the imagen google maps last week. we blurred the boy's body which istill clearly vible on line. maps called kevin' father le personally to apologiz >> he sa he is going to google map he apologize say soy, sorry aut what happened. >> despite the pain the image caused bhe hopes it willring a break inis n's killin >> the famyf thomas howard thanking peopleor prars and suppor saying in par quote, during this difficult time we ask that you respect the privacy o family as wel as the privacy of t familyf zeng long liu. continueo pray for both famies. howard was dring and going re than 100 miles an hour whe he lost control of his bmw and crashed in the back of a big rig sterday morning. then sen his bmw flying across the cter divid and slammed head on into liu' honda. ward forhe record he plad for the raiders from 2006 to 2010, heas just released by the atlanta falconsast week. >> one of chins largest tech companies openi

a good-bye from friends to 14- year-old kevin barrera found murdered here in 2009. but that day has been frozen in time by the google maps image of the area that shows police standing over his body. his father says the pain of his son's murder is made even worse by having the tragedy on display for the world to see. >> it's really hard and painful for my family because like i say, all the memories coming back. >> reporter: jose barrera has asked that google remove the image of his son's body and yesterday, he got an unprecedented agreement to do so. in a statement, the company said, google has never accelerated the replacement of updated satellite imagery from our maps before. but given the circumstances, we wanted to make an exception in this case." the company says it may take up to 8 days to do this. but the image will be replaced. but that doesn't end it for jose barrera because after four years, whoever killed kevin is still at large. richmond police say they followed what leads were available at the time with no success. and they are hoping the recent publicit

satellite images after a bay area father found his murdered son's crime scene online. 14-year-old kevin barrera was shot to death in richmond four years ago. his family learned satellite images on google maps show the crime scenes including the boy's body. now google says it's changing the maps. >> it's really hard and painful for my family because like i say, you know, all the memories coming back. >> in a statement to kpix 5, google says, "google has never accelerated the replacement of updated satellite imagery from our maps before, but given the circumstances, we wanted to make an exception in this case." >>> developing this morning, communities torn apart by this weekend's tornado outbreak are coming together to clean up their neighborhoods. more than 80 tornadoes hit the midwest on sunday. the storms killed at least 8 people, six in illinois and two in michigan. hundreds of homes have been destroyed. many of them in the town of washington, illinois. >> there's nothing here, unreal. [ crying ] >> just terrifying. you just don't think that things like this will happen, you just don't think,

it involves an unsolved murder case. 14-year-old kevin barrera was shot to death in richmond four years ago. his family recently learned satellite images on google maps showed the crime scene including the boy's body. after we reported that, kevin's father got a call from google maps' vice president. >> we apologize. we really sorry. and we gonna remove those images. >> in a statement to kpix 5, google has never accelerated the replacement of updated satellite imagery from our maps before, but given the circumstances, we wanted to make an exception in this case. >>> some bay area news now. hayward police are looking for a suspect after a teenager was shot and killed after a city park. officers went to centennial park about 3:30 yesterday afternoon after a caller reported hearing gunshots. they found a 17-year-old boy unconscious near the baseball field. he died a short time later at a nearby hospital. >>> in a few hours a memorial for mikaela garecht will be held. she was kidnapped from a grocery store in hayward 25 years ago today. at the time, she was 9 and despite an intense investig

the images on google maps, it shows the body of kevin ba remember raw -- barrera.und out about the image recently. he wants google to remove the image. >> what's the point to personally -- to show that to the people pictures of my dead son? >> one technology expert says it's not likely googing will re- - google will remove the image. we asked google for a comment on the satellite image. so far there's been no response. >>> 7:36. a somber milestone today for survivors of the jonestown massacre. today is the 35th anniversary of the worst mass suicide in american history. 200 children died after jim jones ordered his followers to drink cool eaud with -- kool- aid with cyanide. jones died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >>> aid is arriving in the philippines. a lot of people in remote villages are still waiting for food and water ten days after the disaster. survivors rushed to the town. more than 5,000 people were killed in the typhoon or were declared missing after it. the company's energy secretary has declared to restore power after christmas eve. the events hav

kevin, you know,. >> reporter: jose barrera brushes away tears when he talks about his 14-year-old son kevin shot dead four years ago in richmond. friday, his pain was compounded when we discovered these satellite images available on google maps. they show the crime scene and his son's body. >> it's really hard and painful for my family because like i say, you know, all the memories coming back. >> reporter: jose told us friday that he wanted google to take the images down. after our story aired, he got a call from google maps' vice president. >> we apologize. we really sorry. and we gonna remove those images. >> reporter: google confirmed that they will replace the satellite images something the search giant has never done. in a statement to kpix 5, google has never accelerated the replacements of updated satellite imagery from our maps before. but given the circumstances, we wanted to make an exception in this case." jose told us he is grateful though it still pains him that google published the images in the first place. four years later his son's murder remains unsolved. and he hopes google's mist

jose barrera once the internet giant to take down the image out of respect for his son, kevin. the 14 year-old to buy that judge body was found on a path near railroad tracks that separate north richmond from san paulo. his plane remains unsolved. google as promised to remove the picture. --slaying. the great american novel. so you can happily let life get in the way, while planning for tomorrow. so you can finish the great american novel banking for the life you have investing for the life you want chase. so you can an update now on the tornadoes that ripped through the midwest killing eight people. six in illinois and two in michigan. more video coming in of the storms that came through. residents have come together to begin cleanup efforts. the tornado hit washington on sunday. it cut a path about an eighth of a mile wide from one side of the community of 16,000 to the other. it damaged or destroyed as many as 500 homes. people forced out of their homes were allowed back in a monday to survive damage and see what they could save. some homes had been shattered into piles of b