Did Google Earth Error Send Murderer to Wrong Address?

 

Sometimes, even after a murder conviction, some see reasonable doubt that the conviction was a righteous one.

Such is the case in the murder of Dennis and Merna Koula in La Cross, Wisc, a quiet community.

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A neighbor of the Koula’s, Steve Burgess, freely admitted that he had received death threats. He was the president of a local bank.

And, as the CBS News investigation indicated (embedded, but there are some gaps in the audio), if you use Google Earth to locate Burgess’ house, you get a surprise.

“48 Hours” correspondent Peter Van Sant said: “In fact, when you Google Earth Steve Burgess’ address…the zoom into the house goes to the Koula’s house, not to Steve Burgess’ house.”

Police say they discounted the threatening caller, as they located him and he had an alibi. But then could that individual have hired someone to do any allegedly required dirty work, a person who used Google Earth to go to the wrong house?

 

Ref: Did Google Earth error send murderer to wrong address? – CNET