Created: 10/9/2009 4:38:27 PM 
BRUNSWICK, GA -- The father and grandmother of murder victim, 6-year-old Christopher Barrios, have filed a civil lawsuit claiming invasion of privacy after Christopher's picture appeared on a soap opera.
Earlier this week, David Edenfield was convicted of murdering and sexually molesting the young boy in March 2007.
In October 2008, according to court documents, Christopher's picture appeared in a segment of General Hospital: Night Shift. The soap opera that airs on SOAPnet, allegedly showed Christopher's picture as a prop to depict a child who had been abandoned.
Mark Gelman is handling the lawsuit for the Barrios family and says the civil legal action was filed in Glynn County on Thursday.
"They felt they were taken advantage of after everything that they have gone through," said Gelman from his Jacksonville law office.
"All they wanted were simple answers; unfortunately the network would not give it to them...If we had those answers and were satisfied with those answers -- that this was a innocent mistake -- this lawsuit would never been filed," Gelman said.
A spokesperson for SOAPnet told First Coast News that it has pulled the picture of Christopher Barrios. They aired online and on-air PSAs in Christopher's honor. SOAPnet added that it is does not comment on lawsuits.
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