06-25-2014, 03:44 PM
Yeah, I don't think Cooper was "forgotten" in the car.
Looks to me like LE has evidence indicating that dad knew his son was in the car all day, but that LE doesn't believe (or doesn't have evidence indicating) that Justin Harris willfully killed his son, at this time -- so they lowered the cruelty charge.
If ^ that's a correct assumption, I'm curious as to why dad didn't just drop Cooper off at daycare, as planned. Did he have a dispute with someone at the daycare center? Too lazy to drive the 2 miles out of his way? WTF?
Even if Justin Harris didn't realize what 7 hours in enclosed heat would do to his son, why would he choose to leave his two-year-old alone, unsupervised and strapped in a car when he clearly had alternatives? What ever his reasons, there's no way around it being cruel, IMO.
Looks to me like LE has evidence indicating that dad knew his son was in the car all day, but that LE doesn't believe (or doesn't have evidence indicating) that Justin Harris willfully killed his son, at this time -- so they lowered the cruelty charge.
If ^ that's a correct assumption, I'm curious as to why dad didn't just drop Cooper off at daycare, as planned. Did he have a dispute with someone at the daycare center? Too lazy to drive the 2 miles out of his way? WTF?
Even if Justin Harris didn't realize what 7 hours in enclosed heat would do to his son, why would he choose to leave his two-year-old alone, unsupervised and strapped in a car when he clearly had alternatives? What ever his reasons, there's no way around it being cruel, IMO.