10-12-2016, 04:24 PM
The prosecution called the EMT who arrived at the scene and declared Cooper dead in the parking lot outside of the SUV along with the Cobb County Police Captain today.
EMT Peyton Barwick testified that Ross Harris showed no emotion when he told Harris his son was dead.
When the defense cross-examined Barwick and asked why he didn't note the lack of emotion in his report, Barwick responded that his job was to report only on the victim/deceased, which he did. He said he wrote his report immediately because he had a feeling he might need to testify in court on this one.
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^ Cobb County Captain James Ferrell was called next. He explained that he assigned Detective Stoddard to the case because of his experience with crimes against children and homicide. He explained that any time a child is locked in a car and dies, it's considered a criminal case.
Ferrell testified that he immediately noticed the car seat when he approached the car. "It was plainly visibly from the driver's side door. When I was looking in I could see it."
Ferrell said he could clearly smell an odor when he went to the car. He says it smelled of a combination of a diaper, sweat and death.
When asked under cross-examination why he didn't note that smell in his report, he said that he'd told Stoddard that night about the smell and that he intended to write his report shortly thereafter. However, he says, he forgot and didn't write the report until nearly a year later. HOTD: Very sloppy and bad for the prosecution.
The trial is being reported on live here:
http://www.ajc.com/rf/image_large/Pub/p7...729056.jpg
EMT Peyton Barwick testified that Ross Harris showed no emotion when he told Harris his son was dead.
When the defense cross-examined Barwick and asked why he didn't note the lack of emotion in his report, Barwick responded that his job was to report only on the victim/deceased, which he did. He said he wrote his report immediately because he had a feeling he might need to testify in court on this one.
^ Cobb County Captain James Ferrell was called next. He explained that he assigned Detective Stoddard to the case because of his experience with crimes against children and homicide. He explained that any time a child is locked in a car and dies, it's considered a criminal case.
Ferrell testified that he immediately noticed the car seat when he approached the car. "It was plainly visibly from the driver's side door. When I was looking in I could see it."
Ferrell said he could clearly smell an odor when he went to the car. He says it smelled of a combination of a diaper, sweat and death.
When asked under cross-examination why he didn't note that smell in his report, he said that he'd told Stoddard that night about the smell and that he intended to write his report shortly thereafter. However, he says, he forgot and didn't write the report until nearly a year later. HOTD: Very sloppy and bad for the prosecution.
The trial is being reported on live here:
http://www.ajc.com/rf/image_large/Pub/p7...729056.jpg