10-25-2016, 10:36 AM
Today, the Defense will try to poke holes in some of Detective Stoddard's testimony. But they also face a growing amount of ammunition the prosecution has presented to the jury, including messages Harris sent to multiple woman lamenting that he wishes he were still single.
Here are some pieces of incriminating circumstantial evidence the prosecution has thus far presented at trial.
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1. ‘Don’t be this dad’
About 17 months before Ross Harris left his 22-month-old son inside a hot car, he received an email from his then-wife Leanna with the subject line, “Don’t be this dad.”
The message contained a link to a news story about a father in New York who had forgotten his baby inside a car for eight hours. Harris watched that video. He also twice watched a YouTube clip by a veterinarian about the dangers of leaving a dog inside a vehicle. In the video, the veterinarian, sitting inside the car, windows slightly cracked, describes the heat to be “almost unbearable.” The temperature reached 113 degrees in 25 minutes.
The YouTube video was last viewed by Ross Harris on June 13, 2014, five days before Cooper died.
2. ‘No malicious intent’
Harris told Stoddard, after learning he would be charged with cruelty to children and felony murder, “but there was no malicious intent.”
He also asked what constitutes murder under Georgia law. Informed by Stoddard that his actions caused his son’s death, Harris argued that it wasn’t intentional. “How is that against the law?” he asked. The prosecution and a psychologist claim Harris' comment indicate preparation.
3. Leaving Out Parts of the Story
During initial questioning the day Cooper died, Harris had gone to lunch with two co-workers. When detective Stoddard asked Harris to recount his day, Harris paused, neglecting to mention his lunchtime purchase of light bulbs, which he placed in his car soon thereafter. By then Cooper had been inside the Hyundai Tucson for roughly three hours.
Detective Stoddard claims Harris would have seen Cooper inside the car from where he was standing and that Harris stopped to look around before he opened the car door. The defense contends Harris didn't see Cooper and the parking lot video shows he only stopped to look down at his phone.
http://www.ajc.com/news/local/ross-harri...wu1GOh6PP/
Here are some pieces of incriminating circumstantial evidence the prosecution has thus far presented at trial.
1. ‘Don’t be this dad’
About 17 months before Ross Harris left his 22-month-old son inside a hot car, he received an email from his then-wife Leanna with the subject line, “Don’t be this dad.”
The message contained a link to a news story about a father in New York who had forgotten his baby inside a car for eight hours. Harris watched that video. He also twice watched a YouTube clip by a veterinarian about the dangers of leaving a dog inside a vehicle. In the video, the veterinarian, sitting inside the car, windows slightly cracked, describes the heat to be “almost unbearable.” The temperature reached 113 degrees in 25 minutes.
The YouTube video was last viewed by Ross Harris on June 13, 2014, five days before Cooper died.
2. ‘No malicious intent’
Harris told Stoddard, after learning he would be charged with cruelty to children and felony murder, “but there was no malicious intent.”
He also asked what constitutes murder under Georgia law. Informed by Stoddard that his actions caused his son’s death, Harris argued that it wasn’t intentional. “How is that against the law?” he asked. The prosecution and a psychologist claim Harris' comment indicate preparation.
3. Leaving Out Parts of the Story
During initial questioning the day Cooper died, Harris had gone to lunch with two co-workers. When detective Stoddard asked Harris to recount his day, Harris paused, neglecting to mention his lunchtime purchase of light bulbs, which he placed in his car soon thereafter. By then Cooper had been inside the Hyundai Tucson for roughly three hours.
Detective Stoddard claims Harris would have seen Cooper inside the car from where he was standing and that Harris stopped to look around before he opened the car door. The defense contends Harris didn't see Cooper and the parking lot video shows he only stopped to look down at his phone.
http://www.ajc.com/news/local/ross-harri...wu1GOh6PP/