BRUNSWHICK, Ga. - The Ross Harris trial continued Tuesday morning with lead Cobb County Detective Phil Stoddard on the stand. Harris, 35, is a Cobb County man charged with murder in the June 2014 death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper, who was found dead in the back seat of Harris' hot SUV. Prosecutors believe he intentionally left his son to die at a time when Harris was unhappy in his marriage and looking for relationships with other women. Defense attorneys said the death was a tragic accident. In April, the trial was moved from Cobb County to Glynn County.
Here are some of the highlights of the day in court:
4:25 p.m. – “It's just evidence. He went to the Reddit page ‘Child Free,’” says Stoddard.
3:36 p.m. - Stoddard admits that it is possible but that it is “highly unlikely” Harris could have forgotten he stopped in his car to drop off the light bulbs.
3:54 p.m. - Defense points out that Harris was not the only one who went on that Home Depot trip who had forgotten about it.
3:48 p.m. - Stoddard says he does not believe Harris could have forgotten about his trip to the Home Depot to get light bulbs the day of Cooper's death.
3:40 p.m. - Cross examining of Detective Stoddard continues.
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3:31 p.m. - Judge will allow one camera to the crime scene viewing.
3:13 p.m. - Defense strongly objects to car seat being put into car for on-sight demonstration, but the judge allows it. Meaning the jurors will see the crime scene with the car seat in place. The judge also agrees that the door of the SUV will be taken off.
3:10 p.m. - Judge goes over how they will approach viewing the car Cooper died in, what location the car will be in, and if Harris will be there. Harris opts out of going.
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2:10 p.m. - Defense says there was no search that Harris entered to watch the PSA video on 'hot car deaths.' Instead, they say, it appeared on his Reddit home page.
1:48 p.m. - Defense cross examines Detective Stoddard on Harris's search history for “Carnival Cruise Line kids.” They argue that is inconsistent with a man planning on murdering his son.
1:27 p.m. - Stoddard refused to speculate if anyone could hear anything coming from inside the car. No one came forward to say if they had heard anything.
1:25 p.m. - Stoddard says that Home Depot shares the parking lot with other businesses.
1:20 p.m. - Defense goes over security video from Home Depot parking lot the day of Cooper's death.
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11:42 a.m. – “You had every piece of evidence to agree that Ross knew that parking lot was under surveillance, correct?” asks the defense. Stoddard agrees.
11:24 a.m. - Defense asks, “assuming you all reported what you smelled, isn't it possible that Ross did not smell anything?” Stoddard answers that “yes, of course it is possible.”
11:20 a.m. - Stoddard says that the examiners did smell something at the scene.
10:58 a.m. - Stoddard is cross examined by the defense. They go back and forth on whether or not Harris talking about Cooper on Whisper should have been a reminder that Cooper was in the car or if it is an indicator that Harris loved Cooper.
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10:16 a.m. - Stoddard says that he does not believe that Harris's emotional outburst was real. He says that normally when people cry there are tears and snot, but Harris was just “whaling.” The defense argues that if Harris was putting on a show he would have cried “alligator tears” for Stoddard.
10:10 a.m. - Defense argues that the “desire>sin>death” that Harris wrote actually means desire leads to sin, not desire is greater than sin.
10:06 a.m. - Defense makes the case that Harris couldn't have planned to kill Cooper in his car that day because he was trying to hook up with a girl in his car.
9:57 a.m. - Stoddard says there was a picture of Harris's erect penis on the same screen as a picture of his sleeping son.
9:38 a.m. - Kik, Whisper, and Snapchat were hidden on Harris's phone under a folder titled “weather.”
9:12 a.m. – “I’m addicted to using sex with strangers to keep me sane,” another message reads.
9:11 a.m. - Reads message where Harris states, “I'm addicted to sex... like really addicted.”
9:07 a.m. - Detective Stoddard reads Whisper conversations Harris had the day of Cooper's death.
9:04 a.m. - The Ross Harris trial continues Tuesday morning with lead Cobb County Detective Phil Stoddard on the stand.