Ross Harris trial: Oct. 26
BRUNSWICK, Ga. - The jury in the Ross Harris murder trial will get to see the SUV in which Cooper Harris died. 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:
3:18 p.m. - Grimstead says it would be helpful for the jury to see a 3D picture of the scene.
3:08 p.m. - Detective Grimstead goes over pictures of vehicle for the jury.
3:02 p.m. - Detective Grimstead goes over arrangement of car seat in SUV for the purpose of scanning the vehicle.
2:56 p.m. - Jury is brought back in.
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2:34 p.m. - Detective Grimstead is back on the stand to talk about the car seat and the position of the door.
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1:54 p.m. - Witness says that after enhancing the video you can see Harris a little closer.
1:51 p.m. - Video analysis takes the stand to go over footage of Harris in parking lot.
1:48 p.m. - Play video of Harris going back to his car in the middle of the day.
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11:42 a.m. - Defense accuses Raissi of seeking out a conspiracy.
11:30 a.m. - Defense argues that Detective Raissi was using “confirmation bias” to back his case.
11:27 a.m. – “For someone who knows what malice is... I took that as very strange,” Raissi said of Harris.
11:26 a.m. – “The words that he was using caught my attention more than him simply saying that he was charged with a crime,” says Det. Raissi.
11:21 a.m. - Detective Raissi says that he started recording Harris after Detective Stoddard read Harris his charges and Harris started to ask strange questions. He says he thought it was strange when Harris asked him why he was being charged “when he hadn’t said anything.”
11:09 a.m. - State calls Detective David Nezam Raissi with the Cobb County Police Department to the stand.
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10:57 a.m. - Stoddard says that Harris searched for “remote islands to move to” on the internet.
10:55 a.m. - It appears Harris stops and looks into the car twice, but Stoddard says he can’t be certain what he is looking at.
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9:49 a.m. - The day before Cooper’s death Harris had Googled “islands for vacation that kids can't go to.”
9:25 a.m. - Stoddard says Leanna showed no emotion and did not ask to see her son. Calls her “calm and collected.”
9:21 a.m. - Stoddard says Leanna Harris is no longer a suspect. But, that at the beginning of the investigation he suspected that she was a part of it.
9:20 a.m. - Lead Cobb County detective, Phil Stoddard, is back on the stand for cross examination.
9:18 a.m. - Jury is brought in.