Ross Harris trial: Oct. 27
BRUNSWICK, Ga. - The jury in the Ross Harris murder trial got 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:
4:14 p.m. - Witness explains how 3D mapping works. It captures a series of 85 photographs to make a panoramic photo.
4:06 p.m. - Next witness takes the stand. He is an expert in 3D crime scene mapping.
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3:54 p.m. - Persinger says that is suspicious that Harris deleted his cache on Chrome, but not on Firefox.
3:33 p.m. - Jury is brought back in and cross examining resumes.
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2:43 p.m. - Harris did not search for “malicious intent.” But Persinger says that does not matter. “Unless you know his language, you can’t make up words... he could have spelled it wrong.” Persinger says that he searched for “malicious intent” on his own.
2:39 p.m. - Harris looked up “age of consent in Georgia.”
2:36 p.m. - Persinger looked for “hot car,” “child in hot car,” “death by heat” in Harris' search history.
2:21 p.m. - Harris had deleted his search history up until June 6.
2:19 p.m. – “He knew that video was there.” Persinger says of the hot car video Harris watched. “He was crafty.”
2:18 p.m. - Persiger calls Harris’ search activity a case of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
2:16 p.m. - Persinger says the majority of Harris's search history was deleted.
2:14 p.m. - Persinger and Defense disagree on how many times Harris watched the video.
2:10 p.m. - Harris saw the Reddit link twice before clicking to a YouTube video on hot car deaths.
1:48 p.m. - Persinger says he was tasks with making sure Cobb County Police properly looked through the phone data.
1:37 p.m. - Persinger is cross examined by Defense.
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1:29 p.m. - Harris googled, “divorce” and “separation” on his work computer. He had looked up how to change your name and clicked on the link for a divorce checklist.
1:26 p.m. - Harris searched for cruises for “two adults,” no children.
1:17 p.m. - Persinger back on the stand after lunch. He says he was given access to the “hot car death” video.
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11:18 a.m. - Presinger describes screen grab for private server.
10:54 a.m. - Persinger says that he knows about Harris' screenshot of the “age of consent.”
10:52 a.m. - Persinger says that there was a manual deletion on the iPhone.
10:49 a.m. - Persinger received all the info from Harris’ iPhone and ThinkPad. He received a “digital fingerprint of the hard drive.”
10:35 a.m. - State calls Jim Persinger with PM Investigations Inc. to the stand. His company specializes in digital forensics.
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10:30 a.m. - Grimestead confirms photo of sunglasses in backseat of the SUV.
10:27 a.m. - Detective Grimstead back on the stand.
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10:24 a.m. – “He told me he wanted to sleep with as many woman as possible in his life time.” says Cornett.
10:22 a.m. - Cornett is cross examined by Defense.
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10:21 a.m. - Cornett confirm that's she received a picture of Harris's penis the day of Cooper's death.
10:18 a.m. - Cornett says that Harris gave her a “creepy feeling.” “He was just interested in meeting up so I could perform sexual favors on him.”
10:17 a.m. - Cornett says that Harris told her that he was married but said nothing about having a kid. According to her Harris said that he was unhappy in his relationship.
10:14 a.m. - State calls Angela Cornett to the stand. Ms. Cornett had been talking to someone named “RJ” on an app called “Scout.”
9:55 a.m. - Judge denies motion for mistrial. She says, if anything, the viewing was too restrictive not too generous.
9:54 a.m. – “They have a right to evaluate this along with all the evidence in the case.” says the Judge.
9:51 a.m. - Defense takes issue with the time of day the viewing took place; they say that it was too bright outside. “This was a disaster judge. He will absolutely be denied a fair trial,” says defense attorney.
9:50 a.m. - Defense asks for mistrial because they say the jury viewing the car means Harris will never get a fair trial.
9:40 a.m. - Jury is brought back into court room.
8:50 a.m. - Jury is taken out to the parking lot to see the SUV Cooper died in with Cooper's car seat in it.