Father Leaves Baby In Car To Text Minors | The Case of Cooper Harris

[@hgeeeeeez]

Shout out to my dad for abandoning me when he decided he didn't want to be a father anymore instead of leaving me in a hot car to die 🙌

[@evanmiller3237]

Good man!

[@meghanogrady729]

Girl same!

[@haunting_holly]

Woah

[@runningowl1812]

thoughtfulness beyond measure

[@CankleCankle]

Praise god

[@missjustice2730]

Imagine just going to work one day and getting a call that reveals you have been living with someone you didn't know at all, that everything was a lie and your child is dead. That poor woman.

[@crysn315]

What a nightmare. Her expecting to pick up her baby from daycare soon, only to be told her child never made it and is dead is truly haunting. The rug was pulled right out from under her that day. I don't get people like him. He could have just left his family. It's sickening. How did he EVER think he could get away with this?

[@jodienovello5881]

nah, she did not look like a grieving mother at the end when they let her in to see him. id walk straight in and start punching the shite out of him, even if it was deemed an accident. he's still in the same clothes , she's in her pathology scrubs, so its obvious she's come from work. AND what mother sees that on tv at hubbys work, figures out its their son and doesn't just go ballistic. the narrator did not describe that this was her behaviour when she got to his work and saw them watching it on the news. Then when she found out where it was and she supposedly ran from his work up the few blocks he had driven on his supposed way to the cinema, did the narrator say she was screeching in disbelief at the scene He said ,as she approached, she then realised that it was indeed her son on the tv news but no description again of her loosing it. Also she commented to the day care teachers, after he didn't pick up her phone call, "he must have left him in the car". Remember ,at this point she has not gone to his work and seen the tv news, nor to the scene to see the police and taped off area. What made her mind go straight to the child being left in the car. ????? if I was her, I would have tried to imagine a million other scenarios before just jumping to that one, because she told police that even though he had shown her the tube videos of babies and animals left in cars two weeks prior, she never believed that he was planning to do that, so why did she just jump straight to that?????? toxic couples can both make grave decisions, its obvious the way she's holding him in that room, like she's his mother, she is co-dependent , and he is absolutely a narcissist. The fact she put up with his behaviour for so long, not including (so she says) all the actual infidelity ,is a sign of a person with codependence issues. and sometimes they will also do anything not to lose their partner. She says she was leaving, but who knows. Think about it. and im speaking from experience as someone having codependency issues. and just taking abuse to the max because the other option was to lose him and that was not an option to me. NO CHILDREN INVOLVED. and later I did have children at which point I was out of there but it still took me 11 months and literally myself and our baby being locked in a house in the middle of nowhere with no phone or escape, to finally break out when he left and run in 45 degree heat with my baby to a petrol station to ask for help. SO when it came to my child I did for 11 months keep him in a dangerous situation and his father hated him, he wasn't pretending to be a great dad, like this dude. and I've never forgiven myself for allowing that 11 months of self indulgence because anything could have happened, he was a hunter and I had already had rifle barrels pressed to my forehead and other crimes of domestic violence. So codependence is a strong emotion. JUST SAYIN.

[@Anna-tc6rz]

@@crysn315 because he's a narcissist I'm sure. He only cares about his wants and needs and doesn't care about who be hurts to get what he wants. Typically they think they're smarter than everyone else and can manipulate them into what they want. Unfortunately for him the police are used to dealing with narcissists and saw right through his b.s.

[@mrsbee5056]

I have been lucky enough to get a vibe about people around my kids. But some people are such good actors ( the psychopaths) even the police are fooled.

[@mandala314]

The fact she'd sensed the red flags and was looking to leave tells me she's smart and a survivor I hope she's recovering and loved and supported

[@feedergoldfish]

20:03 _And lacking any sort of situational awareness, asked the officer to roll down the window of the car because, in his words, "It was really hot and he wasn't getting any air."_ Wow. I replayed this several times, because it's so incredible. Just unbelievable.

[@wattsandwaxfamilyofteams-s4586]

Seriously I could feel my blood boiling. The restraint of the cops 🤯

[@aleisaetheridge8682]

Exactly ,what a monster .I can only imagine how hard it is to prove r disprove that this was intentional and this creep murdered his son ,he knew that too. I believe completely that he did it on purpose and I believe Coppers Mom would never hurt her child .I can't imagine how horrible it is to lose a child but to have a man u loved and thought loved your child be the killer ,it must be even worse somehow and the way she found out is horrible also. This is a torturous way to die and I can't think about what that precious Baby went through because of his own Father ,poor sweet darling .He's guilty ,I just know it and I hope he's not released .

[@giaparmer]

Yeah my jaw dropped when he said that

[@bonniemaecather]

And YET…The Georgia Supreme Court last year reversed his murder and child cruelty convictions. He still has to serve another 8.5 years for his sex crimes. Cobb County’s district attorney’s office will not retry him. He is guilty, guilty, guilty. Nobody can convince me otherwise!

[@user-fm3iw8ef1s]

I hope that the officers did not roll down the windows, did not open the door to get hirm air that he had to sit there in the heat hot and unable to breathe just as his son had No one was there to roll down the window for Connor.

[@Ashley-WatchmanStudios2.0]

He kept showing her videos of babies being left in hot cars because he was using "predictive programming" as a means to condition her into accepting their son's future death as accidental in hopes of avoiding any/all blame for his murder.

[@tracievendetta1908]

Good point

[@user-ld5tb6ov6z]

I think he was also trying to set up the narrative that he “could never do that.” He was already planning his defense.

[@jessicadigiglio3406]

Nope they planned it out together imo

[@juicebox7372]

​@jessicadigiglio3406 and your evidence is??

[@alph1057]

100%

[@TheImprovised]

I lived in a small town for a year. One of the new fathers took their baby to preschool one morning. Usually the mother did it but that morning she couldn't. He ended up driving to work, forgetting the baby in the car. By lunch time when he spoke to his wife, he realized his mistake when she asked about their son. It was too late. That man ended up commiting suicide because he truly just forgot. I'll never forget that couple as long as I live. To this day, the wife is unable to move on. She stayed single and childless because of her PTSD and can't even hold a job. It's awful for everyone involved.

[@Elsiiiie]

Omg that made my eyes water. Omg..

[@busylawbee]

That's terrible. It's easy to tell people not to blame themselves but unfortunately, genuine guilt is very hard to bear. That poor woman.

[@cosmicmuffin322]

God that's so sad. It's so unfair when it was really a mistake. It makes you think that cars should be designed to prevent this.

[@allisonhogarth2983]

god that hurts so hard to read. i can’t imagine the guilt and horror of accidentally killing your child. i understand why he committed suicide..i wish he hadn’t, bc i know he just made a mistake. but honestly i might do the same if it was me

[@Sparkedbynatty]

Goshhh that’s heartbreaking! 😢

[@cam4short]

The irony of him sitting in the back of the police vehicle, asking for the window down. 😢 he’s despicable.

[@workingonmyroar7944]

Yes this!!

[@marcusanhalt2697]

Ever been in that back seat of one yourself? You are literally surrounded by glass and plexiglass with NO air movement at all. You also have the odor of those before you.

[@matthewp9156]

@@marcusanhalt2697 Sounds like you missed the point of her comment. Regardless, thats exactly the kind of treatment he should be getting. Make him suffer the same way he made his child suffer.

[@keepingitreal71]

@@matthewp9156 I agree..

[@keepingitreal71]

@@marcusanhalt2697 He left His BABY in the back of a fucking car!!! Seconds before that he was posting that he did not want to be a father anymore... Then he drives off to work leaving his child in the back for 8 hours if not more then that... Seems handy that he left his child in the car a few days after watching a video on hot cars and pets...I have been in the back of such a car as I needed a ride home when a friends Truck died at a stoplight... Felt like someone going to jail... I got home safe and ordered out dinner... But this "father.." planned this... I have no doubt in my mind... That poor kid roasted to death... He cannot roll down a window and was left to die... The fact that Daddy wanted the window down put my stomach in knots... He could ROAST in the back of that cop car like his son did in the family car.....

[@michellewormuth9919]

This happened a few miles from where we lived at the time. This man worked at Home Depot Corporate. They have child care IN THE SAME BUILDING!! It’s a perk of the job 🤷🏻‍♀️ He had the same schedule everyday whether he went to Chick-fil-A or not. He got to work and took his kid to daycare at the same time… so so sad

[@clarkme8952]

For some reason I was under the impression that he worked in an office and never went outside to his car at all or something.

[@Tony_Cardoza]

I was wondering why he said he brings his child to Home Depot for daycare. Thanks for sharing and clearing that up for me. This is such a sad story. Seeing that baby with his eyes half open would have obliterated me mentally.

[@DannyBoYfutube]

Wait..how could he forget to take the child to daycare if it's at work? Or didn't he use it?...the interrogation sond is atrocious! I can't understand squat!

[@dukey19941]

@@DannyBoYfutube the child went to a different daycare not attached to his work.

[@aleisaetheridge8682]

​@@Tony_Cardozaabsolutely ,what a horrible horrible thing ,that poor sweet darling .

[@laurenbeals705]

I am one of the most forgetful, absentminded people I’ve ever met and NEVER have I ever forgotten my child was in the car with me…..

[@AshleySmith-qk8rt]

It didn't happen to you, and it didn't happen to many others. But it can happen to anyone - and does. I have empathy for people who make mistakes such as this. It's tragic and sad and provokes strong feelings from people who may not understand how something like this can happen. But ul;timately a loving parent is capable of making a mistake such as this and we should promote ways to prevent these mistakes especially through raising awareness as to why it happens and what circumstances can lead there and let parents know that it CAN happen to you no matter how much you love your child.

[@josephjolley6058]

You are the norm, but there are explicable deviations from the norm. This featured deviation is inexplicable, but it doesn't rule out all scenarios where this has or could happen. People, for the most part, suck.

[@laurenbeals705]

@@AshleySmith-qk8rt it does happen, but it didn’t happen to this guy. He came BACK to the car after lunch to put light bulbs he had bought in the car and he would have surely known. When he got again back in the car at 4 the smell alone would have given it away even if he still didn’t know but I’m pretty sure the day care is at his work so he would have had to go there to pick up his son but either way he drove down the road for over a mile before pulling over and “realizing” he left his poor sweet child in there to die in the heat of the Atlanta summer. It’s tragic and yes parents are forgetful but if they were putting their children before themselves they wouldn’t have neglected them, because ultimately what it comes down to is neglect. And in any other situation a parent would get a negligible manslaughter charge at best…..but in this man’s case I believe he 100% is guilty of premeditation and cold calculating murder. Just my opinion.

[@PeppaTeaPig]

My heart really breaks for the man who tried to perform CPR on Cooper but was unsuccessful while his own father just stood by and did nothing...

[@yasmincastro892]

he just didn´t care enough

[@PeppaTeaPig]

@@yasmincastro892 Definitely. He was more concerned about appearing distraught than actually doing anything to help!

[@salbonpensiero1704]

*man is performing CPR on baby* Justin: "Lunch time guys, I'm going to Chick-fil-A. Anybody want something? No, ok I'll be back." *leaves to take under aged girl on date*

[@oliveryt7168]

@@salbonpensiero1704 not only "under aged" girls... he basically took anything with two legs... or maybe even with four legs... xD

[@marcusanhalt2697]

???? Everyone but the father could smell the distinct odor of the composition of death. Why not the man who "tried", too?

[@SoCalJellybean]

To Everyone with Children: Right before we had our daughter, I was given one of the best pieces of advice by a family member, and I’d like to share it. As soon as you get in your car, TAKE OFF YOUR LEFT SHOE, and place it in the backseat beside your baby’s car seat!! No matter how sleep deprived you may be, or how much your schedule may have altered, you’ll immediately remember you’re only wearing one shoe! ♥️♥️♥️

[@kayhope7588]

If someone needs to do this I really don’t think they should have kids… I just really don’t.

[@SoCalJellybean]

@@kayhope7588 If it saves one life, then it’s worth it.

[@andreawalker8343]

I love this!

[@Daedgnivildlo]

@@kayhope7588 clearly you've never been severely sleep deprived with a baby.

[@synthWizkid]

You shouldn't need TO DO THAT. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT YOUR CHILD

[@tanyac3897]

Reading that the case was overturned and the state dismissed the murder charges infuriates me. The fact the mother thinks that is fine proves just how naive she was. 😢

[@sarahsilverlight2064]

I believe the word you are looking for is stoopid, Not naive.

[@gregmccarter2176]

Thanks for the heads up...I'm two minutes in..and your comment was the end of this

[@illens08]

@@gregmccarter2176 and you just proved the point at how stupid people can be

[@honey-po9ij]

​@@illens08? so hostile and negative for literally no reason

[@illens08]

@@honey-po9ij sure there's a reason, don't be an idiot and scan the comments if you don't want to see spoilers. Not hard to understand.

[@oneblanket2544]

I love how respectful the intro is to anyone related to the tragedy, wished other channels did that too

[@kiasmidt7678]

It's a nice touch that the titles are named after the victims and not the killers, too.

[@ReverendSparkles]

Here's my long-winded hot take on this case. I want to preface this by saying that I have lost an infant child. I found my baby lifeless in his bassinet when I went to wake him for a nighttime feeding. He was 2 months and 5 days old. I can recount to you every single second of that horrible night - the 911 call, the feeling that the ambulance would never get there, the 911 operator walking us through infant CPR, my mother's scream as she did chest compressions, "there's blood coming out of his nose", me falling against the door as I screamed for my baby to wake up. I cannot fathom behaving even close to how Ross Harris did. There's shock, grief, disbelief, and the most crushing weight of guilt when you feel like you have failed to protect your baby. I have been in shoes quite similar to his, so watching his interrogation is physically sickening. I do, in fact, believe that some of the prosecution's affair evidence was inflammatory and they had more than enough reasonable suspicion he did this on purpose based on his Reddit history, his obsession with hot car deaths, and his p3d0phili@. My belief is that he decided to "test it out" but was operating with something akin to the logical fallacy, thinking it wouldn't actually work or, worst case, Cooper would be sick and he could be a hero for finding and saving him. What brought me to this, aside from what I feel was genuine disbelief that his plan worked on the first try, was him mentioning he even parked under a tree. This feels more like a sick experiment than an accident, and that's why he can tell himself it wasn't intentional. I do not and have never believed his wife had an inkling of the extent of what was going on. She struck me as a woman he had systematically broken down and convinced her that his shortcomings were her fault for not being/doing *fill in the blank*. He is a narcisstic child predator with no redeeming qualities. He is sick and deserves to be sentenced to the maximum extent of the law. I also hope that during his retrial they do not refer to his child exploitation as an extra marital affair again. That was predation and he undoubtedly caused lifelong trauma to his victims who were children and unable to consent.

[@wintergreen777]

My heart goes out to you for what you have experienced. I also think you are correct in your assessment of this case. I wish peace for your pain.

[@lp6445]

thank you for contributing to this conversation. i think your opinion is extremely valuable here and i give you huge props for being able to verbalize this, i can’t imagine how hard it is to tell this story. i’m so sorry for the loss of your baby, i pray you heal from your loss and remember your time with him with love and light ❤

[@gmimi2]

My heart is broken for you. Thank you so much for sharing your story as hard as that was I'm sure. You opened up and shared your insights. I appreciate that. I agree with your assessment, every bit of it. I'll say prayers for you tonight 🙏 I'm so deeply sorry for your loss and the incredible amount of pain you're in. I've had six miscarriages with my last being 23 weeks and 5 days, i can understand the deep hurt and pain. May God give you a peace that surpasses ALL understanding 🙏. **HUGS**

[@The_jezeb3l]

Commenting to boost this. You perfectly worded what I couldn't. This man manipulated everyone around him.

[@glowblack5235]

My god…I’m so fucking sorry you had to go through this

[@sarkzar]

My parents accidentally left me in Walmart once when I was like a year old. They both thought the other one had the cart when they went in and when they met up again in the aisles and realized they fucked up, they dropped everything and ran to the front of the store. Luckily an older employee had found me in the cart and was keeping me company by customer services. To this day my mom shows more emotion retelling that story than this guy did after murdering his kid.

[@wesleyalan9179]

It happened to me too, once.

[@andyrome316]

They were trying to ditch you...sorry..

[@truthseeker2321]

​@@andyrome316Lol!

[@tokkirot]

you got so lucky that the worker found you and kept you safe until your parents found you! anyone could have gotten you if they hadn't ☹️ i work in a supermarket here in the uk and i have a big amount of paranoia when kids are in, no matter what age i always keep an eye on them and if they're alone and little i have them come hang out with me at the front desk/kiosk area until their parents show back up, because i really don't want them wandering about when I have customers who aren't such good people in !

[@ae2cha]

We need more ppl like u fr 🫶🫶​@@tokkirot

[@lindsaycook7545]

Could you imagine being the work friends? How eerie it would feel to be hanging out with someone you trusted and cared about and then knowing the same individual drove for miles with his deceased child the same day you were around them unbeknownst to you? Gives me chills, I can't imagine.

[@terisasam5604]

I feel so bad for his wife. She lost her baby because of this psychopath. How can anyone kill their precious baby? Mine mean so much to me and even grown, they all are still my babies. I pray that ahe has found a man deserving of her love and that she has been blessed with more babies.

[@chthonickore]

This this this. I could never imagine causing any harm to any child, even though I have no children of my own right now. How could you ever harm such a small, innocent person on purpose? With malice? Just insane

[@goosewhisperer6275]

Not to be mean or anything, but how could his wife NOT tell he was WEIRD? Maybe it looms out at ME because he looks just like a loony client I had once, when I was a paralegal. 😱

[@LilLeanCuisine]

@@goosewhisperer6275She probably has low self esteem and thought that’s the best she can get

[@maddiesharpe7118]

He was clearly trying to plant this forgotten baby syndrome seed in Leanna's head. Showing her videos and educating her on the topic so that she would immediately think it was FBS; an accident. I think she was innocent in all of it, he just tried to use her as a pawn in his scheme of being the perfect father and husband

[@MeganVictoriaKearns]

100% agreed. That's EXACTLY how I feel about this case.

[@marshallwhitley82]

True evil.

[@em84c]

its weird he did it so soon after. You would be extra mindful about remembering your child in the days after you just watched videos about it.

[@jessicascott6413]

He planted that seed . He knew what he was doing. He's the type of man that plans ahead . The disgust of people who cheat on his social media account was to also sway his wife that he has such standards & would never cross that line. Always watch out for people who are trying to convince u they are a great person with morals who never do this or that. Those who are true don't feel the need to convince u of how great they are because their actions speak for it . People with agendas are the ones always patting them selves on the back trying to convince u and themselves they are great person Actions speak louder than words.

[@chantalsscaleisafibber]

💯%correct. There's evil and then there's evil but this guy is truly evil. If your through with raising the child you co- made then walk away but don't murder them.This is another Chris Watts.

[@chellesama8256]

Thank you so much for calling the minors Harris was texting"children". It really drives it home that they can't consent.

[@thegrimlooper]

But it wasnt an affair, he was a predator. Trying to have sex with children is not an affair, it is a married man being a pedophile.

[@mvo9856]

As someone who was groomed from age 16-17 it was so important to my healing to change the language I used to describe my predator. I no longer conceptualize him as my "ex-boyfriend that gas-lighted me" but as "the predator that groomed, molested, and emotionally abused me." I was a lonely child with undiagnosed depression and it's not my fault that a man 12 years my senior took advantage of me and that no one in my family had the courage to even question his actions, let alone protect me in any way. Who knows how my family would have reacted differently if they had actually thought of me as the child I was.

[@simonh.3343]

@@mvo9856 my heart goes out to you. I was groomed by my high school teacher at that same age and I've had to go through the same thing with realizing it was not any sort of love at all, but abuse. its so hard when so many people don't understand that it is in fact childhood abuse and it does in fact affect you as an adult. its so normalized :(

[@Tadesan]

Be thankful you were taught how to be an adult. You are just regretful of how it happened.

[@SunscreenSmoocher]

Consent to what. What are you talking about.

[@apointtomake1517]

He wanted out of the relationship, and he was not wanting to pay support. He researched different ways toddlers died, and saw how the parent would get off the hook. When he dropped off the lightbulbs he was checking to see if the child was dead yet. His bad acting is soo alarming, and a dead give away.

[@beths1140]

Of course he did it on purpose. He couldn't even squeeze one single tear out in that room though he tried. But I cried just thinking about that poor baby. This guy is a monster. He isn't even human to do that to his own baby.

[@boohound24]

I live in Arizona and worked in a children's hospital for over 12 years. Some of the cases that still haunt me to this day are those of children left in cars. In Arizona death from being left in an off car in the summer can take less than 5 minutes. I would teach in parenting classes to leave your wallet, purse, lunch, and/or work bag in the backseat before the baby was born to get you in the habit of checking the backseat. My mom also runs a daycare and call parents if they are 15 minutes late to drop off because her greatest fear is this happening to one of her daycare babies. I believe 99% of cases are pure tragic accidents but this case falls in the 1% for me. I truly believe he knew what he was doing. I've studied this case in all its detail and read all and every report. He knew what he was doing and did this purposely to his innocent son.

[@claudiasteinwald8952]

God's Blessings to you and your Mother, for taking extra care of the little ones. People like the two of you make this world a better place.

[@AlexAndra-iy5zu]

That’s great advice. Now they make car seats that have alarms. Vehicles can detect a car seat in the weight of an infant so if you leave your infant or toddler/child in the vehicle the car will notify you. Some cases are truly accidents unfortunately in this case I do not believe the baby was left accidentally based off of his computer searches in history.

[@codybarry8204]

Living in Florida mostly, Nevada and Utah.....I cannot imagine. I've tried to sit and didn't make it 10 mins

[@realeques]

that is actually a very useful tip to leave your valuables in the backseat

[@JasonEngman]

My son had severe colic along with health issues, so always was crying or needed something. He was always close to me, usually being carried, and never out of sight (no support system). Before he was born I was paranoid something like this could happen to me, but him being a high maintenance kid I couldn't imagine it happening. I have seen parents with low maintenance kids that can leave them somewhere and they can play happily/quietly, nap a lot, etc that I could totally see an accident like that happening.

[@lifesajoke6965]

No "good father" spends his spare time assaulting someone else's children. He should never get out of prison, regardless if the death of his child was intentional or not. I'm sick of predators getting easy sentences when they are very likely to reoffend, and the crimes they commit can cause just as much damage to the victims and society as a whole, as committing 1st degree murder.

[@mrs.h2725]

Every single time when someone’s whole character is about religion and ‘purity’, they are the sickest degenerate garbage ppl. Especially pedos.

[@nightcoreeclub]

preying on children is def up there with murder. it’s just anti-human, deeply sick, and selfish to the core.

[@nightcoreeclub]

@@yellowjacket5995 damn son where’d you find this

[@xXSakuraTearsXx]

I couldn't have said it better; myself!

[@rabbit3212010]

Wow! You should never get out of prison whether your child's death was intentional or not. You do realize how unhinged you sound?

[@sgurule1437]

Im not sure if this video shows it, but he tossed those light bulbs into the car. What is the one thing from Home Depot you would not just casually toss into your car?

[@hazyhalfmoon]

Absolute proof we’re dealing with a monster here

[@obscurity3027]

I'm a father. I cannot comprehend how someone "forgets" that their child is in the car. I still know where my daughter is at all times, and she's 14 years old.

[@forrestfey]

My father still phones me and tell me to be careful becaus he heard the roads are icy in my area. And I am an adult.

[@kandykane2160]

My dad still makes sure I have snow tires during winter, I'm checking my oil and getting it changed, I'm not letting my gas get beyond 3/4 and I'm not walking the dog when it gets dark. I'm 40❤.

[@froggyspond1133]

Good luck king. The worst years are yet to come, keep her close

[@kandykane2160]

@@froggyspond1133 worse years??

[@MorriganTeague]

@@kandykane2160She’s 14, so… 15 16 17 … 😂

[@HauntedGardens]

He showed his wife the hot car safety video, and both had a long discussion about it...then left their infant in a hot car days later. I'm so sorry for that mama, that man killed her baby.

[@MorbidBabex]

Sadly she instantly forgave him and continued to praise him as a father and wanted to have more children with this man

[@Quailbbu]

​@@MorbidBabexshe cares more about her dream than her children

[@jbb8261]

She chose him and defends him. Not very bright!

[@summerdrye4030]

And she stood by his dumbass.

[@yeetnama9094]

​@@MorbidBabexARE YOU SERIOUS

[@amandasmart614]

Watching him going from 'crying hysterically' to calmly drinking water and then back again is bone chilling.

[@JamesOswalt]

Poor Justin was thirsty from being in the back of the car

[@LoLFilmStudios]

It’s not bone chilling, it’s goofy as hell. I want to end him so badly, michellin man looking flabby ass loser, on top of all of it how dumb is he really? I wish him the worst that can happen. Cheers.

[@Tuberuser187]

I wouldn't say that, if it wasn't for the horrific context it would be laughable.

[@connormacleod407]

If my boy died water would be the last thing on my mind

[@anabel6368]

@@Tuberuser187literally what the hell

[@BVluver4ever]

You can't be hysterical and drink water. The fact he can sip water quietly then calmly take a few breaths. Is unrealistic when hysterical. I don't even want water when I'm crying so much. It's much hard when you start crying while trying to drink. The police were right to suspect him. He's a horrible liar anyway... It's unimaginable to think a mother had to suffer a loss and a child had to lose their life for such a disgusting person. Rip little baby, and may the mother find peace someday. Great video ❤

[@swamp-nymph]

Totally agree. For some reason him putting the cap back on after every sip enraged me even more than I already was. Idk why but it just feels so wrong, so inhuman

[@vapesog232]

It depends really. I'm a jailor so I've seen a lot of hysterical people. One innmate in particular today has been guzzling water. Thought I'd just let you know. He at times is sipping it and others just chugging.

[@jenniferburton7044]

@@vapesog232I always wondered if inmates had access to the internet via a library? What if you needed to search for info regarding your case? Etc.

[@SAMEntalhealth]

I mean I sort of get what you're saying but at the same time he had no choice, maybe he was freaking out at the time even if he knows that he did it on purpose whatever, still drinking water and breathing are the only means of calming down if you don't have a damn Xanax😅😅

[@hay.joy.2001]

I agree 100%. At points of extreme anguish, anxiety or hysteria, I can't eat or drink anything. No one can, really. Not even water.

[@cat-a-strophic3983]

For me the moment he started explaining how much his son loved cars and playing and laying with them and didn't show any emotion at all is what got me. I was almost in tears listening to him talk about the cars and how sweet his baby was like nothing ever happened. This one was a rough one for me😢

[@elijahw5377]

“People said he was a good father because he didn’t complain about helping out with the baby”…why do men get praise for the bare minimum but moms are hung out to dry when they buy themselves something for the first time in 9 months?

[@anniestumpy9918]

those men will also call looking for their own child "babysitting"

[@rickyevans5822]

Your comments are trashy and don’t belong here!

[@WakeyWakeyEggsandBakey]

@@anniestumpy9918 that is a particular pet peeve of mine. Along with men buying their girlfriend or she Wife a microwave or vacuum cleaner for her birthday. 😳😭🤬 Just some pettiness - does anyone else think he looks like a toddler with that haircut and the stripey t-shirt and his ridiculous, highly stackable face (obviously, I don't cindy Consider toddlers to have highly smackable faces however a full grown man behaving like a toddler after murdering - torturing- his beautiful son, is admittedly triggering af and I can't for the life of me see or understand what anyone, man or woman should see in him.

[@PumkinSyrup]

In my opinion it’s because it’s drilled into our brain from media. And the thought of a father doing what’s expected of a parent is different from what we’ve seen from media we think that this man is one of a kind when in reality he’s doing what is expected from a parent. Also probably cus when a father is seen with a kids one of two reactions we see in media is “He’s giving mom a break or that’s not his child” I have the same thought about society’s view of men caring for children in general but that’s for another day. But that’s just my thought on it

[@SaffronSheep]

THIS. I have 3 kids and god forbid if I leave and not take care of them alone for a few hours. Can't get a break or I'm evil.

[@sipsdrewshin9169]

Poor little Cooper, he had such a bright happy smile in that opening photo. No one should have to suffer such a horrifying death. It’s unforgivable.

[@hillarybillary21]

Not Hitler? Ted Bundy? Jeffrey Dahmer? Blankets statements are for stupid people. There are bad humans in the world deserving of bad things, it’s ok to say it.

[@buddygrimfield7954]

It's downright torture.

[@sipsdrewshin9169]

@@buddygrimfield7954 absolutely.

[@resinfingers3896]

waffle fries

[@prettyradhandle]

@@resinfingers3896 hahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahahaahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahhaahhahahahahahahahaahhahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@hannahd.3313]

My heart breaks for Cooper, i can't stop imagining how scared and painful his final moments must have been, alone in that car. That poor baby...

[@KlutzyKay]

I received some great advice while pregnant that may help avoid forgotten baby syndrome, and I hope it helps some other parents: while expecting, or even before that, start putting an essential item in the back seat of your car. For example, your purse, your wallet, or if you have a push to start car, your keys. Something that you cant be without and would have to go back to the car for if you were to forget them. Do it for every time you drive. This will train you to check the back seat for your important items and make you feel like you are missing something if you dont check the back seat. Now that I have my son, I still cant imagine leaving him in the car, but Im thankful I started that habit so that I would be way more likely to notice if I walked away from the car without checking the back seat.

[@Mel-wn9gb]

How sad to think that keys or a wallet are more important to remember than your own child.

[@KlutzyKay]

@@Mel-wn9gb lol I think you misunderstood. They aren't more important. This is advice for *before* giving birth, so in this scenario the child isn't born yet. The idea is to train yourself with something, anything, that you are already accustomed to double checking and putting that in the backseat. Then when the baby is born, you are used to checking the back seat. The baby is absolutely important. The whole idea is to train the habit to check the backseat, which prior to having a child is not likely a part of one's routine.

[@sammybam77]

​@@Mel-wn9gbShe's just trying to help what seems to be a big problem all over the country. Instead of just expecting people to not be flawed like this. It can't hurt to put extra things in place before you even have your baby as a precaution. I've never had this happen but I stay home with my kids so less opportunity for mistakes while I was in zombie mode. During those newborn sleepless nights. It doesn't mean that everyone that is exhausted and in autopilot is an awful person. I am not talking about this case obviously because this guy seems obviously guilty.

[@existenceispainforameeseeks]

“If you wouldn’t say it to someone’s face, don’t write it in a comment.” You are so incredibly respectful. It’s one of the biggest reasons why I watch your channel. While any loss of life is a tragedy, these situations involving kids are particularly upsetting and emotional to, well, anyone. And you’re right, we should absolutely be mindful of our words. Don’t change, dreading

[@severiavonkusiemski6125]

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@thebrettyouneed178]

You can bet your ass he is fucking respectful. Shit, I love it too.

[@solomoon3083]

I would say just about anything I feel to someone’s face tho. Haha. I have no filter. I speak on what I see.

[@captainblacksand8484]

Yes! I hate channels and TV shows that amp up the sensationalism and focus on the intrigue. A real person is dead and I can't stand when true crime media forgets that. Love your work, dreading!

[@rosera99]

He's one of the only true crime content creators I can watch because it *never* comes off exploitative or tabloid

[@davidmossman3722]

Some of rhe biggest tells for me were: 1- The fact that he made such a big deal about them eating at Chick-fil-A. He wanted people to remember them being there & remember Cooper. So he could set up the accident by changing his normal route. 2- Him putting the light bulbs in the car at lunch. As has been mentioned already the smell would have been horrific & there's no way he wouldn't have noticed it at that point. I think he was actually checking to see if Cooper was dead yet. Even if Cooper was still alive the smell of feces, urine & vomit would have been awful. Disgustingly I think it's possible that Cooper was still alive at that point. So he of course "didn't notice" him in the car & call 911 then. If he was dead already I think he would have "made the discovery" then. 3- The fact he didn't notice the smell or see Cooper as soon as he got in the car after work. There's no way it took him that long to realize what happened. 4- The hot car video, searches he did on "a child free lifestyle" & telling people he wasn't happy being a married father. They were all done very shortly before the murder. The porn, affairs & him talking to underage girls was absolutely evil & grotesque but it wasn't as big of a red flag to the case as the other things that he did.

[@danidakota7304]

Agreed

[@BrownEyedPrincess1]

And after all this obvious evidence, his ex-wife still supports him and thinks he was unjustly sentenced. Feels unreal to me.

[@barbarossa1780]

Not for nothing but my state just got their FIRST Chik-fil-a and if I get through the door I’m telling everyone I know. That line is longer than Disney!

[@redisthecoolestcolour]

2) He didn't PUT the lightbulbs in the car, he fucking YEETED them. If you want to read my theory it's because he wanted his friends to drop him at the car and he could do the performance in front of them (automatically sympathetic to him him audience). But they dropped him near the car park entrance and because that pissed him off he threw the lightbulbs in.

[@syritasdoneitgoodytwoshoes2471]

i agree - what about him chatting up the female Cop at the crime scene....???

[@TheCCress]

I just wanted to say your voice is perfect to listen to. You're so neutral and well spoken. Thanks for all your hard work.

[@gimmeallthebingbong]

As a dad this was so difficult to watch. Truly heartbreaking, i cant imagine the pain that the mother felt that day. 😢

[@diehardeaglesfansince1994]

She was just as Despicable as he was the first thing she said to him was did you tell the cops too much

[@diehardeaglesfansince1994]

The girl I've been with for 15 years we have a son together and they would have had to hold her back from strangling me

[@SoundGGirl]

Why do people say, “as a dad -“? It’s pathetic. It doesn’t mean what you say over anyone else is more credible. You don’t have to be a breeder to be horrified at this crime 🙄

[@evelia1156]

@@SoundGGirlhow is it pathetic? People that don’t have children don’t have the slightest clue what it is like living with an infant on a day to day basis. It changes every little aspect of your life. So absolutely being a father and giving your two cents in the comments has more meaningful context because they have experience in the matter over the people who have never had children. Just like how you women love to say men can’t have any opinion on abortions because they don’t have a uterus is the exact same thing. The fact that men announcing themselves as fathers in their comments bothers so much just shows your hatred for men because there are just as many comments with women saying “as a mother” but you didn’t call them out. That, is in fact pathetic.

[@SoundGGirl]

@@evelia1156 what makes you think I hate men? I love men. I’ve always got several on the go 🤔

[@yagurl_]

I swear I've seen other channels give this guy a break and I am so glad you broke everything down to show how truly despicable this guy was towards his own child. I hope his ex-wife is able to heal

[@gRinchY-op5vr]

Part of me does, the other part is still getting my head around how it was only after she found out he was cheating with multiple men and women she no longer stood by him claiming he ruined her life, whether my partner left my child in the car for that long on accident or on purpose wouldn't matter - I'd be a visible wreck.

[@TentinQuarantino_]

I think Leanna defended him because she had misplaced subconscious guilt. If she had left this horrible creep earlier and absolved him of the responsibility of caring for Cooper, he might not have murdered their child. She can’t face that idea and so she went into deep denial that Ross could ever do such a thing. Of course it isn’t Leanna’s fault, (and Harris might have murdered Cooper anyway to get out of child support, even if he didn’t have to perform regular childcare duties) but grief and denial do strange things to one’s mind. Ross’s horrendous acting, his obvious lies about not seeing or smelling the corpse of his son during the drive between work and the mall, or when he went out to check on the progress of his grotesque “experiment” at lunch, his prior actions such as researching hot car deaths, and his inappropriate behavior throughout the case ( *complaining about the hot cop car?!* REALLY?!). It’s unfortunate that Justin will never suffer the way Cooper and Leanna did.

[@Boags]

@@gRinchY-op5vr He put it in her mind how horrible something like this would be by showing her multiple videos on the matter "his worst nightmare". Trying to manipulate her for after he followed through with his plan. She didn't have time to really think about it the day it happened. Imagine the shock her mind would be in at this point.

[@Yasser.Osman.A.Z.]

Never heard of that case before

[@ZenSolipsist]

I had no idea about any of the background. I’m really grateful for this, and that he continues to retain so much respect for the material

[@GrabEmByThePlushie]

Man, I can't imagine what his wife went through that day. She went home to an empty house, her husband who had been cheating on her killed their child. Gah, I can't imagine.

[@angellane1848]

I wonder what that day must’ve been like for her. Like, before going to bed that night, what did she do? My heart shatters imaging her in an empty, silent home, her whole life taken..I wish her the absolute best, how horrible

[@heathernikki5734]

@@angellane1848 The mother is a bizarre individual and was much more angry that he cheated on her than she was sad about her son. Have you seen her in the interview room with him, consoling him and saying “did you say too much”? Very weird woman

[@lornarettig3215]

I haven't watched the whole film yet, but, being a true crime fan, I've watched various programs about this death. I always felt like the wife was in on it: they both wanted out of their boring marriage, and neither wanted to be saddled with a baby while they re-started their single lives. Her behaviour is very peculiar when she meets her husband who just - at best - 'forgot' their son in a hot car, comforting him, and seemingly not very concerned about her son. Furthermore, why was her first reaction when her son wasn't at daycare that her husband **must** have forgotten him in the car?! Really?! That was the default; that was the most likely explanation for this situation; that was the immediate place her mind went?! He can't turn her in otherwise he has to admit that he planned this too, and he can never appeal his own sentence.

[@Anonymous38572]

I'd argue she's worse, because after watching the interrogations, I believe she's in on it, without taking the blame. The husband took a bullet for both of them, she gets no justice.

[@tracyshaffer4510]

The mothers reaction was ver bizarre, in the interview room she asked her husband if he said too much” very strange question not to mention she asked if they could have another child. I know we all act differently when stressed but this mother was extremely odd.

[@vanh0lio]

I was in the same college program with him at U of Alabama. While we were in a lot of the same classes, I never got close to him or got to know him. Something always felt off, like he was trying too hard to impress whoever he was with in conversation. Everything he did just screamed fake or hollow. This great video and breakdown proved my instincts were right. Such a shame this had to happen to his son. Hope he rots in prison.

[@LAVATORR]

This is why "Autopilot" is one of the best short horror stories of this century. All it takes to bring everything to ruin is a couple distracted minutes

[@DylanRomanov]

Sometimes I’ll take a different road to work or I’ll go to a store I don’t usually go to , so I don’t get too used to doing things on autopilot. I don’t have a child but I think a lot of automobile accidents are caused by people on “autopilot”

[@itgetsbettereverytime]

wait what movie is that

[@anhserc3534]

I accidentally drove to work with my daughter in the backseat once (stressed with job and school) luckily she said “yayyyyyy I’m going to work with mommy” 🤦🏾‍♀️and I drove her to daycare

[@absolutelyridiculous6743]

Your comment is pretty adorable tbh! But I bet the realization that you forgot about your child initially scared you at the time...Thank goodness all was well.

[@anhserc3534]

@@absolutelyridiculous6743 it bothered me so much I took time off work to catch up on rest. Scary to think of what could’ve been the outcome 😢

[@absolutelyridiculous6743]

@@anhserc3534 You are SO SMART and I hope you keep talking about this... it's important to let people know that no one is incapable of forgetting their child. And you've reminded me to also make sure to get proper sleep

[@sandifeola9385]

I did the same

[@rs3007]

Appreciate your honesty that these things happen alarms are needed in the USA.

[@casabonita2702]

No way if my precious baby boy was DEAD I'd be calmly sitting in an interrogation room. I don't believe this guy one bit. This was intentional. If something happened to my baby boy I would have to be locked up in a psych ward immediately because I would be absolutely inconsolable that my baby's life was over when it had barely started. This case is absolutely tragic and my heart is absolutely shattered for Cooper and Leanna. RIP sweet angel.

[@mammadingo9165]

I agree with your opinion. I would find it hard to stand or breath let alone sit there wringing my fingers like I'm impatiently waiting for paperwork to be signed or some crap ...I'd be inconsolable.😢

[@BelFinnova]

Yup I’d be locked in a psych ward for my own protection cus I would be trying to unalive myself. I couldn’t live without my sweet boy.

[@allystubbert7521]

My 5 year old daughter was hit and killed by a car. I couldn't even pick up a phone to call my mom and dad when they pronounced her. It's all a blur but you're right, highly medicated and a few psych stays are normal... his behavior is not

[@mammadingo9165]

@@allystubbert7521 😭😭😭😭 I'm so sorry for the world s loss and your pain . Unimaginable.

[@elvenoutcast4027]

I feel you mama. I still check if my son is breathing in his sleep and sometimes when I cuddle him I cry, wanting to protect him from anything negative this life may bring. I cant even think of losing him without the feeling of panic. God forbid I did lose him, mistake or not, I think I would leave the earth myself... There would not be a life worth living anymore unless I had any other kids who would need me...

[@nicolasdryden5393]

Why did they film this interrogation underwater? Can even here a running water like sounds almost lol

[@DidObamaCare]

Filming in Bikini Bottom gave the detectives a strategic edge, and made the perp uncomfortable.

[@dougbryant5417]

Only thing worse then hearing a grown man sobbing in distress is a grown man fake sobbing in distress.

[@elizabethgaspodnetich4322]

I lost my first son from SIDS when he was 4 months old. I couldn't stop crying for a week after that, and then I would cry a little bit every day for years. If you really know what it truly means to lose a child, you can see this man doesn't. He didn't lose a child; he lost a problem. I hope he rots in prison. I couldn't imagine a worse death.

[@yossarian00]

I'm sorry for your loss. I hope things are better in your life since.

[@elizabethgaspodnetich4322]

@@yossarian00 Thank you. I went on to have 4 more children, and life was good to me, but, the death of a child is a wound that never heals. It stops bleeding but it never heals. It has been 45 years now and I still dream of him and yes, I still cry for him.

[@shadowsinmymind9]

I lost a baby when I was 3 months pregnant and never got to hold it, and I still cry. Youre exactly right when you said its a wound that never heals. Its been 8 years but I still think about him every single day

[@elizabethgaspodnetich4322]

@@shadowsinmymind9 I am so sorry to hear that. I hope that you go on to have more children to raise and to hold. This is a subject not many people think about. Once that egg is fertilized it is a baby and the pain of it's loss is just as powerful as the loss of a full term baby. I hope you find peace, and when you do have a child in your arms you hold that baby with all the love you possibly can.

[@shadowsinmymind9]

@@elizabethgaspodnetich4322 It definitely hurts just as much despite not giving birth. I saw him kicking in the ultrasound and he looked fine but then was given the news that he was not fine. He was kicking one day and then the next week he was gone. It hurts to never be able to hold him or see his face. But I did go on to have a son after and it helped me a bit. Im am better than I was before thank you.

[@fermentedpenny5264]

The thing that stuck out to me the most was that the baby was already decomposing and already was giving off an odor while he was in his car driving around. You would think someone would’ve noticed it and looked around to see what was causing it. So sad, I feel badly for the wife and their families.

[@chrisjackman9102]

If it was most other smells we could argue that he slowly desensitised to it and didn’t notice. Decomposing bodies is apparently extremely distinct and not something you can just ignore or be unaware of, especially in a hot car.

[@melaniewieman9020]

I have always thought this, there is absolutely no way he could have driven a mile without noticing. I'm a vet tech, deceased animals begin to smell in about 45 minutes, in a temperature controlled building. It is an incredibly distinct odor and hits you in the face right away. Can't be missed. Even when he put the lightbulbs in the car mid day I can't believe he wouldn't notice the odor. This is the first video I've seen that actually brings this up.

[@lindas3657]

Not only the extreme smell of the decaying body but after death the body eliminates what is in the bowel and bladder. I don’t believe that this guy didn’t smell anything unusual.

[@fermentedpenny5264]

@@lindas3657 great point!

[@fermentedpenny5264]

@@melaniewieman9020 me too, this is the first time I’ve heard this information. That’s crazy how fast a body starts to decompose. Poor little baby 😞

[@QueenBeeBeeVT]

I haven't watched the full video yet but I wanted to say I really appreciate it how you mentioned that the family of the victim might see these comments. When I'm reading comments on true crime videos, it always leaves a bad taste in my mouth because people can say some disrespecting things towards the victims, and I could not even imagine being on the family's shoes and reading that kind of stuff.

[@HayweyPeteman]

The fact this guy starts to debate the cop at the end about what he’s being charged with is so telling.

[@pams4557]

It's the returning to the car to place the light bulbs after lunch that clinches it for me. I am a rancher and have dealt with many dead animals in various stages of decomp. I am also a veteran and have seen and handled human bodies in various stages of decomp. While the smell is very distinct for any mammal while decomposing, the smell of a human being is just *more*. By noon on 18 June 2014 it was 90 degrees F in Vinings GA, which means the car was 135 degrees F. Baby Cooper was probably dead by 11 am. When a human dies, there is an evacuation of the bladder and bowels. If Cooper had been dead for 2 hours when Justin placed the light bulbs in the car, the smell of urine/feces/decomp would have been horrific. My opinion is that Justin intentionally left Cooper in the car to die. His reasons would have been #1-The fact that when he and Leanna divorced, Justin would be made to pay child support #2-He thought so little of Leanna as a woman and a human being that he wanted to hurt her in the worst way possible.

[@w.k.astrolabe280]

bam! This right here! You need to go to law school!! All great points

[@pams4557]

@@w.k.astrolabe280 Wow, thank you! In my 50 years of following true crime I've read a lot and seen a lot. I don't think any law school would take a 60 year old tech school graduate, but thank you for the compliment!

[@justsaying6654]

You hit the nail on the head, every bit of his 'story' stunk to high heaven & he absolutely knew what he was doing. Maybe he should have used the defense that he's such a putrid pile of garbage that he didn't notice his precious baby. Personally I think prison's too good of a place for him, hopefully, you know who is saving him a special place that's way hotter than his car. I was a nurse for many years & have seen as well as dealt with some horrible things but you, my friend have truly walked a tough road in life and I commend you & thank you for your service.

[@krystalgardiner5591]

I’m not trying to be “that person” but I was thinking the same thing about the bowel/bladder evacuation! I worked in a nursing home as a GNA, so I’ve had to prepare the deceased for when family came in so I thought about that right away! Good catch!

[@ContentMadame]

Bingo. Add also that in a custody agreement, having a needy child to care for would complicate his efforts as a s. predator. I mean, he'd phished for s3x with six people THAT MORNING. No doubt, he wanted the freedom to be a pervert without worrying himself with the physical needs of another.

[@cemoihonay]

It's truly painful watching him try, unsuccessfully, to emulate grief.

[@raintree3383]

My eye started to twitch watching him

[@adamlambboy8332]

It made me feel so weird that he kept saying “Oh God why” when he was alone. I’ve never seen anyone sobbing, outside of tv, saying stuff like that unless they were talking to others. Feels weird

[@MrShenanigans28]

​@@adamlambboy8332 I say things to myself in an almost whisper if I'm alone and something heavy enough makes me cry. But I don't scream "WHHHYY" like I'm in a Shakespeare play lol

[@tylerphilco]

Lmao, right? And he probably thought he killed that performance.

[@allyw1364]

Yes he is a true Narcissist.....no tears , no real emotion, they are just robots

[@besthobbit]

When I park to go to the store in the summer, within maybe 30 seconds of turning off the car I am already too hot to even stand staying inside. I cannot fathom how people leave their pets and children stuck in the car.

[@nkosiha]

Maybe in the future we can have built in alert system for baby seats when u buckle the seat, it can alert the driver once they take the key out the ignition...

[@nkosiha]

@mattmuch7536 yeah I agree, the panel should also add calibration checks to make sure the right weight is registered cause my seats are sensitive that placing the sheet a paper the passenger seat belt comes on.

[@ShellyTheSeal]

A few cars I've been in have a message pop up on the dash that says "Check the backseat" when you turn off the car and open the door

[@mollybevier]

Woah. Just stop being self centered and remember you have another human life to think about. I have twins and they are constantly in the forefront of my mind. How do people need alarms or reminders?? What is wrong with people?!

[@ShellyTheSeal]

@@mollybevier Forgotten baby syndrome is usually caused by the parent going into autopilot and a change in their schedule which has left them with the baby at an odd time. If one is sleep deprived (I've never met a well-rested parent), under a lot of stress, or has a condition like ADHD the chances of them going into autopilot and forgetting things increases. Alarms and reminders help bring our attention back to the present and reduce the chances of tragic accidents. It's better *make sure* you wouldn't, than to just *think* you wouldn't, because everyone thinks "oh, it would never happen to me; I would never do that" (save for the subject of this video). And that goes for a lot of things in life; pilots have alarms and warnings in their aircraft, your car most likely has an alarm for urgent issues. When I worked at a shop, we'd always have someone else verify we tightened drain plugs before we finished up. It's just better to be safe than sorry y'know

[@MadQueenAlice]

I remember I used to post on r/Childfree after this happened. The community was very vocal against people who went on there and called themselves 'childfree at heart' when they actually had children. There's a big difference between not wanting to have children, versus having children and deciding you didn't want them anymore. =/

[@mslindsayh]

childfree at heart smh sounds like my paternal family

[@iluvgoth]

Exactly! I get not wanting to have kids but when you’ve already had them, why make them suffer? It’s not their fault they were brought to this world so why make them go through hell? That’s what I don’t understand about people like Justin

[@MadQueenAlice]

@@iluvgoth Yep! Sometimes there would be parents who got pressured into kids or had them early and regretted it, but they never came to be 'childfree' on the subreddit - they mostly just wanted an anonymous place to vent. That's also very different from Justin. It's truly sad when the best thing he could have done was just leave his wife and son.

[@rebecca2583]

yeah. you can be stressed, unhappy, depressed, whatever after having kids. that’s fine. but once you have children, you have them, and it is your responsibility to always have their best interests at heart. in some cases that means the child will be better off with someone else, but no matter what, their wellbeing needs to come first

[@s0lastsummer7]

Oh my God can you imagine being one of those people's children and stumbling across your parent's browser history and reading all about how you aren't wanted now that you've existed for this long.... 😞 I've found something pretty equally terrible to find on a parent's computer and 20+ years later, I'm still very messed up in the head over it. Be mindful of y'all's kids' intelligence and abilities to find you out. 😬 (not YOU, I mean, obviously 😛)

[@thatsaniceboulder1483]

I’ve seen some odd reactions to loved ones dying (critical care nurse of nearly 30yrs), including bizarre laughter, wailing, silence, sobbing, anger, threats, denial…. but he is not something I’ve seen. The abrupt ending to intense natural emotions is not possible. Shock sees people say or do weird things, and he isn’t in any type of shock that I can pick up on.

[@5050TM]

Let me take a break from sobbing to drink some water perfectly calmly! Yeah an unfeeling psycho is what he is.

[@highdefinition90s]

Right? I’ve experienced extreme grief and hyperventilation and like, it had to be treated by a professional - I’m not sure I could feel my hands much less crack my knuckles, I was sweating even though there was no change in the temperature of the room, like you said everyone is different but the physiology of his response isn’t right.

[@lisag.4054]

Please tell us the bizarre laughter story

[@brigzbee2303]

The way he is crying in the interrogation room...just.... his face shows zero of the emotions that he's trying to push out.

[@thatsaniceboulder1483]

@@lisag.4054 teenager 18ish, riding a motorcycle and hit by a car; brain damage. Ended up brain dead but because she was pink and breathing, her mother, when called in for “the talk”, laughed hard and called us silly and just kept saying “no she’s not, she breathing!” and laughed/chuckled repeatedly. It was denial. She got up and walked out of the meeting sniggering. She didn’t get angry, just laughed out loud, hard.

[@squeak1987]

If i lost my baby i would never stop crying. Love sent to the victims of the hate in this world.

[@ccirish4519]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@honey-po9ij]

​@@ccirish4519 get therapy, edgelord.

[@LarryXLR]

"Babies deal with a lot of stress and anxiety from their baby jobs and their baby taxes." I spit my coffee on that one. Oof

[@jesusisGod1434]

That was an unexpected joke right there!

[@risinics8237]

SAAAMMMEE. Literally wiped the coffee off my screen and came to the comment section😂😂😂

[@mekishik0]

No wonder they cry all the time! Baby jobs are ruthless

[@mividalocamusic850]

I thought he was quoting the father 🤔

[@MoveMountains10]

I laughed too hard at this.

[@schmeeps4052]

His attitude of “we’ll see” when the cops told him they were going to inform his wife of the incident felt more like “I just got pulled over while driving under the influence” rather than “our only child has perished due to my negligence”. He’s a true piece of work and I pray his wife is getting a better support system away from his ass

[@1838isfake]

With dogs, I busted a window of a car at a railway Caspar, where the Manger said he was a regular commuter who wouldn't be back until evening. I saw him to explain what a bastard he was, he said the dog, who was dead by the time we got the dog out. He was in tears about what had happened and how to tell his kids. Turns out the lovely terrier liked to climb into the back under a blanket and this man really didn't know the pet was there. Could be true but dog still died. Check your car, especially if your dog associates a car as a trip to the beach.

[@ashleymarie2021]

He was jealous of the baby plus punish her for leaving

[@roems6396]

What makes you think she wasn’t aware of what was going to happen?

[@beanwaddlers1883]

@@roems6396 because there’s literally zero evidence of it. Can people please stop judging a mother with a dead baby simply because she acted in a way they don’t agree with??

[@roems6396]

@@beanwaddlers1883 She was doing all of the things that he was. All of the evidence they used against him, she engaged in as well. She was on the “living without children sites., etc.

[@natiilein848]

It's interesting to watch his spectacle. He "howls" terribly. As soon as he takes the water bottle to drink, everything goes back to normal. As soon as he puts the bottle on the table, he remembers: Ah, I've got to keep on with my acting..

[@mrscatlady912]

I'm a mother of an infant. I was driving to my brothers house to go swimming with my baby girl. I had dressed her in a onesie, a cotton thin sweater, and knee high socks because I thought the car would get cold from the air conditioning. I got about half way their and all of the sudden she started the most blood curdling scream. I pulled over rapidly and went into my back seat to check what was wrong. Her head was sweaty when I picked her up. I started stripping her. I got her down to her diaper and she finally felt better. She was just hot. She was hot in an air conditioned car. The cry she made I had never heard before. It was incredibly scary and it made me think about all those babies who had died in hot cars. The heartbreaking sound they would be making, the level of uncomfortablity. My heart breaks for them. Even when I don't have my baby, I find myself checking rear view mirror to look at where she would be throughout the drive. Assume you have them. Never assume you don't. This POS didn't deserve a baby.

[@leeanndisotell7356]

I worked as a dispatcher taking 911 calls for a year I've heard just about everything over recording and phone calls and he just doesn't seem to show the signs of a grieving father that just killed his son. I've taken that call from a parent that accidentally ran over their child and the child did not make it as a result of their injuries and the mother was inconsolable! I literally couldn't get the address for part of the call because it was just screaming and incoherent mumbling and crying. He just seems so calm, too calm.

[@maya1mae]

wow thats horrifying, like justin said, a parent’s worst nightmare (that is if they are a loving parent!)

[@ZazooEel57]

Some people dissociate during traumatic events, so not acting erratic isn't in itself a sign that they are guilty, but this isn't the case here, it's obvious that he's acting.

[@Woodman-Spare-that-tree]

One of my elderly neighbours accidentally ran over his wife and killed her. A few days later, he died himself, of a heart attack. Because of the guilt/Stress, no doubt.

[@Bubbles-Gainey502]

@rotten moth The mother truly showed no true emotion. I feel she is equally guilt. She told the daycare after attempting to pick up baby Cooper. When the day care told her Cooper never showed up. She replied "Ross must've left him in the car" Like, really bitch!!?? Nah, she didn't give a fuck about her precious baby just like Ross intentionally murdered his son is most horrific way possible. This was planned 100%

[@Happy1997]

He seems to be panicking due to the consequences coming at him. The police and the whole situation. Is so sad to see him faking

[@Guriteru]

I thought I had lost my daughter inside a grocery store. Those were the two longest minutes of my life. I screamed at every single person I saw, almost fought a security guard, only to find her hiding about. To think this man found his son dead and decomposing and this is his reaction? No, sir.

[@artes.impias]

He is absolutely monstrous, there are no words.

[@SunsetBlvd13]

I temporarily lost my brother at walmart once (he has autism and as a result he will just run around the store unless you hold his hand or stick him in a cart). He turned a corner, I followed after him and gone. I couldn’t hear him babbling either so I quickly ran to every worker I could find and each one just told me they would keep an eye out (which to 14 year old me meant “lmao you’re on your own”). I was hysterical until he bumped into me with the biggest smile and the largest box of cereal in his hand. I nearly cried and then went to my mom with him in tow. She was none the wiser. The fact that he (harris) basically just didnt react made my blood run cold.

[@LegionCommander]

I used to wander off a lot as a kid in stores. My mom was a redhead and when I realized I'd lost her I'd start ok panicking. I ended up following around a lot of red headed women until they turned around and I realized they weren't my mom. I ended up waiting for my name on the intercom system a lot because my mom would usually go there first if she couldn't find me 😅

[@pollypurree1834]

Exactly. I could see losing a kid in a grocery store because of the temporary distractions but not forgetting a kid in a car. It's done on purpose

[@MiddayEnglishman]

I phoned my mum up one time and apologised to her and asked "Is being a parent just 1 giant panic attack that something is always wrong? because now I see your moaning for something else".

[@MrBurnoutLegend]

this woman and child deserve a much better husband and father. They are both so good and deserving of so much more than what they got.

[@lindseyofarrell3115]

His calm demeanor answering questions was chilling

[@michelleamstutz8391]

This is sickening. As a previous peds ICU nurse I’ve heard and seen parents lose a child. They don’t take sips of water. A lot of times it seems like they don’t even breathe. And the sound…it’s a scream you never forget. The room scene is an insult to the parents who have truly lost a child.

[@sparkleliptatochip7788]

In case no one's told you, thank you for having the guts to invest your life's work into something as deeply unforgettable and undoubtedly emotionally gutting as sick and-or dying children. It takes a lot for one person to shoulder that deep a purpose.

[@kellyharper367]

Michelle... Retired Psych R. N. here: Yes! Thank you for your courage and dedication to caring for our children and our families. You are so special! Sending you warm thoughts ❤.

[@tinykass]

this comment brought tears to my eyes, thank you so much for all that you do

[@thequixoticangler3364]

You must be tough as nails. Peds ICU. We called that the heartbreak hall at the hospital I worked at as a sani tech. I saw some pretty ugly things.

[@joanna7350]

This creep is getting out of prison and got all of his convictions overturned (but not his texting underage girls charges). Prosecutors said they're not going to retry him. So he did get away with murder.

[@jennPezz8]

I watched the trial on Ross Harris. Several of the women he was cheating with or paying to sleep with him were witnesses. The part that pissed me off was when an officer told him he was being arrested for murder and Ross said “why? I did nothing wrong” the officer said “your child died while in your care” snd Ross said “yea but that was an accident”. He thought this would be a done deal 😡

[@vipr1142]

What a sh*t video.. that ear rape when he was crying. The video maker should have lowered the sound

[@raintree3383]

Where did you find his trial ? I cant find it thanks

[@brandymcnamee7880]

He strikes me as someone who thinks he's the smartest person in _any_ room, but in reality, isn't the brightest knife in Crayon shed.

[@Woodman-Spare-that-tree]

Maybe if he hadn’t sent that text, and hadn’t bought the lightbulbs, he’d have got away with it.

[@wiseauserious8750]

I agree, but it was so satisfying the moment he realized he was going to a cell rather than going home

[@Soffity]

Coopers car seat was installed/ orientated so Coopers head was only inches from Harris. Cooper had been wide awake after a good nights sleep only minutes before Harris left him in the car. His ability to go from a barking seal impersonation to calmly drinking water and cracking his knuckles was impressive. Also there were no tears, no red eyes, no runny nose etc as you would expect from someone crying in severe distress for over 20 minutes. His murder charges were thrown out on appeal due to prosecution miss representation. He is still in Prison due to the underage s*x charges but will be eligible for parole in a few years. Matt Orchard has done a great video on this case if you’re interested. The sound during his interview is much better and has been subtitled in the hard to understand places.

[@catherinehewitt4341]

I literally lost my pet bunny two days ago and I have been way more devastated than this guy is wtf

[@Nevverhrrt]

Forgotten Baby Syndrome is a real thing that happens to people who genuinely have no malice in their heart and who, sleep deprived and disoriented, made the most tragic mistake imaginable and live the rest of their lives hating themselves. This was not a case of Forgotten Baby Syndrome. He knew Cooper was in there. He left him there on purpose

[@debadamsuksouthwales6766]

I have 5 children oldest was 11 when I had my youngest I never once for got any of my children Forgotten Baby Syndrome is a load of bollocks

[@Nevverhrrt]

@@debadamsuksouthwales6766 "I've been driving for years and never once gotten into a collision, this of course means car accidents are a load of bollocks and everyone who gets into one did it on purpose" energy

[@justthatgirl-ct4jo]

@@debadamsuksouthwales6766 I have made some awful mistakes while sleep deprived. I can honestly see how this could happen to someone. With that said, this guy obviously did this on purpose. Tragic accidents do happen in life and not everyone who makes them is some horrific person. I find it interesting the two things they named here, change of routine and exhaustion are the 2 factors that go into this syndrome. Long before I heard that term, I had said that I could see how this could happen if someone's routine changed and/or they were incredibly tired. Not everyone can function well on lack of sleep. If I get less than 6-7 hours of sleep, it's not safe for me to drive. Ideally I need 9-10 hours. I really can see how this could happen. I'm grateful that more awareness is being made because that can definitely make parents pay more attention to such a thing knowing that it happens.

[@leena9360]

@@debadamsuksouthwales6766 read the washington post article "fatal distraction" with an open mind. there are wonderful loving parents who have made this mistake for numerous reasons

[@StillNotMarble]

@@debadamsuksouthwales6766 a lot of people in the world are uneffected by anxiety, ppd, sleep deprivation, burn out, marital problems, family health crisises, financial strain, and job insecurity, because they never have to face it at all, or because they have support networks to help them overcome. That doesn't mean that all of those things are "BS excuses" when a person is not so fortunate. I'm glad that you and jesus have never made an error, but you would benefit by expanding your mind to the full scope of the topic at hand, rather than limiting your knowledge of the subject to only your own experiences. You would learn a lot of interesting things, from a variety of many reputable sources, of the complicated issue of forgotten baby syndrome and what it tells us about human brain adaptations (and their shortcomings.)

[@Bee-0108]

justin showing leanna those videos on fbs weeks before this happening sounds like him planting a backstory, setting up an explanation that leanna would think of because he had been talking about it. that poor baby, i hope leanna has found some peace through all this. i cant imagine

[@Sadtoday]

Definitely pre meditated

[@pinkpugginz]

@@StaticRainstorm I think he didnt want to be a dad or pay child support. so he was doing 2 birds 1 stone by killing his son/then would be able to divorce leanna and make a clean break to be with the minors he was sexting

[@annacostello5181]

She was in on it

[@meowjakx3]

A professor at a local college brought his 3 year old son along with him to work one morning, intending to drop him off at daycare before going to class. His mother was the one that usually drove him, but today he wanted to ride with his daddy. He was sleepy since it was early in the morning, so he slept the whole way there. It was the middle of summer, and after the father was done with work, he headed out to his car. He drove over to the daycare across the parking lot only for them to tell him he hadn’t dropped his son off and that they hadn’t seen him all day. He ran back out to his car to check the car seat and there he found his son deceased. The school had called the mom earlier in the day to say he hadn’t been checked in, but it was automatic messaging system and it malfunctioned for time to time so she didn’t think much of it. When the grandfather arrived on scene he actually had a heart attack himself seeing what had happened and was rushed to the hospital himself. The father attempted suicide twice after this happened. The entire community was devastated, especially the students and faculty, knowing the father was a good person and he had made an honest mistake that cost him his youngest son’s life. I still think about it all the time years later and hold my own babies just a little bit closer.

[@jassy0903]

Its been a year and unfortunately justice will not quite be served. The Supreme Court of Georgia overturned his conviction and the DAs office decided not to retry him. According to the DA, the court won't allow some key evidence that they had last time so, even though they want to, they won't be able to retry him. Rip baby angel!

[@marielux7372]

People make me sick. My worst fear is accidentally marrying a creep like this. People can hide their true selves so well sometimes. Scares me to death

[@aweddemigod9956]

Dreading says it in the video, he picked his wife because she wasn't one to leave at the first sign of trouble. She would work out the problem before letting go. Be a woman who is not hesitant in leaving at the first sign of trouble because no one has time for that and your time is worth more. Don't get played. These kinds of people are also adults and full aware of the consequences of their shit actions.

[@Nightmareman3]

The red flags are ALWAYS there.

[@jessicanasuti9952]

Exactly why I stay single. I know how to pick em so I just don't anymore.

[@mafinalmessagechangedaworl7131]

@@aweddemigod9956that honestly sounds like genuinely bad dating advice

[@MAYBEE90]

@@mafinalmessagechangedaworl7131it’s not. Normally in relationships, you should work on problems together. But when you date an abusive creep like this, they will start to push your boundaries after the first date. Say you don’t feel comfortable kissing on the first date, they’ll still lean in and try to kiss you to gauge how you’ll react to them obviously crossing a boundary. Let’s say another of your boundaries is when a date is always running late-they will purposely run late every time with some BS excuse to again, gauge your reaction to this. If you like wearing makeup or fancy clothes, they will ask you NOT to wear makeup on your next date and to wear sweatpants instead of a nice outfit. And the date will be at a nice expensive restaurant where you SHOULD get dressed up. This is a test to see if you’ll just give in to do as told. If they notice you consistently making excuses for their bad behavior and still staying in the relationship, they know they’ve got you. I have so much experience in this, I dated a guy who was abusive for 2 years back in my early 20s and looking back, I realized he was constantly setting up scenarios to see how I’d react to him doing so… it’s literally sick :( Now if I go on a date and see anyone trying to cross an obvious boundary I’ve told them about, I’m out ✌🏽 Anyone who respects you and wants to be with you will also respect your boundaries ❤

[@pandachickenproductions5193]

"That said, having extramarital affairs, and sexting with children, doesn't immediately mean that Justin was capable of murder" is a combination of cases I never thought I'd hear combined into one sentence, but here we are

[@johnnyboidam]

???

[@roddy7256]

its actually pretty likely.. wich is crazy

[@jessicascott6413]

It means it's not the sole reason we can accuse someone to be culpable but when u combine it with the other evidence including his affect & announcing days prior about leaving his son in a hot car , not smelling the decay right away and his fake acting just about sums it all up of his guilt.

[@raintree3383]

LOL...yes Dreading's dry humour makes me laugh....good to have comic relief

[@lynnehuff7059]

And sexting is a word

[@wildalbalass4867]

Excellent narration as always. Many thanks.

[@madi_ss]

The car I drive is made to prevent this type of thing. Even the most minor detectable weight in the backseats will cause the car to ding and alert you as you open the door that there is something back there. Everytime it goes off, I think of cases like this, and thank the designer who implemented this lifesaving technology.

[@Gandingas]

Imagine being maried to that thing and then discovering it killed your son, I feel for that poor woman😢

[@prettiep]

For real, like how do you even come back from that?

[@franciscallahan2529]

yeah shes an L

[@hillarybillary21]

Was she forced to marry him in a 3rd world country?

[@lakyraturner6047]

What thing?

[@marknaughton1849]

You don't think there were any clues? Do you assume people are that stupid or willingly ignorant, or that they don't have responsibility when it comes to choosing the people they have in their life?

[@tackycardia]

I was already convinced that what happened to Cooper wasn’t an accident, but every new researched detail only further settled it. Thank you for the mention of Cooper’s family, too many comment sections on videos like these have a habit of forgetting that surviving family members also have access to youtube

[@megsmartin2667]

it's never an accident... there's always intent. I hate when people feel sorry for these idiots.

[@princesabonita79]

none of these "i forgot my baby is a hot car" situation is an accident.

[@MegaTinni]

Well...the mother was in on it.

[@tessaducek5601]

@@MegaTinni I agree.

[@analogueapples]

Just starting to watch this video, but from my childhood I remember whenever my parents left us or the cat in a car (like leaving for 10 min and it is rarely warm in my country, also we weren't that young, it was just easier to lock the doors but we could have opened them), they used a different alarm than usually. One was reacting to every movement inside the car and other just when you opened the door. I don't know anything about cars, so my memory might be wrong. But if it is true, then anyone who has kids would use the alarm that does react to movement inside the car whenever they think the car is empty.

[@Rosesrosie3]

My dad forgot me in my car seat when I was little. A nice lady got me out and saved my life.

[@crimnclove1970]

I’m glad you’re here to tell about it. Kudos to that nice lady. I hope it was a genuine mistake by your father, even tho some mistakes are never ever allowed to be made.

[@Sar-ahG]

Always leave your purse/wallet house keys SOMETHING important in the back with your baby so you can’t forget very long …

[@LoneStarStinger]

I have a reoccurring nightmare in which I’ve misplaced my baby and spend the dream frantically searching for it. I’ve never had a baby. Just the idea of something happening to my imaginary dream baby give me anxiety. I couldn’t handle parenthood.

[@kassli9070]

I always have a dream that I’m protecting small children. I don’t know if they’re mine but I’m overly protective of them. I don’t have any kids. But I couldn’t imagine doing anything to ever harm them. Under any circumstances.

[@JasminesWorldx3]

Seriously I always have dreams like that and I don’t have kids and I wake up still unbelievably anxious I will always remember the first time I had that kind of dream I woke up shaking. I couldn’t imagine actually having to live through that in reality.

[@mayanovak2497]

Same!!

[@piaaadah]

Lmaoo I thought I was alone in that 😂

[@attitudeproblem6462]

Same.

[@user-ps2mi9ze5v]

The thought of little Cooper dying a slow, painful death is just overwhelming. The father is a repulsive creep, and he's right where he belongs. Rest in peace 🕊️ sweet little boy 💕

[@Janellabelle]

Hes out of prison

[@scheezy]

@@Janellabelle No he isn't. He's still in prison on charges of numerous sexual acts on minors, totalling approximately 12 years. Just because his original murder conviction was overturned doesn't mean he'll get away with it. it just means he'll face a new trial with certain pieces of irrelevant evidence omitted for the jury.

[@antionettegreer6635]

I frankly never believed it was an accident.

[@pattyfreeman5819]

I cant even imagine such a horrible thing to think of letting alone DO..poor mom ..

[@inyrui]

@@scheezy thanks for correcting that person who was too lazy to look it up haha. Makes me mad when people just say shit without fact checking

[@kevinlitton1399]

When my daughter was young enough to sit in a car seat, i would be looking back at her in the car every few minutes simply because I wanted to make sure she was alright and i love seeing my child. Accident or not, this man is horrendous.

[@annazaman9657]

Love how you start with the video of why not to leave your dog in a car........ and then comes the video of someone leaving a child in the car.

[@Lilsodapop__]

I think he showed his wife those lost baby syndrome videos to start establishing an alibi because if that’s your “worst fear” you would be constantly thinking about it. I have an irrational fear of being late and constantly check clocks and when I wake up in the middle of the night I bolt up to look at my clock to make sure I didn’t oversleep. But he doesn’t check the backseat for his kid? Look in the rear view mirror? Think about his son at all all day? Look at his email and see that the daycare emailed him? Yeah. Sure Edit: typo

[@sunnyhvar1992]

This is my take too... I had an electric stove top while I was living alone in my apartment, and my two "worst fears" were that I forgot to turn off the stove top, and that I forgot to lock the door on my way out... reaching the entrance to the building (from the third floor), and then going back to triple check both (after double checking before I left, of course...) was a weekly thing. Now, I feel like I was extreme on the other end of the spectrum, and that's probably not the healthiest either, but absolutely, if that's your worst fear, you'll make sure.

[@foxibot]

@@sunnyhvar1992 someone good at tech, needs to make a device that can check your house and see if you left the stove on etc and door locked. I guess maybe a camera could take a look around if you were to have it pointed at certain things. It would be nice if they had that so people wouldn’t have to go all the way back in their apt or house. And if they had this screaming alarm that detected any living being in a car, either baby child or pet where people like this guy couldn’t fake that they accidentally left the baby, because the alarm would alert everyone around the car for miles, and never go off til the living being was rescued, and the alarm also would automatically call the authorities, including the fire department and EMTs and police. That way these people couldn’t do what they do. And then lie and say it was an accident.

[@SandiByrd]

You read my mind this is exactly what I was going to say. Showing his wife those videos was calculated as hell.

[@WobblesandBean]

I think he did it for that, and to also gauge her reaction. Or worse, set her up to take the blame.

[@LordHorst]

I fear of locking myself out of the house when stepping outside, so I triple check that I have the door key with me when I open the door, then I check again when stepping through the door, and once again when I moved one step away from the door. So yeah, you have a really good point there. If you fear something will happen you get overly cautious and do everything to prevent it from happening.

[@LilyChilman777]

The fact that he kept getting hyper focused on those videos had me thinking oh he did this purposefully, but his crying really made me think that. The reason I say this is I can remember when I was just 8 or so years old, passing a car accident. My cousin had her window down and so we heard this lady screaming for her daughter. Her daughter died in this accident and she knew it and I can still hear that tone in her voice to this day. It was so gut wrenching and you could hear her falling to pieces in those cries. I only heard her for about 5 seconds, but I can still hear it today. The moment I heard his cries, I couldn't hear that tone in his at all and it just felt so... like he was putting on a show. I could be wrong, I know this, but I honestly feel that he did it.

[@bethapascua]

I agree with you that his cries sound fake because I don't feel the emotions behind the cry. I have read that when a parent loses a child, it is the hardest loss and the most painful one. I speak from experience because I am a mother of an Angel and when you lose your child, something inside you breaks. You lose a part of yourself. The cry you heard, came from me too when I lost my daughter. I also know the raw emotion from close family members upon learning of her passing and he didn't show anything near that. He murdered his own child, I am certain. He needs to rot.

[@LilyChilman777]

@@bethapascua So sorry for the loss of your daughter *hugs*

[@bethapascua]

@@LilyChilman777 Thank you. SIDS took my infant away from me so it infuriates me when monsters do horrible things to their child just because they don't want to be a father anymore. I would give anything to be able to hold my baby again.

[@LilyChilman777]

@@bethapascua You are welcome

[@user-vg3yw1ns5j]

He def did it on purpose from the research, showing and cheating on the wife, not doing cpr and fake crying. Just so many red flags

[@sillybilly121212]

As a retired law enforcement officer, there is no “normal” reaction in traumatic events. People can behave differently under the exact same circumstances.

[@zariballard]

Wrong. There is only ONE WAY to react to the loss of your child and when u see it, you'll know if it's real or not. Real grief is palpable.

[@sillybilly121212]

@@zariballard no, you’re wrong. Ask any clinical psychiatrist

[@mime514]

Yes, people grieve differently and react to a shock like this in different ways. But a facade of disingenuous behavior is evident in this case. There is a range of feelings and reactions that are natural, but a person faking them will mismatch them. The biggest red flag for me is that this man only put on an act while someone was watching, and then he reverted back to his calm self

[@xxkevinvxx]

“YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR FUCKING MOUTH!!” - a smart cop

[@Camila-gq5kr]

A teacher in my country offered to help with the extra documentation at the beginning of the school year, This required him to arrive to work around an hour early, so he did just that, sadly forgetting his baby boy in the backseat of the car. The baby died, I think he didn't spend more than three hours in there but it got hot enough. The dad made a tv appearance at some point, after being declared innocent, and said something along the lines of wanting to die everytime he saw the sun, feeling tortured everytime it was hot.He committed shortly after that, if I remember correctly, but in tv he looked like a carcass of a man. It was really sad.

[@emmavrijburg6676]

how incredibly sad- i have no words

[@samsalamander8147]

I remember a while back a boy was adopted from Russia who had some attachment issues that kids from orphanage’s often are afflicted with. The adopted Dad left the baby in the back seat after the adoption went through. Russia made a huge deal because of some trade restrictions that the US enacted on them, people from the us are now not allowed to adopt Russian children in any cases anymore. They probably thought to themselves “Well us Russian are not going to the US to adopt children, they are coming here” and they really don’t have anything else that they can take away from us. It’s sad because even at the time there were restrictions on adoptions, Russia would let any children that were not disabled be adopted outside of Russia similarly to China so really they were only passing off what they thought of as problem children they didn’t want anyways.

[@Mehki227]

It literally only takes few minutes not hours for a car to over heat. Just sit in your car for 5 mins in the sun.

[@seanhoward7069]

@Mehki right when you get in your car even after an hr you open the door and feel the heat waft out like you opened an oven. Sit on your leather seats and it feels like a hot griddle. Just thinking of the final moments of coopers life is shattering hard to even comprehend.

[@RebelliousLittleElf]

😢

[@meganlopez8241]

My mom was in active addiction during my childhood and we(3 sisters) use to laugh at her hyper vigilance with my younger sister.. we’d be driving for maybe 3 minutes and she’d flip her shoulders and head around in a panic and go “Where’s your little sister?!” We’d all be confused like “uh she’s right here..” 😂 One time she saved her friend’s son.. we’d all just got home from the park and between my mom and her friend there were about 7 kids... we all spilled out of the mini van and ran into the house where everyone was just being loud and boisterous(and oblivious) and my Mom shouts at her friend “WHERES YOUR LITTLE ONE?!?!” He’d been left in the car for no more than 5 minutes and when we got him his cheeks were beet red and he had sweat pouring down his face.. poor thing 😫

[@PinkManGuy]

My dad was the same way. I always thought he was spoiling me when he'd leave the AC on and make sure I had gatorade and stuff. Turns out his older brother left him in the trunk of a car on one of the hottest days of the year. He was in intensive care for almost a week due to the heat sickness and dehydration.

[@Mama2CDHsurvivor]

@@PinkManGuyo glad he’s ok and looking out for you! Were they playing hide and seek? I remember reading a story about two boys passing away in a trunk playing hide and seek and after that, car companies started putting trunk releases inside the trunk too.

[@PinkManGuy]

@@Mama2CDHsurvivor No. His brothers were raised by a bastard. By the time my father was born, my grandmother had a new husband. Seeing the way he was treated by their new stepfather (his father, not theirs) compared to how *their* father treated them made them insane with jealousy. (Edit: Their stepfather and who I consider my REAL grandfather was nothing but kind to his step-children, he did not abuse them and pamper my father) They all eventually worked it out in their early 30's but the stories my father used to tell me about his sibling's bullying are crazy. TLDR it was intentional. Edit: on a lighter note, I realized that my dad's father *would* be my grandfather. There's no need to consider him my real grandfather, because he already is. All my cousins accept him as their real grandfather too, though.

[@ChildofGodforevr]

My goodness how stupid does a person have to be to actually forget a baby in a car.

[@user-en8zw6wv9i]

​@dormiebasne3578uh no. .I think the point is, despite being addicted, a good parent is a good parent and a bad one is a bad one. I've met heroin users who were better parents than some drunk suburbanites Ive cleaned for. You just don't know people stories or what they're going through. (My friends clean now) but even in active addiction she was never a bad parent and was somewhat of a helicopter mother imo.

[@veearce3384]

I think that was his first day on Earth. So he didn't have the skills to emulate humans and how we behave. His poor son. What a horrible death and horrible parent he got. RIP.

[@americandevo]

This was not a case where mom always drops the child off at day care but on this unusual day mom could not so dad was supposed to and he put the sleepy baby in the car for a long drive towards work, went into auto pilot and forgot about the child. This murderer took the child out for breakfast then drove less than a mile to his work, backed his car into a spot in the back of the lot where no one would pass by and see the child. He then later goes to the vehicle and places something inside. His attempts at acting at the Police station were absolutely pathetic. He may have managed to get his conviction over turned on some legal technicality but that child murderer is going STRAIGHT TO HELL when he dies.

[@jerryhamer]

For him to ask the cop to roll the window down that it's too hot made me so mad! OMG really. Anyone who was innocent would sit and deal with it because in your mind you're thinking that you did the same thing to your little boy.

[@hemlock4519]

And/or the parent would believe they deserved to be left in the hot car and want to hurt/die like their child because the grief and guilt of the parents actions was too much to take.

[@silviac6120]

In Italy you are now legally required to have an alarm system for your baby/toddler car sit (sorry I'm not sure how it's called in English). The reason is that if you ever happened to walk away from the car and forget your child inside, this alarms system would detect the weight of the baby and start blaring and also send an alarm to your phone, if I remember correctly. We have friends who have a little girl and didn't buy the alarm when the law passed, we scolded them for it because we thought it was a great thing that everyone should have... A few days after they were stopped by the police (in Italy random checks are legal and totally normal, they just stop as many people as possible for no specific reason and you are free to go in a few minutes, unless they find something),the officers saw the baby sit and checked it and fined them for not having the alarm and for not having their toddler properly strapped in. I think this is just a great thing, why would you risk it when you know it could happen? I mean regardless of how rare it is, why would you want to be the one person who loses a child like that? How could you ever forgive yourself?

[@oliveryt7168]

How can it detect the weight of the baby? How does it know what's inside the cabin? How can it tell if the driver put a bag with groceries or his child on the back seat? Does it have motion sensors? A good law and invention though...

[@TwoBs]

My car has something similar built into it from the manufacturer (Buick). It will chime several times real loud with a warning/reminder will appear on the dashboard screen telling you to look and check over the backseat as the sensors went off because something is in it. Each of its seats have sensors up and down the whole bench that detects as soon as any weight is put on it. It’s so sensitive that I’ve even had an umbrella in it to have it chime and flash on my dash as soon as I put my car in park. It’s something every single vehicle should have at this point. I know mine has the option to turn it off, with on as the default (I’ve never turned it off). It may only be a reminder, but it’s something that will at least help as there really is no excuse anymore for this stuff…

[@dangerbirb4981]

@@oliveryt7168 Most cars already have this feature in the front seats. Its to determine whether or not the airbags should deploy. Children who are too small can be killed by the airbags deploying, so if you don't weigh enough they won't go off. It doesn't discriminate between people or heavy objects, but you can manually turn off and on the airbags if you need to.

[@pinkpugginz]

sounds like italian police are nightmares

[@CrustyUgg]

@@oliveryt7168 the same way a cars driver and passenger seat ding when there is weight on the seat with no seatbelt clicked in.. duh!

[@djs2182]

The fact that a stranger was more willing to do CPR than his “father”. You wouldn’t be able to pry him from my arms, but he’s just walking around on the phone distanced from him. I would be going crazy about how my poor baby must have been so hot, so petrified, so thirsty, so confused, so ill, he needed me and I wasn’t there, but all Ross can do is think about himself. Poor sweet Cooper, I’m nauseas thinking about what he experienced 😢 A 22 month old isn’t even a baby, he’s old enough to be walking and talking and aware of his surroundings. He might have even been awake when his dad knowingly left the car. So horrific. Also, how much he’s chugging that water is angering me. He left his son in a hot car for 7 hours without water, and he can’t spend 10 minutes in a room without chugging a water bottle. I don’t think I’d be able to even allow myself that comfort without sobbing

[@darrenellison8121]

Such great insights and telling of these stories. The content is brutal but the awareness of all the human reactions are bang on, behaviour and speech analysis brilliant.

[@rachaljay3759]

He was blessed with a healthy, beautiful child. The time to decide you don't want kids is BEFORE you have them. RIP Cooper. xo

[@gurutruecrimeguru1405]

He didn't decide he didn't want kids. There's a lot of misinformation in this episode of The Dreading even though I normally love this channel.

[@rachaljay3759]

@@gurutruecrimeguru1405 What kind of misinformation? I'm going from his behaviour in the interview.

[@oren1305]

@@gurutruecrimeguru1405 So, he wanted his son, then changed his mind and got rid of him? That's even worse. Accidental babies happen, that's part of life and can understandably create issues, but from all other interviews I've seen, this man was tired of having a son. He was cheating on his wife and was bored of being a family man. Check out Matt Orchard for another detailed breakdown of this case.

[@mochabearry]

@@gurutruecrimeguru1405 Killing your child is deciding you don't want a kid anymore. Literally.

[@problematicparadox7351]

@@rachaljay3759 cooper Harris was sent the link to the childfree subreddit by a friend, made a negative comment about it, and never looked at it again. Even his ex wife says she thinks he was a good dad but a bad partner.

[@lunar_moth]

As soon as I heard that he had watched a video on how hot a locked car gets in the sun, I instinctually felt that he did this on purpose. That video was probably done for research, so he knew how long he needed to leave his kid in the car to ensure his death.

[@laurenl22]

I agree! I also feel like he would use the fact of him watching it that he was trying to "educate himself in order to be a better father". To subvert suspicion, like a narcissist would

[@MegCazalet]

And also he probably noticed how other parents who truly accidentally do this are treated by the courts. He was looking for a believable, pitiful “accident” and he found one, but he is a selfish moron so he couldn’t play it off right. Why he chose to *torture* his child is beyond comprehension.

[@grumpygremlin2379]

I lived in Georgia when this happened. I initially thought it was a tragic accident until more details began to emerge. Enjoy prison food.

[@iammrpositive5108]

@Grumpy Gremlin he is a free man

[@grumpygremlin2379]

@@iammrpositive5108 I thought you were making some kind of bad joke until I looked it up. Sad.

[@gracedavis1630]

Even on my most sleep deprived days my son was ALWAYS the first thought in my mind.

[@Taromilktea333]

The reason I think he intentionally killed his son is because of his posts on the kid free subreddit. It also seems like he was doing his research on how he could kill his kid in a way that wouldn’t look suspicious by looking at videos of kids being left in the car. Another thing is the smell. How did he not notice the horrible smell?

[@aws2929]

As a paramedic, I’ve been on the scene of something similar. There is no mistaking the true heartbreak and deep guilt a person feels when they accidentally take a life, especially that of a loved one. You can easily see the desperate pain in their eyes and as a first responder, it sticks with you afterwards. It’s hard to be around that kind of pain. I’ll bet those cops had a very strong suspicion that he wasn’t sincerely feeling those emotions, especially if they’ve seen it before. I don’t know how he thought he’d get away with it, clearly he’s not as smart as he thinks he is. Poor Cooper, he deserved so much better.