Justin Ross Harris: Hot Car Baby Death

[@kitchenmom]

Them talking about having more kids hours after he killed their son makes me sick.

[@Lynn-zx3th]

Me too!

[@MamaLinz123]

This is one of the rare cases where I believe the parent was genuinely wanting to end their child’s life 😡 So many of these ‘hot car’ deaths are terrible tragedies. This was not one of them.

[@YB4ktBetter]

I don’t think I would want anymore I probably still be in the mental ward u just got finish eating with him n than u forget n minutes he done it

[@dglorious1269]

OK, disgusting! She seemed quite stupid. 🤪

[@mikejorsch304]

She got a $25,000 life insurance check on Cooper

[@ruthiemay423]

The jury took four days??? Took me less than a minute.

[@bonniejosavland3227]

Exactly!

[@HungryGhost999]

The fact that he watched a video on the dangers and consequences of leaving a child in a hot car just before this happened says it all. His bad acting and lack of emotion by both parties suggest complicity and 100pc guilt. Poor little boy.

[@benjie128]

There is a vet who videoed himself in a hot cat with a thermometer and a clock, basically vlogging his experience. I think he lasted 2 maybe 3 hrs before he called it off.

[@Zzx75]

I also heard he listened to a video about a pet/dog left in a hot car. It’s still suspicious that he addressed the subject online.

[@lornarettig3215]

That, and literally the first thing the wife jumps to when the child isn’t at daycare is ‘He must have forgotten him in the car’. Really?! That’s the most likely explanation for this?! I wonder how she knew, hmm?

[@madsdee7803]

@@lornarettig3215 I don't think she was in on that since he wanted to be free from her to screw around too.

[@pat6601]

They’re both not right. Their reactions are all wrong.

[@JustinLittleAdelaide]

It's obvious he went back to the car at lunch time to drop light bulbs off to check if the kid was dead... Or discovered and saved.

[@itzflowers4me]

My thoughts exactly.

[@penskepc2374]

How is it obvious

[@freedombarbie]

Seriously?

[@katscratchfever3506]

Yep! He would have seen him in there too.

[@a7xfanforever556]

I just posted almost the exact same comment before reading yours.

[@elisabethfrost6157]

The wife was definitely in on it. If my husband forgot our toddler and he died in a hot car...the officers would have had to keep me from killing him myself. I would have run into that interrogation room screaming like a banshee and tearing him to pieces. I'd be telling him he'll burn in he'll forever, the words "are you ok? We'll get through this. I love you. Did you say too much? I want more kids now." Would have NEVER be spoken. Ever.

[@Celeste-jh2lj]

Agreed. Ive even warned my husband, if hes ever responsible for something happening to our kids when we have them, id personally kill him and he better do the same with me if for whatever reason i did that horrible thing

[@Bambi.Eyes14]

Same. I don’t even think I’d be able to control myself enough to not murder him myself if my husband had done this. It’s sad to say this .. RIH baby boy. 🙏💙

[@zzukiyaki7521]

Exactly what I was thinking. I would lose my mind!!!

[@sherrieowen971]

I would not want to live if i did that. I would beg for death penalty. If my husband did that he would b 6 ft under. I would make sure of that then i would follow.

[@moesmoontv8270]

I said the exact same thing!!!

[@lisae3663]

Have they looked into the wife/mother? She didn’t even cry, first thing she said was, I love you, to her husband. Their conversation was very strange. Glad he will never get out.

[@lisae3663]

@Eli Benda Life plus 32 yrs.

[@tessaducek5601]

Expect another trial.

[@Daphoes]

the Ruling was a violation of the American justice system, it was based on feelings not facts.

[@nafisa.t13]

Lol.Don't have that much faith in the system. His sentence got overturned.

[@kessiawright1710]

She divorced him after the trial. She thought that she had to stay with because she was a Christian, but then realized he did it on purpose. I don't know if she was involved or if they don't If trust the police. If he hadn't had done all those searches he did, it could be inconclusive, but those searches and texts condemn him. The crying seems fake. He wanted to be single and childless. Having the sentence overturned is an injustice.

[@cs9756]

“just because we lost one doesn’t mean we cant have more” this is a living child not a toy you psycho

[@SuperTiffyLynne]

Absolutely. I had a miscarriage and was told I could try again in a few months. I couldn't even wrap my mind around that idea. I was grieving this "baby's" loss and couldn't replace them with another one. I can't imagine this reaction to a living child that I had held in my arms and fell in love with. These people are disgusting.

[@catherinerickard699]

i thought it was misheard at first .

[@thisisme3238]

@@SuperTiffyLynne You loved your child, these people don't know what love for a child really means ...big difference. Sorry for the loss of your child. 🙏

[@SuperTiffyLynne]

@@thisisme3238 thanks for the kind words. I have been blessed with 3 healthy children now. They ease the sting of loss.

[@thisisme3238]

@@SuperTiffyLynne yw

[@cgarcia2739]

The mom was not normal. Who is going to be comforting a dad after something like this?

[@melissab0515]

I know!!! This case haunts me because of her emotionless behavior

[@tessaducek5601]

Someone in on it for the money.

[@silverfoxchain]

Her being numb/in shock would be my guess if not guilty. Because she isnt in denial thats for sure.

[@HopelessSinner]

10:50, "Why did this happen to me?... Why me? Why me?" Not a thought for what his poor boy suffered, its all about him..!

[@amaliasafaryan4256]

yep hes a veryyyy bad actor like cringe worthy bad

[@icebergrose8955]

"Why did it happen to me?" was a total disconnect. It happened to the child.

[@dglorious1269]

And the crazy mammy asks him " you didn't say too much did you?" Puh-leeze, I wouldn't have been worried about his behind at that point! He left my poor child that I gave birth to in an oven to bake to death! That's all I'd be thinking about! That's way bigger than a simple 'mistake'! That's a life!

[@isabellind1292]

And when he invoked his right not to say anything more to investigators and they said okay and that the questioning was over he said, "COOL"!

[@isabellind1292]

@@dglorious1269 Mommy thought daddy & son were bonding over breakfast at Chic-Fil-A's and here daddy was, se*ting throughout the meal!

[@kimwalsh]

The mother is more worried if her husband said to much than concern for her dead child. She does not even ask him what happened or say how could you forget our child in the car, this is a sign of guilt in my option. That poor baby, I can only imagine what he went through

[@omgbrytt]

I think it was a sign of, her knowing her was cheating and using this moment as a moment to support him, make sure they will have more kids, and make sure he still loves her. Idk which is more disgusting. She knew their relationship was deteriorating and that’s all she cared about fixing& not her child!!!!!! Sickening

[@susanlawrence8401]

Agree Kim Walsh also she ask “ can I ask you a weird question - can we have more kids?” What?!?? - just what?!?!? No matter how we all grieve & process differently- she JUST found out her 18 month old baby had died AND she know this POS had been cheating on her!!!

[@ranaemaberry7097]

I think she was in on it too. How did investigators not question her?

[@shaqyardie8105]

@@ranaemaberry7097 I think they did question her, I just don't think they had enough evidence to arrest her.

[@speedskater5613]

@@susanlawrence8401 who says that.. your sweet baby is dead and now on to the next one…sick

[@zuluexmachina2191]

He bought those lightbulbs for the sole purpose of needing an excuse to go to the car, peep in and make sure that the job was complete. He’s a disgusting specimen altogether.

[@melissahuber7601]

I couldn’t agree more

[@isabellind1292]

Well, it's illogical that he'd ask to be dropped off at his vehicle so he could put the lightbulbs inside. It's not as if he'd bought a 100 lbs of lightbulbs!

[@esthergonzales257]

Zulu Ex Machina 100% agree with you and needing the excuse to go to the car, peep in and making sure the job was completed. I'd be in jail right now if that would've happened to me and my fiance did that to my child.

[@skyetoast9476]

Makes my stomach hurt to think of how cruel he is and what he did

[@Ya_boi_jasper]

Wonder what he would have done if the kid was still alive cuz they would have proof that he went to his car with a live child in the back but still left them

[@BrokenMedic]

As a first responder I can tell you with absolute certainly he would have smelled his son after baking in a car all day long. Think of the time you walk into someone’s house for thanksgiving and one of the first things you smell is turkey. The fact he had no clue until he looked in the back is a lie.

[@lisajean228]

Good point

[@laur131306]

I knew it was total crap but never thought it about the way you put it...it's a heartbreaking comparison but it's 100% true 😔

[@vh5636]

Yeah I thought the same... except if his car already smells that bad 😅 but this was definitely murder. Why else would he look that all up beforehand about babies in hot cars? The question that remains is why... why kill your child 😢

[@hillarybillary21]

I’ll carry this with me forever. Beyond words.

[@BrokenMedic]

@@hillarybillary21 sorry to be so harsh but it this little boy died a terrible death. He should be locked in a car in Texas everyday for an hour each day.

[@vics4417]

Only halfway through and the parents conversation is creepy AF the mom seems unfazed that her child is dead.

[@racheldeornellis4627]

Right?! I’d probably lunge at and attack my husband if this every happened.

[@sherrieowen971]

Exactly. No fricken tears. Im crying from this story and yet those parents never shed a tear. If i did that i would beg for the death penalty. I couldnt live with myself. These people googled kids in hot car how long does it take to die wtf. They both did. Then ross was more concerned with his 25,000 life insurance policy. Sick sick people. Both of them

[@raccoonchronicles73]

Yeah. She seems very unemotional. She's worried about THE HUSBAND but a dead kid...just another run-of-the-mill day, no biggie.

[@dglorious1269]

OK, that's what I'm saying too! She's more concerned about "you didn't say too much did you?" WTH???! Most mother's would have been all over him tearing his head up! They are the ones who go for 9 long months , and deliver the babies!

[@hoddy1368]

@@dglorious1269 she actually shut down emotionally

[@Lizzie-h3j]

The fact he had the gall to complain about how hot he was in the back of the police car..... the over-acting, the leaving him on the hot pavement, the fact the wife didn't try and remove his eyeballs, this whole case is sketchy af!!

[@Daphoes]

but that dosnt mean he did this on purpose, this ruling was a violation of the American justice system, and it was based on feelings, not facts.

[@yeaimthem]

@@Daphoes have you watched the video? it is SO obvious he did this on purpose with alll the evidence piled together.., thinking otherwise is purely ignorant

[@dawnatkinson3032]

Yep. My thoughts too

[@eh-i1841]

@@Daphoes he did it on purpose,and his wife didn’t care,she collected 25,000$,on Cooper’s life insurance.

[@Namastephie]

When my son was 13 months I didn’t close the bathroom door all the way (it just turned summer so the doors started to stick) and my son got in the bathroom, grabbed a curling iron and burned himself. It was an accident. He is 18 and I still feel an extreme amount of guilt. My husband had to be told by his grandmother not to blame me, I feel terrible, it was an accident and he was nice to me but you could feel the tension. And we were young and crazy about each other.I can’t imagine he would come running to me to console me if I forgot our son in a car and talk about more kids.

[@chelleglenney156]

Anyone who says it was an accident needs to ask themselves these questions? If he was innocent then explain how in the world he forget his wide awake, chattering toddler was with him 1 minute after pulling out of Chickfila when he made that 1st wrong turn? How is that possible when Ross' face was mere inches from Cooper's with that small SUV and that baby being in a rear facing carseat he was way to tall for? How did he not see Cooper as he changed lanes and made left handed turns and as he had to reverse and pull into a parking space he passed and then backed in the space and chose a spot way in the back of the lot and you know for a fact he had to turn his head toward Cooper as he backed up both times? How did he miss Cooper once again when reaching over to get his work bag? Why was there no diaper bag in the car if he was truly daycare bound? Why did he sit in the car for over 30 seconds after turning the car off and just sit there when usually parking lot video showed him parking up close and never backing in and hopping right out? How did he not realize he took Cooper inside Chick-fil-A when he was walking into work with just his drink when every other day he would have his breakfast in a bag with his drink? How did he not remember Cooper when messaging back and forth about the family vacation and cost of passports for a child? Why did he refuse to meet his pals for lunch like they do every single day and only agreed when they said they would pick him up? Why on such a hot day he wouldn't let his pals drop him off at the front door but instead had them go all the way in back to his car to drop off lightbulbs? He dragged his guitar and case inside to his office just a week earlier because it got too hot to leave anything in the car so how big of a deal would it had been to bring in lightbulbs? Why did he keep his eyes level over his hood and blindly toss, yes I said toss, lightbulbs into the passenger seat not even looking in to make sure they got placed in there safely? Why did he stop twice when walking all the way to the front door when someone walked by his car and pretend to be on his phone each time? Why did he text his wife asking when she was going to leave to pick up Cooper when he already made plans for her to do so because he was going to the movie? Why when she told him she was going soon he suddenly decided to duck out of work early even though they slept in and he was hours late getting to work? Why did he tell people he was going to get the movie tickets early to beat a non-existent movie rush at 6pm on a weekday? Why when he left work he jumped in his car and took off in just 3 seconds when any other day parking lot video showed him getting his stuff settled and letting the AC cool off the car then casually pulling out? Why did he not get in and immediately and start looking around for the source of the ungodly stench of a full dirty diaper including bodily fluids, sweat, vomit that had all been baking for hours? Why did he go the wrong way if he was going to the movies? How did he miss Cooper when he had to make left turns and change lanes and driving 5 miles and not realize there was a dead decomposing body inches from his face? Why when he peeled into the busy shopping center he 1st told bystanders Cooper was choking? Why did he lay his child on hot cement then let others tend to him? Why did he walk away screaming off and on like he was putting on a show? Why did he scream and yell then take breaks to look around at whose watching him and what was going on then start back up? How did he have the audacity to tell the cop to turn up the AC because he was hot? Why did he holler and put on a show again off and on at the police station? Why as soon as detectives walked in he stopped crying all together and acted like he was on a job interview? How did he know the law and statues of this particular situation and argue those points with detectives? Why did he lie about his phone's password and keep trying to get it back from them? Why were the only real tears and emotions shown when he was upset about going to jail and the crappy cot and cold toilet seat? Why did Ross and Leanne never say Cooper's name once in interrogation? Why was Cooper's funeral all about Ross? If you can square all that a way then please explain to me how. Let's think and worry about Cooper for once and imagine what that angel went through.... That's whose voice needs to be heard not Ross's.

[@carsonroxanne]

Your comment is longer than the video.

[@Guinnivere]

Sums it up beautifully as to why this “hot car death” was NOT an accident.

[@kellybob66]

@@carsonroxanne Right!?! I started reading her comment but decided that I'd wait for the Cliff Notes version. Lol

[@chelleglenney156]

@@kellybob66 Sorry, I get a tad carried away so my husband says.. 😆 But y'all are right if it was on paper, it would have been on a scroll. ;)

[@s.v.2796]

I know you left this comment 2 months ago. I read it all the way through. Regardless of what others said, your summary is perfect and spot on. I have 3 children, 5 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. I have never, EVER forgotten a child in the car. I have never left a child in a car at all. This man's cry's are fake as heck and he killed his child.

[@skyepicus]

I have never been a parent - with human children. But I had a Maltese (toy breed dog) for almost 16 years. And at no point in time did I ever forget or become unaware of his presence even if he was sleeping. I was honored to be his protector for over a decade and a half. I literally cannot understand how someone could not be continually aware of having a child with them.

[@nadia-tp1xv]

It's happened to me on a small scale non death indecent but it happens, so I looked into the science behind it, the human brain is very interesting.

[@georgie4]

Bless you x

[@MamaLinz123]

I was left as a newborn, outside a shop by my father. He ‘forgot’ me as I was their first baby and he had obviously suffered something like these genuinely ‘amnesiac’ parents do when they go on auto pilot and forget there is a child in the back. This case is different, he planned this. He had motive, that’s the difference.

[@MamaLinz123]

@Discover True Crime Goodness me, you are one strong mama to have small babies and work 2 jobs! Incredible! And I hear you…I am SO forgetful too. I have to write notes for everything 🤣

[@nadia-tp1xv]

@Discover True Crime oh yeah this guy wasn't an accident. I had 3 under 5yrs old, husband had taken the 2&4yr olds to the park, and I was left home with newborn, put him in his basket and went to get a drink, while making the drink I started just doing random cleaning eventually remembered to finish making the drink walked to my lounge sat down started going through the TV, baby made a noise and I threw my drink all over myself and nearly wet myself because wtf was that! Then I remember suddenly I have a baby and he's in his basket right there Infront of me 😳🙃 another time I just walked away from his pushchair in a shop and went to pay and then walked right past him out the door before the cashier shouted "you forgot something" and I was like oh not again 🧐. I was really concerned after that thought I was going crazy even went to a professional. It's never happened since and those were both before he was 3months old, after that mine are too loud to be forgotten 🤣.

[@cortney3798]

How tf that guy scoring a bunch of extramarital affairs 🤮

[@Fleurbunny]

My thoughts exactly. Hideous evil creature.

[@Laura-hf8jy]

I'd say he payed most of them !! He was even paying the sexters!

[@Laura-hf8jy]

👌🙌🤮🤮

[@rayray2460]

So the dad was driving and never checked his rearview mirror? His story is very sketchy.

[@January.]

*rearview

[@EYE_GOTCHA]

@@January. Are you serious? 😲

[@michelelong3205]

@@January. As a teacher, I notice grammatical errors ALL the time, but really...put your red pen away and stop trolling people who are making an emotional connection in the comments!🙄

[@HopefulInterventions]

@@michelelong3205 well said! I make mistakes all the time while commenting with my phone.

[@AlexaCBrown]

@@January. our spelling, and devices set to check, are crazy... and even if it is not, set that way, we all know the intent of what the person means to say. Focus on the story, that is absolutely horrific and less on grammar

[@tammylester1889]

So sad. What a cute little boy who suffered a horrible death. Rip little Cooper. 💔😢

[@mikejorsch304]

When they put him in the cop car he complained about not getting enough air back there do you know what you put your son through

[@yvettedurbangirlsa]

The Mother wasn't hysterical how on earth!!! One of the most horrific stories ever. I had 5 children not once did I ever forget them in my car 😭😭💔💔

[@morningstarr5381]

after they had breakfast he would take him ACROSS the street to daycare, 'I made SURE he was STRAPPED IN TIGHT, we gave each other a kiss and I WENT TO WORK'- whats wrong with this statement. So he knew he was in the back seat when he went to work.

[@mikejorsch304]

He remembered kissing him but didn't remember dropping him off at Daycare

[@morningstarr5381]

@@mikejorsch304 the interview of them ''sobbing'' on the steps, then he looks around like '''are we done yet'', almost like hes waiting for someone to yell ''cut!!''

[@mikejorsch304]

And he takes a deep breath walking around like he is preparing to perform

[@TenTenJ]

He actually admits saying goodbye to his child, what happened in the next two seconds?

[@truetommi7449]

EXACTLY!!!

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

How did no-one notice a baby in a car for SEVEN HOURS? 7:00 Does that seem like a loving parent who had just lost their child hours earlier? He couldn't be any more calm or rational. 10:58 YOUR life is over!??!?!? Jesus, Anyone else trying not to punch him through their monitor? I have a feeling he saw the case the presenter spoke about at the beginning and thought he would be treated the same and get away with it. 12:34 The boy would've relieved himself, that's one of the things that happens when you pass. There would definitely have been a smell, if not more than that.

[@pypes88]

He did it on PURPOSE!! He wanted to enter a new life with his texting and get rid of his wife and child.

[@FLo-jc7ig]

He's "slam dunk" guilty and it was "pre-meditated"!!! And his wife loved Ross more then her own child!!! REPUGNANT human beings 😤🤬🤬😡😠

[@tuotieful]

What got me is when he said that the baby looked peaceful ,he didnt look all crazy looking, it was like he knew the baby would die and was expecting him too look a very bad way,and was surprised he didnt.Thats when i felt he was guilty!

[@zuluexmachina2191]

I remember thinking the exact same thing when I first watched this video years ago. I think the wife was definitely involved.

[@AnnaMorris411]

When he said that leaving his son in a hot car was his worst fear…

[@l.a.w.79]

I must say that I get absentminded and I am NOT equating my Yorkie to a baby in no way!!!! However, even after I drop my dog off to doggy day care, I have this urgent reaction to check that he is no longer in his little bag asleep!! He is older now, but he pops up when we reach our destination and I still reflexively check to see if he is there!

[@divinedevil]

whether he actually forgot or if he's lying to make it look like an accident, he doesn't deserve to be a dad & deserves to be punished in the harshest manner. Fry him! Man! this guy is pure evil🤬

[@kristym1118]

A kid doesn't fall asleep in two miles... almost 2 would have been babbling and possibly know words. He's shaking the managers hand talking to him and has the kid IN his arms. Didn't make sense then didn't make sense now.

[@gordonaliasme1104]

Old Sparky was made for pos like him.And his wife.

[@jacob_gang]

Exactly! My heart goes out to that Angel. I bet his skin was falling off and melted

[@marilynwillett804]

he planned it he was goggling children left in hot car while at home.

[@l.a.w.79]

“Do you think we will have more kids!” WT...🤯 I would have been inconsolable!!!

[@ranaamer953]

If my husband forgets my son in the car and the child dies, the first thing I will say when I see him is “I will kill you” not” I love you” !!

[@mistyfly2me]

Exactly

[@mariadavis8745]

He was too focused on his innocence which led me to believe he was guilty. A parent who really loves their child and realises that they made this terrible, terrible mistake would be resigned to their fate. The verdict was just.

[@La_Ru-yg8es]

I would have had to be carted off on a stretcher.

[@lindajackson5866]

Exactly! It was all ME ME ME! And no care about his child. Definitely done on purpose. 😡 But part of me also thinks that the mother was in on it too. I mean what mother, after just learning that your only child is dead, calmly says “Do you think we’ll have more kids?” Sounds like that poor little boy was a “problem child” to both of them. 😡

[@amaliasafaryan4256]

my mom would have been in the hospital being medicated for a heart attack if that happened to me as a child

[@La_Ru-yg8es]

@@amaliasafaryan4256 If I accidentally did that to one of my babies, I'd *still* need to be heavily medicated and under constant supervision...and my three are all grown adults now. Harris reacted *nothing* like the parents this has genuinely happened to. Their souls are broken; they are not worried about surreptitiously throwing away a receipt, guzzling water, or the fact of using a metal toilet. What's scary is, in an article I read about the psychology of this phenomenon, (when it's genuine), that if you have ever forgotten your cell phone, you have the potential to forget your child is in the back seat. That comprises pretty much everybody! Every time I get into my vehicle when it's broiling hot, my mind wants to go to Cooper Harris, and I have to fight against it going there. 💕🙏

[@penskepc2374]

That may be one of the dumbest and most unrealistic things I have ever read.

[@Lynn-zx3th]

I really wonder if she was in on it. Who would ask their husband “you didn’t say too much did you”? Also first thing she did was jump up to hug him & say we’re gonna get through this. Idk she really stinks to me.

[@lornarettig3215]

I absolutely think she was in on it. Her first idea when her son wasn’t at daycare was that his father must have left him in the car?!? Really?? That’s the most likely explanation?! The husband can’t snitch on her because that destroys his own story that he ‘just forgot’.

[@chloegregory6314]

@@lornarettig3215 That wasn't her first idea, I really don't think she did it.

[@eh-i1841]

@@lornarettig3215 i agree with you.She’s definately off.

[@eh-i1841]

I hope she never has another child.

[@pypes88]

That dad did it on purpose!!

[@morningstarr5381]

seems like it and mother asked him if he said too much, neither one are very upset or concerned

[@rachealmurphy6715]

YES

[@katy4779]

He returned to the car after lunch with lightbulbs... (a) He wanted to check if his son had passed yet and (b) He didn't stoop down to place the bulbs on the front seat but rather he remained upright and tossed the (fragile) bulbs in. Stooping down would have shown on CCTV that there was absolutely no chance of him not seeing Cooper but remaining upright would have been enough for him to ascertain that the child was not crying in distress but silent and most likely dead. He knew exactly what he was doing... he is a monster.

[@silviabelluomini2456]

" oh honey, I'm sorry I broke your favorite coffee mug!" "Oh baby don't worry it's ok, I know you didn't mean to! We'll just buy a new one". Same.

[@JOHNNYSGIRL1960]

I still think his wife knew he would leave the kid there!

[@TenTenJ]

I think it was all her idea.

[@henchyheld3925]

The wife was not exactly brokenhearted when her Son died.

[@TenTenJ]

@Discover True Crime that’s not normal human nature for a woman to have that kind of prioritization. I don’t agree.

[@dicey8928]

His idea or he wanted a divorce

[@La_Ru-yg8es]

@Discover True Crime I agree. I don't think Leanna had any clue about the nefarious double life her husband was leading, and she certainly never suspected he'd do harm to their child. Harris played the role of "doting dad" very well. His acting skills only failed him after the fact, because as the very skilled prosecutor pointed out, it's a whole different ball game once you've "pulled the trigger", so to speak, and you have to mimic shock, grief, and pain. Hard to do that at the same time you're attempting to sell a narrative that will cast you in an innocent light. For a long time, I've been trying to suss out why, (as I believe this was premeditated), Harris made that stop at Chick-fil-A, so close to the day care and his work place, whereas the much longer drive from his home to work, with no stop, might have lent his lie more authenticity. I have several theories about that. This is definitely one of my "pet cases" that I've studied more than many others. Don't know why this one is so interesting to me, but, there you have it.

[@jetodessa5484]

The way the guy casually walks into his work with his coffee really is an eye-opener for me because he's so chilled. He's not a frazzled and distracted parent who has too much on his mind. To me, he seems to forget he needs to present as if he has genuinely forgotten

[@sommer8337]

As a mother who has lost a child, I cannot fathom how this mother is just speaking so calmly. I was absolutely hysterical for many, many days. Inconsolable. It’s been a year and a half and I still cry daily. I miss my child. I recognize that all people grieve differently- but she had JUST LEARNED HER CHILD WAS DEAD. The way she’s speaking to her husband in that interrogation room is weird, to say the least. Also- the evidence showing that he had watched how torturous it is leaving pets or children in a hot car before his own child was left in a hot car…. That’s just horrendous. If he had watched that, it would be paramount on his mind to CHECK FOR HIS CHILD every time he got out of the car. Period. I recognize that people CAN accidentally leave their child in the car. I had 4 children within 6 years. To say I was sleep deprived is an understatement. After one of my babies was born, when she was about 2 weeks old, I went to the store. I got out, walked halfway across the parking lot, and then realized what had happened. I ran back and got her out, and all was well. Anyway, I understand that it can happen. However, since that day over 20 years ago, I STILL check the back seat every time I get out of the car. Something is off with both “Mom” and “Dad”. What a devastating case. That poor child suffered so much…. It breaks my heart. God bless that sweet baby and all of the folks who genuinely love him.

[@danielleaustin2292]

This is so hard for me to watch as a parent. My child is 18 months, and I can't imagine forgetting them. I do know that it has and does happen, but this man's reaction to being charged and his interaction with his wife makes me doubt the validity of his statements.

[@danielleaustin2292]

Not to mention all the evidence. Despicable man.

[@zealanddublin9047]

It should be hard for anyone to watch whether they are a parent or not.

[@K.Marie119]

Not to make light of the situation or specific case, but I can still remember the time my dad left me asleep in the back seat after picking me up early from school because I was sick. In our own driveway. I'm not too sure how, but I managed to release the parking brake and sent the car rolling down our driveway (house was a significant incline) and back into the yard across the street. I think I was climbing over the seats to get out because child safety locks were on. I can still bring up the memory of my dad racing out the front door in his socks and chasing the car down the driveway. Thankfully, it was something like late September/early October and the car had been pulled into the garage.

[@raccoonchronicles73]

Never say never. This happens in the brain. Hard to explain but I've watched several documentarys on this and researchers have found it occurs when parent is: 1. Sleep deprived or stressed. 2. A change in normal routine. Plus other factors which I can't recall but it CAN happen to ANYONE. This situation, I believe, was intentional, the above doesn't apply but I am warning you, don't think you are immune from something like this happening to you!

[@redlikewineagain697]

@@raccoonchronicles73 That's all fine and dandy but this guy's mind was NOT on sleep. It was on his deck. Do you get it? There needs to be consequences.

[@bonnieliedtka9148]

There is no way you can forget a child is in the car. I can't imagine any parent forgetting a precious child that they put in the car. No way!

[@berryreadable]

It happens.

[@Hunnie_B]

My thoughts exactly!!

[@JamesWatheist]

It's hard to fathom but it does happen

[@michelelong3205]

Unfortunately, repeating the same routine day after day causes us to go on auto pilot. How many times have you gotten behind the wheel of the car and made it home without remembering the trip there? Or looked at your medicine bottle and wondered, "did I just take a pill?" These deaths are so very tragic, but it can happen. An elementary school principal deviated from her daily routine and left her toddler in the hot car. It was a horrible tragedy, but not intentional. In this case, that guy's behavior and his own words were suspect from the beginning. I think the jury got it right on this one!

[@paulamodica9325]

@@JamesWatheist This man justin Ross did not forget his child in the car he left him to die and that was a purpose so he wouldn't pay child support because both him and his wife were seperating period.

[@jessicadigiglio]

I think both Justin and Leanna weren’t happy with each other and knew their son was a burden. They also had a severe detachment to their son, I think they both planned this verbally and tried to pass it off as an accident, unfortunately Justin is the only one charged and Leanne kinda flipped and threw him under the bus, only looking after herself.

[@kristaquinones1091]

I was thinking the same exact thing. Absolutely DISGUSTING!

[@raccoonchronicles73]

Where do you come up with the idea that the kid was a "burden?"

[@arabellagentile9336]

@@raccoonchronicles73 Are you serios or is your question a joke? 😳🧐

[@lornarettig3215]

Spot on. Both wanted a restart, and neither wanted to be a single parent. He can’t snitch on the wife because then he destroys his own story that he ‘just forgot’.

[@caidenmitchell3254]

The statement he made “I realized I’d done what every parent fears doing and left him in a hot car”….I have four children and I can tell you that leaving my children in a hot car was never even a thought or fear of mine. They both planned this no doubt

[@christinejaeger6785]

Why is the mother not crying or yelling.

[@kellyjones4300]

Great question! I'd have been calling my husband a NO GOOD STUPID A$$ instead of consoling him!

[@debrakaiser7700]

@@kellyjones4300 I think the wife acted very abnormal

[@morningstarr5381]

no one is very concerned or upset ... she asked him if he said too much, he said they had breakfast, the daycare was across the street, he took him out and made sure he was strapped in tight, gave each other a kiss, and headed off to work ... yeah he knew he was in the back

[@whisperflame427]

I have 7 beautiful children (2 sets of twins) NEVER have I left a child in the car , I had 5 in diapers at one time. Exhausted and all , how does this happen?!

[@sugarbear1965]

You are amazing!!!

[@ashbash635]

I have a 2 year old nephew and I’ve known of this case for years and everyday I see my nephew get older I think of cooper and where he would be now. I can’t even imagine what cooper went through. I absolutely believe without a doubt he killed him, there is just too much evidence to show it was not accidental especially considering he actually went back to the car, opened the door and threw in bulbs. He also made sure not to stick his head in that car when he did so. He also showed his callousness over and over in that police room. He’s where he belongs in prison.

[@morningstarr5381]

people have to be made aware of fire departments taking children that parents cant look after for any reason, this killing of children has to STOP

[@Lynn-zx3th]

Sadly I think people would still kill their kids. They wouldn’t want “the shame” of bn known as those people who gave their kid up.

[@lorisalmanowitz6887]

That’s not how the Safe Haven law works. It’s still abandonment if the child is over a few weeks old.

[@christelosullivan]

The moment they are born they are in your head 24/7. No way anyone can forget their most precious bundle… anyone who says otherwise hopefully doesnt reproduce.

[@lalachka101]

Get educated on how our brain functions. And the plethora of weird things that happen I actually hope that people like you don't reproduce. By making such statements, you just illustrate that you never outgrew the fairytale age and are incapable of critical thinking.

[@AmyAndThePup]

I can't understand what he's saying at 4:03 until they start the news clip, and at 9:15, after she asks him if he said "too much." Who asks that? This poor little one... Weeping inside.

[@123rudyboo]

U never ever forget the case.......my first case I ever watched....😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@christinejaeger6785]

That poor baby was in his way.

[@majcam1]

I think about all the different ways he could have achieved his goal, I know for the fact that there are people in this world who are more than willing to adopt a lifetime of joy like that boy in under a second, and that's what kills me. Truly a Monster you are J, R.👹

[@bruggeman672]

He chose this method to dispose of his child because he thought he would be able to pass it off as an accident. I would wager he either was unaware of the CCTV or forgot about it, and assumed his story would be believed and there would be no further investigation. I also suspect his wife was aware of much of his activities, given what she said "did you say too much".

[@laur131306]

I live near where this happened and this was a serious problem that summer. People leaving their kids in the car. I remember it so well because I had a baby at the time. He saw all these parents on the local news getting away with it and not facing serious or any charges so he stupidly thought he could too. It's sick.

[@bruggeman672]

@@laur131306 sure it's sick. if the child was such an inconvenience why not simply give it up for adoption? Only reasons I can think of might be insurance, or to avoid the stigma of having 'failed' at parenting. On a sidenote I daresay if such stigmas weren't so commonplace we would see fewer of these infanticide cases. People throw around ridicule so easily and never stop to think about the affects it may have on people, almost as though they want to avoid any possible responsibility for their own behaviour. Easier just to criticize others I suppose...

[@annazaman9657]

Who would have an affair with this guy?

[@mulliganstew72]

Lol Right

[@MBoldman50]

Apparently numerous men and women.

[@wiseauserious8750]

He looks like a forty-year-old sixth grader

[@carolecompton9270]

​@@mulliganstew72 I definitely 2nd that emotion....

[@voraciousreader3341]

I forgot how long the jury deliberated....four days! They went through all of the evidence, every bit of it, and I’m impressed. Nobody could say with any truth that this jury didn’t deliberate, or that it rushed to judgement, lol!

[@tatianamagomedova4432]

It's extremely hard to listen to the cases like this. Poor child.

[@CieraMychele]

2 main things that make me seriously doubt he just "forgot": he literally drove for less than 5 mins between Chick-fil-A and his work, and he was just carrying him. And, he visited his car during his lunch break!

[@josephwatson3706]

That's absurd. Disgusting. I can't even begin to imagine how a father could do something like that. I would feel so destroyed, devastated, I would want to die. Punish me. Lock me up, execute me. This guy was defending his actions and lying. Fake emotions. Absolutely deplorable. I don't get it at all. Sick

[@rachelreed2516]

He walked into work with the Chick-fil-A cup in his hand. Wasn't that a reminder? I've been distracted on the way to work and forgot my exit but never my children. I'm no better at parenting than anybody else but even when I hear about accidental hot car deaths (I think the jury got this one right), I can't understand how people do it. Isn't your child at least as important as all the other crap we grab when we get out of the car?

[@whisperflame427]

I agree I had 5 in diapers at one time. I was utterly exhausted. NEVER in 16 years of being a parent did I even come close to "forgetting" them in the car.

[@rachelreed2516]

@@whisperflame427 You deserve a medal just for surviving 5 that close together! The thing that stood out to me was that he was their first. Aren't we all nervous and vigilant especially with the first?

[@whisperflame427]

@@rachelreed2516 Thankyou 🙏 two sets of twins and a single in between! No I totally agree. It's like they smoked so many drugs it just killed their parental instincts? I don't understand cases like these. I do however think they did it on purpose , allready talking about having other kids when theirs just died?!

[@rachelreed2516]

@@whisperflame427 I know right! You could not put me in the same room with my husband if he did something to harm one of my children. I've been with the man 28yrs and my first thought would be to kill him, not comfort him! He did it on purpose and she was involved, in my opinion. You're my new hero. I could only handle one at a time. Son 27, daughter 24, son 16. Not that ten years apart was a good idea either. The teenager is the only one left at home and he's like an only child. Who came up with this idea? Stupid.

[@whisperflame427]

@@rachelreed2516 Well thank you! That means alot coming from another mom!❤ My husband has two older ones as well that are out of the house 23 and 25. I actually like it that the older ones can appreciate the bond with the littles. You did good momma! I agree on the husband front , no way i would be able to look at mine let alone talk about giving him another child to kill. We are only 12 years in. 28 years!!! That's absolutely amazing!!

[@BUTTERCUPJones]

Stepping out of my car, I can see the back seats. How did he not notice... I'm still baffled by how a parent can forget their own baby. Like how?

[@croach2194]

You cannot be emailing about wanting to escape from marriage and children while your child is in the back seat and then claim you left them there by accident. What a horrid way for you to choose to kill your child.

[@lynnwood5560]

What shocked me also was the Mom! She goes to see her husband in jail.....................and no tears for her son! WTF!!!

[@kimleigebjimenez3290]

You'll never convince me that this can happen unknowingly...ever!!

[@JamesDean-jy7oh]

I followed this case since day one when it first happened. Still I wonder how a child was in the car for 7 hours and no soul noticed.

[@daleromdenne]

My cousin did this. Got home drunk and went into house. Forgot the youngest in the hot car. She now has more kids. Sad but true.

[@daleromdenne]

@Samiam Xasano yes she did.

[@lornarettig3215]

@@daleromdenne So she was drunk-driving **and** caused the death of her child?? Good. Lord.

[@daleromdenne]

@@lornarettig3215 yep, and she is out having more kids and fun. Sad sad sad

[@justanotherday3969]

Wow, so she is having more children AND STILL partying and getting drunk? Are you saying it didn't teach her a lesson... at all?

[@Scratchingforcash]

funny he didn’t forget breakfast though

[@carrow1057]

"This could be an accident" where does this woman get off. JSM is right on target on this one.

[@TheBigluven]

Never talk to cops without a lawyer

[@billyburleson6238]

His wife was his so called lawyer....

[@DOWNUNDER.]

The jury got it right .

[@ermac6466]

"He looked so peaceful" lol he want it to seem like the baby just went to sleep in a painless death, meanwhile the truth is he may as well have put the baby in an oven and turned it on high! How can you possibly look peaceful if your getting cooked slowly? I'd love to put him in a pot of boiling oil and see how peaceful he can look.

[@Paroxid]

As a mother, if my (now ex) husband did that to our baby you better believe I wouldn’t have been talking about more kids.

[@Noel-ly8kp]

Oh my gosh! I would be furious with my husband if he forgot our baby in the car! Police would have to hold me back from attacking him...that's my baby you left in the car and she says "did you say too much?" get out of town these two intentionally left that poor baby boy in that car and they new exactly what would happen. This case makes me sick!!!!!! I had to come back and add this.....my son was not a good sleeper and wanted to nurse constantly! I was sleep deprived for almost 2 years and even in my sleep deprivation I NEVER forgot my son being in the back seat nor at any point in my life.

[@Noel-ly8kp]

@@HerMajesty1 yes I am insinuating she was either aware or involved. As a mother you would not respond to your husband in this way who has left your child in a car with outside temp of 92 for 7 hours.

[@morningstarr5381]

makes you wonder if they wanted this to happen, nobody really shook up, id be hysterical

[@ashleylynn2701]

Even if it was a accident I feel any parent should be punished. Someone lost their life and a really terrible way to die at that! Poor baby was trapped

[@theenigmacodedc518]

I can’t even discuss him without becoming filled with so much disgust and rage. And his “sobbing performance” was pathetic. He’s guilty and he’s a monster. So I’ll just jump to her, a mother who appeared very calm and unbothered by her sons death. WTF. Look, I love my fiancé but my first reaction at seeing him after his actions (and his utter lack of genuine traumatic emotions) wouldn’t be to tearlessly coddle him. And call him “Baby” in such a sweet affection way. I’m sorry but I’d be so devastated and angry. That I’d be crying and screaming, not calmly asking him “Did you say to much? … “Can we have more kids?” I’d be flipping out and crying and probably saying things I’d later regret if it had been truly an accident. Her demeanor was just as off as his. Thoroughly disgusted by both of them.

[@Riina77]

It's never an accident. You do not forget your child. Ever. Things like these are always murder.

[@TreesRgreen123]

I'm sure all the other colleagues in his father's place of work will never forgive themselves either as God knows how many people walked past that car oblivious to the fact that a child was dying inside and they didn't know. If only somebody had of spotted him before it was too late.

[@mikejorsch304]

There was a video of when he came back from lunch he passed a co worker then he watched him to make sure he didnt look in his car

[@jodyreeves4869]

To many questions about this case. I don’t believe what he says. Poor child

[@emilyk2244]

A case in my hometown, same thing. A woman went to work, even went and got lunch in the car with a dead or dying baby. not even a trial, they let her go.

[@axemangang1584]

That's why people keep doing it. Court systems failures.

[@kimberleeswisher3414]

Life isn't getting the Important credit and respect that it deserves. The Earth Isn't getting the credit and respect that it deserves. God Isn't getting the credit and respect that HE Deserves. ✝️

[@mulliganstew72]

She was on Oprah wasn’t she? I couldn’t believe they let her off… And Oprah was commiserating with her as if what she did was justifiable. She just had a lot on her mind… husband was supportive too…!!?? The whole thing is/was Disgusting.Then there’s some stupid Psychobabble BS term coined “forgotten baby syndrome”. Mind blowing.

[@emilyk2244]

@@mulliganstew72 omg i didnt know that. Wonder if its the one in my area

[@kimberleyheadland927]

Can’t believe that letting her go it’s disgusting

[@narnilawson869]

There’s no way you forget about your kid in a hot car....there’s really no way. And if your eye sight is that bad then you shouldn’t be driving at all.

[@ssuz3832]

Nothing will make me believe this man “forgot” his child for 7 hours . Nope no way In fact I think the wife was in on it but hey I’m a mother of 3 and a grandmother..

[@laur131306]

I've driven the same street to Paces Ferry from the same chick fi la many times and theres zero way he "forgot" sweet baby cooper. My daughter and cooper were the same age when he passed and I remember knowing that drive exactly and how a baby coopers age is in a backseat and knew this perverted creep was lying and guilty. Rest in peace sweet little Cooper 😔

[@esthergonzales257]

They should've filed charges on the mother too not just the father they way she talked to him as if she was in it also she was so calm she knew what her husband was gonna do. That poor handsome baby didn't deserve to die like that. RIP beautiful little angel of God you're in heaven with the rest of God's little angels.

[@chellesama8256]

If it was the say too much part, it helps to know that he had a history of, shall we say, embellishing his stories. A lot. Like, A LOT.

[@elainepeckham6098]

I would have been furious with my husband if he'd done that. Certainly wouldn't have hugged him immediately

[@hillarybillary21]

“Do you think we’ll have more kids?” Ok, case closed.

[@Kimmy234L]

To make matters worse, his conviction for murdering his son, has now been overturned 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@ann-mariepaliukenas19]

Oh 😩

[@Dwayne-Mobile1]

They both planned it!

[@JOHNNYSGIRL1960]

I totally agree!

[@carliemcarthur5396]

The mom was too calm. She didn’t even lose her cool. I would’ve freaked out. Not necessarily at my husband….if it really was an accident he would already feel like dying himself. But she didn’t even question him, cry, shake, bawl…NOTHING. It sounded like he had wrecked the family car, not kill their son!

[@kimmyceeisme]

@@carliemcarthur5396 not in the pieced together video. But oh she definitely did. The things she said in the interview room alone with Ross were odd as heck for sure! But she was genuinely in shock. She loved her baby and had nothing to do with this sick heinous planned murder by her now ex husband.

[@christopherritter6581]

Agreed

[@rachealmurphy6715]

Agreed

[@eh-i1841]

I’ve just seen,that in 2022,he had his conviction reversed,and I don’t know why.I’m absolutely dumbfounded.

[@Sleepysteff.]

I don't have kids, but if I did, this wouldn't have happened. If I didn't drop my child off at daycare before I went to work, I'd call my boss and tell them I'm late. And if my partner had killed my child like he did, I'd flip on my partner. I might have been arrested for attempted murder.

[@MaryBruflat]

It still escapes me how any parent can forget their baby or toddler in a car. I have a 5 yr old son and a 3 month old lil baby girl and I think about the both of them all the time. To forget your own baby for hours and hours is just sick and tragically sad. Blows my mind!!!

[@frangardner6865]

What a terrible person! His wife was weird too! Poor little boy!

[@kmitch1187]

Sicko that's all I can say.

[@PhoenIXPhantasies]

There was a woman who heard voices for years. She didn't get the right help even though she had been asking for it. So one day these voices told her to drive into people. She was so saddened by her own actions that, even though she wasn't going to be charged with murder, she wanted those charges. That's what feeling guilty and sad about your actions really looks like! This "dad" doesn't feel any guilt or remorse for what he did.

[@nikkikidd8428]

I have always been uncertain about this case. Like when you consider how supportive and understanding his wife was, why wouldn’t he just get a divorce instead of killing his son? And being a single dad is actually something that a lot of women would find very appealing. But when you factor in his other crimes he really does need to be locked up so maybe the jury had a lot more evidence that made them find him guilty then what is generally available to the public.

[@gala_pi]

His wife did not want the kid either. That was the problem. The kid was a problem to both of them. No one wanted him. Thus her calmness and question "did you say too much ?". That was all planned verbally before between them. Wife gets off the hook..

[@sugarbear1965]

Look at the evidence!!!

[@nikkikidd8428]

@@gala_pi hmm I never even considered that. You have a valid point. I was definitely confused by her reaction. I did see a interview with her and she came across as sincere but that was at least a year or two after the fact so she seemed legit but realizing her reaction was way too calm only hours after finding out her son was left in a car for hours, suffering a long painful death, makes everything she said feel wrong.

[@nikkikidd8428]

@@sugarbear1965 geez sorry for living. What is wrong with asking questions?

[@Claireg29]

I’m lost for words :( can’t begin to imagine what that poor baby went through in that car

[@awyarekondoya]

Even if it were an accident... I believe I personally would feel so responsible that I would want to face the consequences. I just can't imagine being free to live my life after my child lost their life in such an awful way because of something I did.

[@lillycasey5447]

Ive just watched the trial and this is just heartbreaking that poor little boy how he suffered doesnt bare thinking about this was no accident he is a monster and now rotting in prison

[@sarabarnes85]

Wow she don't even seem upset that her baby's dead.

[@vc9482]

I bet you everyone they encountered that morning thought what a lucky guy to have such a sweet precious son. He had the whole world in his hands.

[@CountsMula]

"Why me? My life. Is over"..don't even care about his son ...

[@nancyecuer402]

This guy was so disgusting.

[@thelewisfamily7044]

I remember when this happened and immediately thinking something isn't right. That poor baby deserves so much more.