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    Georgia dad guilty of murder in son's hot car death

    BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A jury in Georgia on Monday found Justin Ross Harris guilty of murder in the 2014 death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper.

    Harris, 35, was accused of intentionally locking Cooper inside a hot car for seven hours. On that same day, Harris was sexting with six women, including one minor, according to phone records.

    In addition to three counts of murder, Harris was found guilty of two counts of cruelty to children related to Cooper's death, and guilty of three counts relating to his electronic exchanges of lewd material with two underage girls.

    The Glynn County jury of six men and six women deliberated for 21 hours over the course of four days. Jurors considered the testimony of 70 witnesses and 1,150 pieces of evidence, including the Hyundai Tucson in which Cooper died in a suburban Atlanta parking lot.

    ...It was June 18, 2014, when Harris, then 33, strapped his son into a rear-facing car seat and drove from their Marietta, Georgia, home to Chick-fil-A for breakfast, then to The Home Depot corporate headquarters, where he worked. Instead of dropping Cooper off at daycare, testimony revealed Harris left him in the car all day while he was at work.

    Sometime after 4 p.m. that day, as Harris drove to a nearby theater to see a movie, he noticed his son was still in the car. He pulled into a shopping center parking lot and pulled Cooper's lifeless body from the SUV. Witnesses said he appeared distraught and was screaming...

    http://myfox8.com/2016/11/14/jury-fi...hot-car-death/

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    Frozen Chosen A.J.'s Avatar
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    I can't imagine what those babies go through, dying in the heat like that.

    The article says he was found guilty of 3 counts of murder. Why 3?

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    Quote Originally Posted by A.J. View Post
    I can't imagine what those babies go through, dying in the heat like that.
    Ya know, I've wondered about that too, Sis.

    I choose to believe that God immediately allows their little spirits to return to Him, and they really don't suffer, because only their "shells" are left any way.

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    The article does not mention this but I recall reading that from his house to Chick Fil A Harris had to pass the Daycare implying there was no way he 'forgot' to drop him off...leaving chick fil A where they were seen on video interacting...and then for him to leave there and go straight to work....there was ZERO way this man 'forgot' this child..

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    Quote Originally Posted by A.J. View Post
    The article says he was found guilty of 3 counts of murder. Why 3?
    I wondered too and found this:

    https://www.facebook.com/fox5atlanta...54012074535823


    Don't know if most of you remember but we had some big discussions about it on our first forum when all this was breaking news. At that time his wife was supporting his innocence but I see they're divorced now:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...s-defense.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by krystian View Post
    I wondered too and found this:

    https://www.facebook.com/fox5atlanta...54012074535823


    Don't know if most of you remember but we had some big discussions about it on our first forum when all this was breaking news. At that time his wife was supporting his innocence but I see they're divorced now:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...s-defense.html
    There was also speculation at the beginning of her involvement...

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