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One of the parents had the same thought..

"Another man, wanting to end things quickly, tried to wrestle a gun from a police officer at the scene. "

From the article^

New turn for this case...
'The father of a toddler who died after being left in a hot car for eight hours had previously searched online for how long it would take an animal to die in similar conditions, it is alleged.

Justin Ross Harris, 33, has been charged with murder and cruelty to children in the second degree, following the death of his 22-month-old son Cooper.

Mr Harris denies the charges. He told police that he accidentally left Cooper in the car last Wednesday (June 18), after forgetting to drop him off at daycare.'

http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2014/06/...ncid=webmail12

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Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 6986014)

Disgusting human being.

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Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 6986014)

That is horrific, Kizzy.

I really feel for the parents who genuinely forgot about the child as things like this will just make people look at all the cases in a different light.

Dad deliberately left son to die in hot car

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A “loving” father faces a potential death sentence after being accused of murdering his 22-month-old son by deliberately leaving him strapped in the back of his car and baking him to death.

Justin Ross Harris told police he had forgotten to take Cooper to day care - instead accidentally leaving him buckled in his car seat while he went to work. But police have charged the 33-year-old with murder after discovering he previously carried out internet searches on ways to kill a child and advice on how to survive life in prison.

Since his arrest, the story has gripped America but yesterday the case took an astonishing twist after a court heard more details about the father-of-one’s secret double life. Cooper was left in the car for more than seven hours enduring heat in excess of 36c on June 18 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The father had earlier been for breakfast with his son leaving the restaurant at 9.19am before then locking him inside just six minutes later as he started his shift at DIY chain Home Depot’s administrative offices. Police told the court Cooper’s rear facing child seat was in the middle of the back seat of Harris’s Hyundai Tucson, a small SUV, which was only about “six inches from his head” as he drove. Harris returned to the car at lunchtime to place a bag of light bulbs he had just purchased inside, before going back into his workplace. However despite opening the front door he claims he still did not realise his son was inside.

On Thursday, a judge heard the probable cause case against Harris during which it was it was revealed he and his wife Leanna were struggling financially. Cobb County Chief Magistrate Frank Cox was told the couple had taken out two life insurance policies on their son, one for $25,000 (£14,500)and the other more recently for $2,000 (£1,170).

However, the packed courtroom was left aghast when details of Harris’s personal were laid bare. Detective Phil Stoddard revealed the dad, who sat in the court shackled in an orange prison jump suit, had been found sexting six women , including a teenager, sending and receiving explicit texts - some including nude images - from work while Cooper lay dying in the car.

Leanna had told police as well as suffering money issues due to her husband’s spending they were also no longer intimate. Although she has not been charged with any offence her behaviour has also been questioned by police. She had gone to pick up their son at day care but was told by workers her husband had never dropped the boy off.

Upon hearing this, police said, Leanna became calm and said her husband “must have left him in the car.” After Harris has been questioned at the police station investigators say she asked her husband: “Did you say too much?”

However, the most damming claims by police involved Harris’s use of the internet. Before Cooper’s death he had visited the entertainment and news website Reddit visiting one page called “child-free”. It detailed the benefits of living without kids. But five days before their son died, Harris twice viewed a video of a vet demonstrating the dangers of leaving someone or something inside a hot car. He also looked at footage of people dying - by suicide or execution. According to police he later searched for ‘how to survive in prison’, according to searches of his laptop.

Rest of the article: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...eaving-3810375

how could someone do that to their own child :sad:

Lily made a thread on this I think, shocking twist :(

awful evil man ugh ugh ugh

Disgusting. Hope he rots.

What a monster. I hope he doesn't get the death sentence though, send him to the worst prison possible with a life sentence without parole.

What a horrific thing to do to a child, your own child. He doesn't deserve the death sentence. He needs to be locked up in a hellhole until the day he dies.

He needs to be placed in a cage in the middle of the desert,let him bake !!

Good god....I have no words for this. Horrific

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Originally Posted by Kazanne (Post 7016857)

He needs to be placed in a cage in the middle of the desert,let him bake !!

Agreed!

Oh so it was deliberate :(

what the actual ****
how could you do this to your son

It was initially thought to have been a 'mistake'.

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/foru...098&highlight=

One of the worst parts of this is that it DOES happen accidentally, its a very real thing. Obviously this monster knew that and had read about it and tried to use that to get away with murdering his own son. And now, if (when) this tragedy occurs to some other family in future, because of this man, the parents will immediately be viewed with suspicion that it was deliberate. I wouldn't be surprised if past cases that were ruled accidental are looked at again - at least "unofficially" with people being freshly judged.

I just can't comprehend this. I know that being a parent is hard. I'd even go so far as to say that on the worst days I can understand that feeling of wishing I'd never had kids! Though it's always fleeting. But why would anyone do this? Even if they really, truly no longer wanted to be a parent? It's abhorrent to walk away from your kids but when it comes down to it, you CAN. You can just leave. Many people do. You don't have to rob them of their chance at life??

The money / insurance aspects make this all the more horrifying. And such small, meaningless amounts too. Not that any amount justifies it, obviously. but a few thousand dollars? That's the value of a while future of possibilities?

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Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 7017394)

It was initially thought to have been a 'mistake'.

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/foru...098&highlight=

That's a different case I think

This is honestly disgusting. I feel sick that someone could even do that to their own son. I hope he gets the maximum sentence that he could possibly get. Evil man.

This whole case makes me feel sick.. I can't believe someone could be so callous..

i think the wife was in on it as well