Sexting with several different women, one as young as 17-years-old, web searches regarding child deaths from heat exposure in vehicles, two life insurance policies on Cooper, and return trips to the hot SUV his son was strapped into, were only some of the things that came out in yesterday’s bond hearing for 33-year-old Justin Ross Harris.
While the death of a child is bad enough, Harris may also face the additional charges of felony sexual exploitation of a minor, and misdemeanor illegal contact with a minor, in regards to sexting with the 17-year-old girl in question.
When 22-month-old Cooper Harris died June 18, after being left in a sweltering hot SUV for seven-hours while his father was supposedly working, everyone was shocked and left with many questions.
Investigators of the child’s death also had questions. Especially after the initial investigation resulted in an arrest warrant for the father, charging him with Felony Murder and Cruelty to a Child, Second Degree.
After Harris’s arrest, according to a report by WXIA Channel 11 in Atlanta, search warrants were made for:
??a Dell Dimension 9200 Computer Tower from the Harris’s home, Google Chrome cast, a McBook Pro Laptop, a Lenovo T530 Think Pad taken from Justin Harris’s car, an Apple MacBook Pro, and iPhone and an iPad from the car.?
It is on some of these electronics that some of these disturbing facts were found. Here is a quote from a CNN report where Harris explains some of the damning evidence:
?During an interview with Justin, he stated that he recently researched, through the Internet, child deaths inside vehicles and what temperature it needs to be for that to occur,? according to a sworn statement in the warrant from a police officer. ?Justin stated that he was fearful that this could happen.?
With some supporters in attendance, the judge in yesterday’s hearing denied a $50,000 bond. He also ruled probable cause in the case. This means Harris will sit in jail as the case proceeds to a grand jury.
With the eerie resemblance to such child death cases as Casey Anthony’s, in terms of defense strategies, it will be interesting to say the least, how this case will play out.
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