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>> what i wanted to hear most is, you know, we can bring cooper back. you cant get that from it though. >> reporter: three weeks later, a judge sentenced ross harris to life in prison. >> sentence of the court is life to serve in confinement without parole. >> reporter: his defense team has already filed an appeal, arguing among other things that the judge never should have allowed all that testimony about sex into the murder trial. and the defense says inaccurate information released early on a...

Forum for people interested in living a child-free life. a monstrous pore tras was emerging. but even after weighing all the allegations, ross friends were still convinced he never meant to hurt cooper. did you ever hear ross get frustrated with cooper? >> no. >> reporter: treat him like he was a burden at times? >> no. >> reporter: because you know there are times when kids can get on our nerves. >> no. no. there are times when you definitely need a break. okay? but he loved that boy. >> report...

That little casket. you know? >> reporter: katie says the family grieved in full view of the media. >> i felt like it was a circus and we were the monkeys. everybody was watching us. >> reporter: police were watching, too. prosecutor susan treadway. >> we have to see whats out there. we have to review all of the evidence. we have to see where it leads us. >> reporter: investigators pulled surveillance video from the chick-fil-a restaurant where ross said he took cooper for breakfast. there they ...

Couch and ross is just goofing around with him and get on the floor with him. and its hilarious. >> any extra thing that cooper could do, any milestone that he hit, he would share it with everyone. one of the conversations i had with ross, he said that it was so cool that cooper knew his name. and he said, and he loves to yell it at me. so instead of saying dad. he would just go ross. and he would yell ross at him all the time. >> reporter: it was ross who took cooper to day care most mornings. ...

>> because hes a massive dork. >> reporter: billy says ross was a lot of fun to be around. he remembers one beach holiday in particular. >> ross took his guitar and, like, walked up to people on the beach and started conversations because thats who he is. >> reporter: was he playing for them, too? >> he was. they didnt ask him to. but he was playing. settle down when he met his wife, leanna. she encouraged him to get his college degree. his cousin katie, who quickly became leannas best friend to...

Secrets to be revealed? >> yes, maam. termites, feasting on homes 24/7. were on the move. roger. hey rick, all good? oh yeah, were good. were good. termites never stop trying to get in, we never stop working to keep them out. terminix. defenders of home. the day after coopers death, ross harris sat in the cobb county jail. his family and friends were in here, it all starts with a simple...

They charged him in the death of his son. the father may have been negligent in forgetting cooper was in the car, but were his actions intentional? here again is andrea canning. >> reporter: the day after coopers death ross harris sat in the cobb county jail. his family and friends were in shock. billy was a paul bearer at coopers funeral. >> have to carry that -- that little casket, you know. >> katie says the family grieved in full view of the media. >> i felt like it was a circus and we were ...

Parking lot. a call for help over the radio. child not breathing. he had been found in the back seat of a hot car. every year an average of 37 children die from heat stroke after being forgotten or left behind in cars in the heat of the sun and parents pay the ultimate price for lives that are busy, distracted, sometimes overwhelming. police werent able to save 22-month-old cooper harris is 2014 and his death in a hot car made headlines nationwide. >> new details in a tragic case weve been follo...

Authorities were not convinced. they charged him in the death of his son. the father may have been negligent in forgetting cooper was in the car, but were his actions intentional? here again is andrea canning. >> reporter: the day after coopers death ross harris sat in the cobb county jail. his family and friends were in shock. billy was a paul bearer at coopers funeral. >> have to carry that -- that little casket, you know. >> katie says the family grieved in full view of the media. >> i felt l...

Ross harris, the man whose ex-wife says never met a stranger, was about to have his future decided by 12 of them. how were you all feeling as the jury went out to deliberate? >> i didnt think there was any chance of them coming back with guilty on anything that had to do with cooper. >> reporter: ross cousin katie said nothing she had seen at trial had swayed her belief in ross innocence. >> you could hold a gun to my head and tell me that i had to say that ross hurt cooper on purpose, and it wi...