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Witnesses wound up vouching for ross as a good dad. a teacher from coopers day care. >> he would just spend quality time with him interacting with him doing the activities. >> reporter: and some of those women who testified for the prosecution about sexting with ross? even they agreed he seemed to love his kid. >> what would he say about his son? >> that he was great, and that he loved his son. >> he just talked about how much he loved him and how he would never do anything to hurt him and that ...

With her instead of being at home with you and cooper? >> i didnt know that. >> reporter: humiliating as it was, she stuck it out for nearly two days of testimony. >> that woman had every reason in the world to hate ross harris. and despite all of that, despite all of that, she was willing to come testify for him because she knew what the truth was. >> reporter: and then, in his final question to leanna, ross attorney wanted to make something clear. leanna was there for one reason only -- she be...

Strapped cooper into his car seat for the last time, he messaged a woman on an anonymous app called whisper. he typed this. "i love my son and all, but we both need escapes." >> honestly, it sent chills down our spines knowing we were in the head of a murderer. >> reporter: nonsense, according to the defense. >> if he is in the throes of committing a heinous murder, is he really going to announce that by texting it through this application right in the middle of doing it? >> reporter: ross defen...

A call for help has come over the radio. "child not breathing." hed been found in the back seat of a hot car. every year an average of 37 children die from heatstroke 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 a few years ago, and his death in hot car made headlines nationwide. >> new details in a tragic case weve been fol...

A woman ross had said he was in love with. another women he met at his home. >> we had sex. >> reporter: and a prostitute. >> did you actually engage in sexual acts with him back in may of -- >> yes, on three different occasions. >> reporter: this witness is one of the six women ross was communicating with the day he says he forgot about cooper. >> and at 5:46 a.m., within 17 seconds of your messages, did he respond? >> he did. >> reporter: did you have to consider the fact that maybe all these ...

And there was something else investigators found interesting about ross route that day. its how quickly he would have forgotten cooper if it happened the way he said. we decided to retrace ross route that day. were making a right out of the chick-fil-a parking lot and we have to cross a lane of traffic just as ross did to get to this u-turn right here. he made this u-turn very quickly and then headed toward this intersection up here. and this is a critical intersection coming up. it was here ros...

This wasnt happening. because once she goes inside, you know, theres an empty bedroom where coopers supposed to be. >> reporter: an empty crib? >> theres his toys, his pictures. its not real if she doesnt go inside. >> reporter: katie says leanna was numb without her child and her husband. did she go through that emotion at any point, im angry at you? how could you do this? >> i dont know that she was ever angry at him. >> reporter: because you go through that scenario as a parent, what if my sp...

Videos of his son at snack time. you want it? >> yeah. >> did ross love his little boy? >> yes, he did. very much. >> did you ever see ross express anger or hatred or malice toward his son ever? >> no, never. >> reporter: then came that terrible day. the courtroom was silent as leanna described arriving at coopers day care and being told he wasnt there. >> she said, he didnt come today. and i just kind of went into a panic. i didnt know what to do. i was just -- it didnt make sense. cooper was s...

Through this mans mind, but i do know that i have five children and i forget things in an instant. it just happens. is it fair to say, oh, he wouldnt be able to forget something so fast? >> this is something that if you look at it alone, can somebody forget something that fast? is it possible? yes. but then you look at the location of the car seat and all of the other factors together and that showed us that he could not have. >> reporter: investigators noted that coopers car seat was just inche...

>> ross, just kind of run me through your morning today. >> reporter: prosecutor chuck boring was brought into the investigation early on. >> i think the main goal in a case like this is to get a timeline of the events. >> reporter: ross told detectives the morning had begun like many others. leanna set off to work early. ross set out to take cooper to day care and decided to stop for breakfast at chick-fil-a near his office. >> and me and him do that at chick-fil-a in vinings approximately two ...