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The most common term would be sexting. >> reporter: stunning claims of raunchy text messages, suspicious internet searches, and a plan to kill his son. >> evidence is showing us right now that he's got this whole second life that he's living with alternate personalities and alternate personas. >> reporter: harris sat shackled and sullen as detective phil stoddard detailed x-rated messages allegedly exchanged the day cooper died, including with a then 16-year-old girl. >> were photos being sent back and forth between these women and the defendant during this day when the hild child's out in the...

To iraq, executions, those type of videos. >> my panel of experts is back. we were just hearing about harris' computer searches. he was researching people who were dying, seemed to be obsessed with death in a way. he also searched about child-free life. do these searches hold up in court? >> first that question, yes. as long as this evidence -- it's like any other evidence. it's like a letter. as long as it's authenticated, as long as it's relevant, and as long as it's accurate, an accurate representation of what the defendant actually did, it will come in. the question is whether or not it sh...

Will be sitting there, developing a relationship and a bond with the jury, who may end up being sympathetic because they've gotten to know this person. >> is this the next big trial in america? >> sure looks like it. it's got all the hallmarks. it's got -- obviously so wrenching. the death of a child. i think it touches us so meaningfully. that's why to a certain extent we have to reflect, we look at ourselves, we look at the times where we have the impulse to leave our child in the car. maybe we didn't, maybe we just ran an errand, stuff like that. it's got all of the things that make us comp...

And i think all the media coverage has really been slanted against this father. a lot of the people are very, very suspicious of this father, especially with all the facts that are coming out. so it's important for us to hear from the family and friends who will all say that he is a great father, he's always been a stable father, but of course all of these details that we're hearing about really confounding things here. >> the court hearing for justin ross harris was full of stunning details. sexting, financial issues, troubling web searches just part of the new evidence that was presented in ...

In the car seat, the top of the mannequin's head was still visible, given this was a smaller mannequin. why is that significant? it's all evidence that this could not have been a mistake, and rather, it goes to his intent. the other evidence, the sexting, the internet searches, those largely go to motive. which, although it's evidence of intent, by itself it's not intent. it's actually evidence that the defense attorney argued, and i think there was some support for this, that it was improper character evidence. but reasonable minds could easily differ and the judge erred on the side of lettin...