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Witnesses wound up vouching for ross as a good dad. a teacher from cooper's 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 kind of thing. >> reporter: but the woman who should have known ross harris best was about to take ...

With her instead of being at home with you and cooper? >> i didn't 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 believed that what happened to cooper was a mistake, not a crime. and now she was ready to walk away...

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' defense team says the entire case against him was outrageous, built on evidence that was twisted by pros...

A call for help has come over the radio. "child not breathing." he'd 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 weren't 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 we've been following, the death of a georgia toddler. >> reporter: but there was something different about coop...

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 women were causing a distraction for ross, which then led to what happened versus that the women wer...