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And there was something else investigators found interesting about ross' route that day. it's how quickly he would have forgotten cooper if it happened the way he said. we decided to retrace ross' route that day. we're 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 ross had to make a decision. going left would have taken him to cooper's day care. going straight o...

This wasn't happening. because once she goes inside, you know, there's an empty bedroom where cooper's supposed to be. >> reporter: an empty crib? >> there's his toys, his pictures. it's not real if she doesn't go inside. >> reporter: katie says leanna was numb without her child and her husband. did she go through that emotion at any point, i'm angry at you? how could you do this? >> i don't know that she was ever angry at him. >> reporter: because you go through that scenario as a parent, what if my spouse did this? would i be able to understand? >> but she's such a composed woman. and her fa...

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 cooper's day care and being told he wasn't there. >> she said, he didn't come today. and i just kind of went into a panic. i didn't know what to do. i was just -- it didn't make sense. cooper was supposed to be at day care. i was supposed to be the one to pick him up. it didn't make sense. t...

Through this man's 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 wouldn't 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 cooper's car seat was just inches from the driver's seat. and when they looked at surveillance video from ross' work parking lot,...

>> 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 or three times a month together. >> reporter: after they ate, ross said he strapped cooper into his ...