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>> 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 car seat. >> i gave him a kiss. he gave me a kiss. what i...

>> 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. >> how do you feel about your ex-husband? >> he ruine...

One message in particular said it all. just minutes before ross 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 agains...

Us. >> reporter: investigators pulled surveillance video from the chick-fil-a restaurant where ross said he took cooper for breakfast. there they were, father and son. >> nothing really seems out of the ordinary. i mean, this looks like a father and son grabbing breakfast. it doesn't look like a child killer waiting to carry out his crime. >> i would say completely to the contrary. i looked at the video, and when i first saw it and i thought it seemed very out of the ordinary. in particular, the way that he was introducing cooper to some of the workers there. and how they eventually described ...

Here with the conclusion to our story is andrea kane. >> reporter: 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 didn't 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 will never come out of my mouth....