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Morning Cup of Murder

A Fathers Choices - June 18 2023

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

June 18th: Cooper Harris Killed (2014) A murder case isn’t always black and white. On June 18th 2014 a young boy lost his life in a case that has many wondering if it was murder, or one big terrible accident.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Cooper_Harris, https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/justin-ross-harris-court-to-hear-appeal-of-man-convicted-in-sons-hot-car-death, https://www.artsatl.org/fatal-distraction-views-justin-ross-harris-child-death-case-with-a-different-lens/, https://www.foxnews.com/us/justin-ross-harris-georgia-convicted-baby-hot-car-death-supreme-court, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3823850/Police-photographer-describes-horrific-scene-hot-car-death-22-month-old-Cooper-jury-Justin-Ross-Harris-trial.html, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3823850/Police-photographer-describes-horrific-scene-hot-car-death-22-month-old-Cooper-jury-Justin-Ross-Harris-trial.html, https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/justin-ross-harris-denied-new-trial/L5EBNBIIWZGF5ENRKAIAIQFMGU/, https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-news/lawyer-argues-justin-ross-harris-wrongly-convicted-in-hot-car-case/VIKLC5LOTRBLLAIUUFG72FIOOA/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:12.9

A cop of murder.

0:14.5

A murder case isn't always black and white.

0:18.3

On June 18, 2014, a young boy lost his life in a case that has many wondering

0:23.9

if it was murder or one big, terrible accident. So if you like your coffee hot but your bones

0:31.4

chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder. On June 18th, 2014, in Vining's Georgia, a man named Justin Ross Harris, who goes by Ross,

0:44.2

packed up his 22-month-old son Cooper and secured him in his car seat with plans to drop him off

0:49.1

at daycare on his way to work. Before they parted ways, Ross took the toddler to get some breakfast less than a mile

0:55.9

away from his office, arriving at about 8.47 a.m. Ross parked his Hyundai, Tucson at the Home Depot

1:03.4

office where he worked and walked in at 9.25 a.m. to begin his job. At lunchtime, around 12.30 p.m., he was picked up from work by two of his

1:13.7

friends to get some lunch at a nearby publics, and the trio stopped at a hardware store on the

1:18.9

way to pick up some light bulbs. They then brought Ross back to his office. He opened up his car

1:24.8

and dropped the purchase inside.

1:36.9

Somehow he didn't notice anything was amiss until 4.16 p.m. when approximately seven hours after he arrived at work that morning,

1:42.8

he returned to his car to head off to the local AMC movie theater to see a movie with his friends.

1:47.3

After driving for a bit, he suddenly pulled over to an outdoor shopping mall and, in front of a gathering crowd, pulled his son's lifeless body from his car

1:54.1

seat and began performing CPR. Ross, you see, never dropped Cooper off at daycare, meaning the young boy had been in the summer heat, about 92 degrees that day, tethered to his car seat, all alone for seven hours.

2:11.4

Ross, who peaked in his car to drop off those bulbs and claimed he did not notice his son in his rear-facing car seat,

2:18.1

told responding police officers this entire thing was one tragic accident, claiming he forgot his

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