Purposely Left Son in Hot Car?! *SHOCKING* Case of Ross & Cooper Harris
Hot On The Case
Breanna Heim
5 • 714 Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
In this week's investigation, we dive into the heartbreaking and controversial case of Ross and Cooper Harris. On June 18, 2014, Ross Harris left his 22-month-old son, Cooper, in a hot car, leading to the tragic death of the toddler. Was it a tragic accident or something much darker? In this episode, we break down the details of the case, the investigation, and the emotional trial that followed. We examine the evidence, the accusations, and the potential motivations behind Ross Harris' actions.Join us as we explore one of the most heart-wrenching true crime stories of recent years, and try to uncover what really happened to little Cooper Harris.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome back to another episode of Hot on the Case. If this is your first time ever |
| 0:05.2 | joining us for an investigation here at Hot in the Case, we talk all things true crime |
| 0:10.0 | with the focus on the unsolved and unexplained. If mysteries are your thing, please consider |
| 0:15.5 | following the show, whether you're watching on YouTube or listening on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:20.4 | And if you're a returning |
| 0:21.7 | subscriber, thank you so much for being here. This week's investigation is going to be a little |
| 0:26.5 | bit different and it's definitely going to be a hard watch. We're discussing a toddler who |
| 0:31.5 | slowly passed away after being left in his father's car in the Georgia summer heat for over seven hours. |
| 0:40.3 | Was the death of 22-month-old Cooper Harris a terrible tragic accident, or is there something far |
| 0:47.3 | more sinister at play here? His own father was accused of something so brutal, so unspeakable, purposely leaving his baby in a hot car |
| 0:58.6 | so he could live a child-free life. My name is Brianna and I'm hot in the case. |
| 1:10.0 | A hot car for four hours. Five hours. For 16 hours. Really an unspeakable tragedy out here at the shopping mall on Acresville Road near highway. |
| 1:19.6 | In many cases, these deaths seem to be the cause of a parent in a morning fog, forgetting a daycare drop, and that their child is still in the car when they |
| 1:28.4 | park at work. |
| 1:29.0 | Investigators say the mom forgot her daughter was in the car while she went to work. |
| 1:33.4 | It's a tragedy, so unthinkable, it's hard for most people to comprehend. |
| 1:37.5 | Normal, loving, caring parents, forgetting that their child is in the back seat and leaving |
| 1:43.1 | them to die a terrible death in a hot car. |
| 1:46.5 | It happens more times than you would think. |
| 1:48.9 | Over 900 children have perished this way in the United States since the 1990s. |
| 1:55.8 | On average, 38 children die every single year from this. |
| 2:00.5 | This episode is brought to you by SimpliSafe. |
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