Hey everybody welcome back to cold case murder mysteries. I'm your host Ryan Kraus

descending into the sewer system of society for a journey through the sludge of

sociopathy otherwise known affectionately as antisocial personality disorder

and the profoundly deleterious effect upon the logic of individuals operating under its influence

within a family structure.

In this case, our subject is none other than Justin Ross Harris, a 36-year-old father who infamously left his 22-month-old son, Cooper, strapped

into a car seat in his Hyundai Tucson on June 18, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia, with the windows up causing death by hyperthermia.

And while there's no question as to the fact this situation is a terrible tragedy, the question

at hand is whether that tragedy is one born of a father making a simple

common mistake that led to irreconcilable loss for which we should extend our empathy.

Or if the circumstance in hand suggests something different.

Is the real tragedy here, the fact that Justin Ross Harris was mired in a committed family life

that didn't meet his social standards and was looking

for an easy way out that ultimately caused him to be put behind bars for the rest of his life?

The answer to this question does not lie within the confines of intuition.

Yet this case is bogged down by extensive employment of the He-Wad-Never complex,

a defense that indulges the perception of character rather than rigid behavioral patterns

that can be quantified and qualified in a way that paints a clear picture.

We do this because the sociopath follows very particular patterns of logic and does not adhere to decisions

based in character.

What I mean is that the sociopath, when getting what he or she wants, is not forced to lie

or take actions above and beyond their normal routine to get

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