Learn about careers at Cox Media Group. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. The wife of the Atlanta-area dad charged with killing their toddler son by locking him in a sweltering SUV has filed for divorce. I saw a grieving mother, a woman with a hole in her heart that will never heal, she says. We had no ideawhat we were walking into.. 2022 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Taylors 20/20 interview airs Friday (10 p.m. I dont have peace about what happened at all. I think theres a lot of things that need to be said, she told Petchenik. Justin Ross Harris is accused of leaving his 22-month-old son Cooper to die in a scorching hot SUV on June 18 Wife Leanna hasn't been charged but there are growing suspicions over her odd. She was like, Hes not here. I didnt know what to think.. The Cobb County District Attorneys Office plans to file a motion for the court to reconsider its ruling, the office said in a statement Wednesday. The answer is no. After finding out the extent of his infidelity, Taylor, who was married to Harris from 2006 to 2016, divorced him. It says that as prosecutors painted Harris as a man who "intentionally and maliciously" abandoned his child to die in the summer heat, they also "presented a substantial amount of evidence to lead the jury to answer a different and more legally problematic question: what kind of man is (Harris)?". Corky Siemaszko is a senior reporter for NBC News Digital. I don't care what your opinion is of me! If somebody had asked me the day before this happened, How would you react if this happened to you? My explanation of how I would have reacted and the reality of how I actually reacted would have been completely opposite.. Leanna is expected to testify for the defense as early as next week. There was no evidence in our relationship that suggested that he would harm anyone, much less his own son.. Hes seen as a child that wasnt loved and wasnt wanted. CNN Georgia's highest court has overturned the murder conviction of Justin Ross Harris, the Cobb County father sentenced to life without parole for the 2014 hot-car death of his. It never crossed my mind that Ross had done it on purpose. A jury in Glynn County, located on the Georgia coast about 60 miles south of Savannah, spent about a month listening to evidence in the case and deliberated for four days before finding Harris guilty of all eight counts against him. It triggered in my mind how he knew that language. The next place my brain went was, Well, maybe Ross left him at home, like, maybe he just forgot to take him to daycare. he could be a forgetful person., When a detective told her later that day that her son was dead, Taylor said she felt numb.. "At first vote, all 12 [jurors] leaned toward guilty. Harris' wife, Leanna Taylor, eventually filed for divorce. There was evidence in our relationship that would suggest that he would be capable of being unfaithful to me, she said. We've received your submission. He was a very happy little boy. Wake up! By using this website, you accept the terms of our Visitor Agreement and Privacy Policy, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices. Authorities ruled that Cooper died of hyperthermia. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspapers Breakdown podcast. First published on June 22, 2022 / 11:06 AM. This does happen. Taylor told Robach on GMA that Harris has since apologized to her for not protecting our son that day. Since the funeral, Taylor said she has been the target of horrific bullying, both in person and online. Ross Harris (FOX 5) Harris moved from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Atlanta in 2012 to work as a web developer for The Home Depot. She was in no way involved in a conspiracy with her husband.. Justin Ross Harris' murder conviction in his son's hot-car death - CNN But Harris has not been charged with a crime. Our website services, content and products are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. It was very difficult, she said. Leanna Taylor told the jury how doctors discovered Harris had. Justin Ross Harris' conviction has been overturned. It was in June 2014, when Taylor's entire life changed after her then-husband, Justin Ross Harris, left their son Cooperbuckled in his rear-facing car seat in the back of an SUV parked outside of his father's place of work at a Home Depot corporate office in Marietta, Ga. Cooper spent seven hours locked in the car before he eventually died of hyperthermia. Sometimes you have these gut instincts that something isnt quite right and I had those over times. I knew my husband. They alsoclaimed that heexchanged sexual text messages with six different womenon the day his son died. She said every single day is hard, but especially the summertime., Every time she has to open her car door in the Alabama heat, and feels the inside of her vehicle, its a constant reminder of her son. For him to be in that state was very hard to see.. People coming to the door. Its hard enough to lose your child, but then to have people think that you didnt love him and that you didnt want him, thats something that should never be added to the equation of having to bury your baby.. The wording he used caught my attention. During his trial, investigators alleged Harris had exchanged sexual text messages with several women on the day his son died and had visited prostitutes while married, one of whom testified against him. Defense attorneys described him as a loving father and said the boys death was a tragic accident. In a stunning move, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to reverse 41-year-old Justin Ross Harris convictions related to the death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper. The justices all agreed that there was sufficient evidence to support Harris convictions, but the 134-page majority opinion written by Chief Justice David Nahmias says that much of the evidence having to do with Harris extramarital affairs and sexting obsession should not have been admitted and may have improperly swayed the jury. Among other oddities, Stoddard said Coopers mother, Leanna, never asked to see his body. The Georgia Supreme Court overturned a 2014 conviction in a high-profile hot car tragedy. "I know in my heart I didn't have anything to do with it.". So, when you have something like that and you have the things we encountered as far as her behaviors and things wed found in the investigation, of course were also going to investigate that because weve got the death of a 22-month-old child in the most horrific way, he said. Three were unsure completely and wanted to review more evidence," Parish said of the deliberation process. 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