2014 death of child left in car in Vinings, Georgia
Death of Cooper Harris
Location of Vinings in Cobb County, Georgia
Date
June 18, 2014 (2014-06-18)
Location
Vinings, Georgia, U.S.
Type
Hot car death, child death, sexual exploitation of children, child sexting
Deaths
Cooper Harris
Accused
Justin Ross Harris
Charges
Malice murder
Felony murder (2 counts)
First-degree cruelty to children
Second-degree cruelty to children
(Charges dropped in 2023)
Criminal attempt to commit a felony to commit sexual exploitation of children
Dissemination of harmful material to minors (2 counts)
(Charges stand)
Trial
October 3, 2016 – November 14, 2016
Verdict
Guilty (2016; Malice murder, Felony murder (2 counts), First-degree cruelty to children, and Second-degree cruelty to children.)
(Overturned in 2022)
Guilty (2016; Criminal attempt to commit to commit sexual exploitation of children and Dissemination of harmful material to minors (2 counts))
(Verdict stands)
Sentence
Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole plus 32 years (2016; overturned in 2022)
12 years in prison (2016)
Cooper Harris was a 22-month-old toddler who died of hyperthermia on June 18, 2014 in Vinings, Georgia. His father, Justin Ross Harris ("Ross"), had left him strapped in the rear-facing car seat of his SUV, where the toddler remained for approximately seven hours.[1] Ross was arrested and charged with his son's death, which he called a tragic accident.[2] After a jury trial that garnered national media attention, he was found guilty of malice murder and felony murder, among other charges, on November 14, 2016.[3][4] He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 32 years.[5][6] In 2021, the Harris case was the subject of a documentary, Fatal Distraction.[7]
On June 22, 2022, Ross's convictions of murder and cruelty relating to Harris were overturned by the Georgia Supreme Court, which concluded that he had not received a fair trial.[8][9][10] Ross remained convicted of felony attempt to commit sexual exploitation of children and dissemination of harmful material to minors.[11][12] In May 2023, prosecutors announced that he would not be retried on the murder and cruelty charges.[13]
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^Pearson, Michael (June 27, 2014). "5 key questions about Georgia toddler's hot-car death". CNN. Archived from the original on February 24, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
^Lance, Natisha (November 21, 2020). "'Fatal Distraction': Ross Harris documentary claims untold story about convicted father". 11Alive.
^"Justin Ross Harris' ex-wife Leanna Taylor still believes son's hot car death was a tragic accident". ABC News. February 16, 2017. Archived from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
^"Georgia dad Justin Harris convicted of murder in son's hot car death". NBC News. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
^Boone, Christian (December 5, 2016). "Justin Ross Harris sentenced to life in prison without parole". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on May 24, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
^Bugbee, Teo (December 8, 2021). "'Fatal Distraction' Review: Parents Go Through the Unthinkable". New York Times.
^"Georgia Supreme Court overturns Justin Ross Harris' murder conviction in his son's hot-car death". CNN. June 22, 2022. Archived from the original on June 23, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
^"Georgia Supreme Court overturns murder conviction against Justin Ross Harris, whose son died after being left in a hot car for hours". CBS News. June 22, 2022. Archived from the original on June 23, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
^"Justin Ross Harris, Georgia man convicted in baby son's hot car death, has verdict overturned". Fox News. June 22, 2022. Archived from the original on June 23, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
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^Levenson, Michael (May 25, 2023). "Prosecutors Won't Retry Father Whose Son Died in Hot Car". New York Times. Archived from the original on May 26, 2023. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
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