Murder and child cruelty charges have been dismissed against Justin Ross Harris, 42, a Tuscaloosa native whose toddler died in a hot car nine years ago. More:
in which he left his 22-month-old son, Cooper, to die in his hot SUV.
The Cobb DA’s office said in a statement that over the past 11 months it conducted a thorough review of the case file. “This decision, without any notice to those most knowledgeable and involved in the case from practically day one of the investigation, is a disservice,” Boring said. “He simply dismisses the charges with no accountability even though everyone, including the Georgia Supreme Court, has stated that the evidence is there.”
On June 18, 2014, Harris left home with Cooper to drop him off at day care before going to work at Home Depot. They stopped to eat breakfast at a Chick-fil-A. But Harris later told police he forgot to drop off Cooper and mistakenly left him in his rear-facing car seat in the back seat of his SUV in the company parking lot.
“The state convincingly demonstrated that was a philanderer, a pervert and even a sexual predator,” Chief Justice David Nahmias wrote. “This evidence did little if anything to answer the key question of intent when he walked away from Cooper.”
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