patrol investigates the case. the family s attorney, meanwhile, says the focus of that investigation should not be on the woman, rather on who she calls the wannabe mma cop. new accusations are being revealed about the georgia father accused of murder in the hot car death of his toddler son. prosecutors say that justin ross harris was sexting with several women on the day of his son s death including a teenage girl, and life insurance policies on cooper are raising new questions about possible motives. we plan to show that he wanted to live a child-free life. there s been no connection whatsoever between the events of that day and the death of this child and this fantasy texting. let s bring in right now bradford cohen, criminal defense attorney. bradford, with a welcome to you, let s talk about the relevance that the sexting has in this case. what does it actually prove? well, it depends on what side you re on. if you re on the state and you re arguing for the state attorney
the car seat was situated. it s a rear-facing car seat so cooper s head would be in between or almost in between the two front seats. he put cooper in the vehicle. he stated he strapped him in tight. he went through a little spiel about how he d watched youtube videos about car seat regulations and stuff, and he knew that this was the right car seat and the right way of doing it. he straps him in tight. and cooper gives him a kiss. and he gives him a kiss back. and he says he always gives him the kiss in case they get into a car accident and he dies. he wanted cooper, his last memory or cooper to remember that he had been loved or that his daddy loved him. so he straps him in before driving away, and kissing him, son s kissing him back, they re having a conversation? that s correct. now, you talked about this u-turn and then going to a light. where you make a decision to it s gore to work or turn to the day care. yes, sir. the u-turn, how far is it to
he was a good dad. reporter: but just five days before cooper s death, detective stoddard says internet searches revealed that harris watched videos online about the dangers of being trapped in a hot car and and harris visited a web forum devoted to the child-free lifestyle. you don t have any evidence that he actually typed in a google search or a search for child free? sure. we re getting so far afield from the events of june the 18th. this has got nothing to do with those events whatsoever. the status of his marriage and his fantasy life has got nothing to do with the events of june the 18th. we re just getting so far afield, judge, this is irrelevant to anything. judge this goes to state of mind in the two weeks leading up to the death of this child. so this occurred within two weeks? yes, your honor. overrule the objection. reporter: the detective testified the couple had financial problems and took out life insurance policies on cooper. they had two policies o
stoddard says internet searches revealed that harris watched videos online about the dangers of being trapped in a hot car, and that harris visited a web forum devoted to the child-free lifestyle. you don t have any evidence he actually typed in a google search or anything for child free? ? true. we re getting so far afield. this has gotten nothing to do with those events whatsoever. judge the status of his marriage and his fantasy life has got nothing to do with the events of june 18th. we re just getting so far afield, judge, this is not relevant to anything. judge, this goes to his state of mind in the two weeks leading up to the death of this child. this occurred within two weeks? yes, your honor? overrule the objection. reporter: the detective test find the couple had financial problems and took out life insurance policies on cooper. they had two policies on cooper. the first policy is the $2,000 policy through the home depot.
that harris visited a web forum devoted to the child-free lifestyle. you don t have any evidence that he actually typed in a google search or a search for child-free. we re getting so far afield of the events of june the 18th, this has got nothing to do with those event whatsoever. the status of his marriage and his fantasy life has got nothing to do with the events of june the 18th. we re just getting so far afield, judge. this isn t relevant to anything. judge this, goes to his state of mind in the two weeks leading up to the death of the child. this occurred within two weeks? overrule the objection. the detective also testified the couple had financial problems and took out life insurance policies on cooper. they had two policies on cooper. the first policy is a $2,000 policy through the home depot. the second one, was this something they got back in 2013? yes. november 2012 is when he signed up for it. okay. was this something he still