stand for ross, it is her. right. but yet she did. because she believes 100% that it was not intentional. so there she was in court, not condemning ross but defending him. tell me a little bit about cooper. cooper was the sweetest little boy. he had so much life in him. he was everything to me. and everything to ross too, she testified, as the jury watched family videos of father and son. what are we looking at there? that s them in our bed, and they would just that s kind of a little game that they would play. leanna said ross was the kind of dad who always played at the park. you do it.
bravado and of the state and the charges, we felt extremely confident that house of cards was going to collapse in trial. in october 2016, more than two years after the death of his son, ross harris went on trial for murder. death. deception. and a double life. chuck boring, the lead prosecutor, told the jury why ross s story had never added up. that chick-fil-a video showed cooper wide away. that drive was too short to forget a toddler. the car seat was just inches behind ross. and at ross s office there was a photo of cooper and a gift from cooper. he even sent a text to leanna in the afternoon about cooper. when you getting my buddy, it said. none of that jogged his memory? there was just cue after cue after cue, that if he had actually forgotten would have triggered something. and then the prosecution
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that it was not intentional. reporter: so there she was in court, not condemning ross, but defending him. tell these folks a little about cooper. cooper was the sweetest little boy. he had so much life in him. he was everything to me. reporter: and everything to ross, too, she testified, as the jury watched family videos of father and son. what are we looking at there, leanna? that s just them in the bed. and they would just that s kind of a little game they would play. reporter: leanna said ross was the kind of dad who always played at the park. you do it, go. reporter: and made goofy videos of his son at snack time. you want it? yeah.
because she knew ross so well. he could be forgetful. and when she saw the video of him with police, she recognized that ross, too. this morning we woke up reporter: the overly-social guy just chatting away. he just would talk to everybody, very outgoing, very vocal. he didn t he never met a stranger. reporter: but leanna also told the jury how ross looked when she first saw him at the police station. she says he was in terrible pain. it was very difficult to see him like that. reporter: this was the true face of ross grief and guilt, the defense said. and leanna explained to the jury why she asked ross that question that made investigators so suspicious. did you say too much?