BRUNSWICK, Ga. – A man accused of intentionally killing his toddler by leaving him in a hot car shed tears in the courtroom as jurors were shown 34 autopsy photos.
Ross Harris wept on Tuesday when former Cobb County Medical Examiner Brian Frist described the final hours of his son, Cooper, local news media outlets reported.
This Oct. 3, 2016, file photo shows Justin Ross Harris listening to jury selection during his trial at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga.Frist testified that given the temperatures that day in June 2014, the toddler’s death would have been “prolonged.” He calls the death “agonizing.”
“I believe he went through various stages as he was passing,” Frist said. “He would’ve experienced nausea, a headache, dehydration, seizures, anxiety.”
A police officer testified last week that he smelled “the odor of death” emanating from the vehicle. Officers have said Harris would have noticed the smell immediately as he drove home from work with his dead son in a back seat.