Not sure what I think about this- baby left in car

[CeaBee]

Could he have forgotten his son was in the car, go to work, then go back to the car at lunchtime, and still not realize that his son was in the car?

If not an accident then what could his motive possibly be, to kill his child like this?

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Dad Whose Baby Died in Hot Car Returned at Lunch

Justin Ross Harris, the Georgia man charged with murder after leaving his 22-month-old son in the back of a hot SUV all day long, went to the vehicle on his lunch break, according to a warrant released on Wednesday.

Police said Justin Ross Harris placed his son, Cooper, in a rear-facing car seat after they ate at a Chick-Fil-A in suburban Atlanta near his office the morning of June 19.
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Harris, 33, was supposed to have brought his son to daycare in the morning before he arrived for work at 9 a.m. ET, reported NBC affiliate WXIA.


Instead, he went to work for about seven hours, leaving the boy to bake in temperatures that peaked at 91 degrees that day.
The newly released warrant states that, "During lunch said accused (Harris) did access the same vehicle through the driver's side door to place an object into the vehicle. Said accused then closed the door and left the car, re-entering his place of business."




Around 4 p.m., Harris left his job and was driving home in his Hyundai Tucson when he allegedly realized his son was still strapped in the car seat, officials said.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dad-whose-baby-died-hot-car-returned-lunch-warrant-n140491

[RichD]

every summer there seems to be a couple of these

[CeaBee]

but u doan ansa my question.

[RichD]

but u doan ansa my question.

motive could be to punish wife

or him never think sey anyting would happen to the child and think sey him was a save day care money

[CeaBee]

do u think that he could have gone back to the car, open the door, and not see that the child was still in the car seat?

[RichD]

do u think that he could have gone back to the car, open the door, and not see that the child was still in the car seat?

yes ..specially if his mind not on that..maybe him walking and talking on the phone and jus go get sumtin out of car and not really paying attention.

[Gen]

chckfila was 1 mile from him office.

so between chckfla and him office him figet dat child in the car.

[Peasie]

Yes. He could have just not remembered the child was in the car.

I know a couple who left their 10-year old son in a car overnight. Along with their older son, they had come back late that night from a family event. Everyone sleepily left the car and a parent locked the car. Well, they did not see that the 10 yr old was laying down sleeping when they locked in the car. The next morning, Sunday, they all slept in late so no one really missed him right away. When the mom went out to go grocery shopping, she found her son dead. He was trying to claw his way out of the car. It was a 1997 BMW with this double lock system that, if you're locked inside, you can't get out. They lived on a Caribbean island where mid-morning temps can soar to over 80 degrees outside. Inside the car it was even hotter. It was a tragic, tragic situation.

So yes, sometimes you can be so distracted, not thinking, or whatever, and then this happens. I don't believe this would have happened to me only because I was constantly aware-agitated-obsessive about them but, to be honest, their caring, loving father was not as instinctive about them as I was ... there was one incident when I asked my husband if he had forgotten about the baby when he was locking up the car and rushing me inside the market. I was like, are you forgetting something?

[CeaBee]

Yes. I get that people can forget especially if it's not the normal routine.

but what is causing raised eyebrows, is the fact that at lunchtime he went back to the car, opened the door, put something inside, and *still* it never dawn on him that the child was still there.

that is what causing them to charge him with murder, and not the lesser charge (can't remember what that is) that they usually apply in similar cases.

[Peasie]

ca-ca happens

[CeaBee]

Indeed. I think i agree with you and RichD, that is was an accident. Anything else really doan mek sense.

[RichD]

Indeed. I think i agree with you and RichD, that is was an accident. Anything else really doan mek sense.

but yuh raise a good point about what the police know why dem charge him wid murder rather dan negligent homicide or manslaughter or sumtin lesser

[CeaBee]

i assume that the garage has cameras, so that's how they know that he went back to his car.

maybe them see him acting a way when him did go back to him car


(or maybe is over zealous prosecution and them soon drop the murder charge down to negligent homicide or someting suh)

[mountaingal]

apparently they found out the guy did an internet search on how long it takes a puppy to die if left in a locked car on hot day - before the baby thing.

[mountaingal]

http://gawker.com/report-father-researched-animals-dying-in-hot-cars-bef-1596088419