COBB COUNTY, Ga. - The attorney for a Georgia man charged with murder in the hot car death of his 22-month-old son, said he has been indicted by a Cobb County grand jury.
Justin Ross Harris faces eight counts: malice murder, two counts of felony murder, cruelty to children in the 1st degree, cruelty to children in the 2nd degree, criminal attempt to commit felony exploitation of children, and two counts of dissemination of harmful material to minors. The indictments were delivered to a judge Thursday morning.
Harris was arrested after his son Cooper was found dead in the back seat of a hot car June 18. He was denied bond at a probable cause hearing, where investigators testified he sexted several women while Cooper died in the SUV parked outside his father's Home Depot office. Home Depot has since terminated Harris.
Harris, 33, has pleaded not guilty to charges of felony murder and second-degree child cruelty. He claimed he forgot to drop his son off at daycare the morning the boy died.
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