Here's (my) transcript:
Video shows Ross Harris waiting in the interview room at Cobb police headquarters. He is visibly upset and begins crying. "Oh God!" he is heard saying.
Harris is seen and heard breathing heavy, sobbing with his head down in the video. In the courtroom, Harris closes his eyes while watching video of himself.
The video shows Harris standing in the interview room alone, leaning against a wall, still breathing very heavily and visibly shaken. He sits back down, then stands up again.
Harris is seen pacing around the room in the video. He crosses and uncrosses his arms across his chest. In the courtroom, Harris watches the video with his face resting on his palm.
Harris is offered a snack and more water, but declines. A detective enters the room and searches Harris.
Harris tells detectives he has a degree from the University of Alabama, is not under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and has no medical conditions.
Harris agrees that he understands his Miranda rights and he signs them.
Harris describes the morning of June 18, 2014 and how he and Cooper had breakfast at Chick-fil-A. Then, Harris says he put his son in his car seat. "I strapped him in, I tightened him up, I gave him a kiss, he gave me a kiss."
Harris says he left lunch with some work friends. They had planned to see a movie that afternoon.
While driving down Akers Mill Road, Harris says he got a glimpse of Cooper in his rearview mirror. "Then I lost it," Harris told the detective.
Cooper's eyes were open half-way, he wasn't breathing and he didn't have a pulse, Harris says. "I knew he was gone," Harris says.
Harris says he tried to call the daycare to tell them to have his wife stay there. Harris said others were calling 911. He tried to call his wife, but hung up when an officer arrived.
Harris says most of the time, he took Cooper to daycare. But there isn't a routine because his wife sometimes took him.
Harris says he wasn't on the phone when he left Chick-fil-A. "I was[n't] doing anything. I just left," he says.
Harris says he parked in an outdoor lot outside his office. "I actually parked under a tree," Harris says.
"When can I talk to my wife?" Harris asks. "Do you know where she is?" The detective tells Harris officers are planning to speak with her at the family's home.
Harris says he's been married eight years and that the two have a good relationship.
Harris says Cooper was riding in a rear-facing car seat because the forward-facing car seat was in his wife's car.
Harris is seen again pacing the room while waiting for detectives to return to the interview room.
Detectives return to the interview room to continue asking Harris questions. Harris describes how he would drop off Cooper at his daycare.
Harris says Cooper woke up at 5:15 that morning, but when the boy fell back asleep, Harris put him back in his room. Harris said the two were running late, so he decided to go to Chick-fil-A.
Harris says Cooper began attending the Little Apron daycare at Home Depot when he was 6 weeks old.
Harris says it was the first time he had ever forgotten Cooper in the car.
Says money is fine between the couple. They have student loans and small credit card balance. He says the family was planning to take a cruise.
Harris says Cooper was smart, happy and loved to play. The boy also learned the Disney movie "Cars."
Harris says sometimes, he's gone to Chick-fil-A by himself and then gone straight to work. He says he mi[ght] may have been thinking it was one of those days. Harris says one of his biggest fears was leaving his son in a hot car.
Cooper was small for his age, weighing between 20 to 22 pounds, and he fit fine in a rear-facing car seat, Harris says.
The detective tells Harris he's going to be held in a cell and charged. "It was completely unintentional," Harris says. "I'm a great father, and I have multiple people that would back that up."
Harris says he'd rather not talk any more and is seen leaving the interview room.
After Leanna Harris was interviewed, she is allowed to speak with her husband.
"I do not hate you," Leanna says. "I love you."
Harris says his life is over.
"I can't believe I did this!" Harris says. "Why me?"
Harris tells Leanna that Cooper looked so peaceful, and that his eyes and mouth were closed when he pulled him out of the car. “It’s my fault,” Harris says, while sobbing.
Leanna asks Harris if he wants to have more children, and he says, “Yes.”
Leanna says when she called the daycare center, she was told Cooper hadn’t been there all day.
Harris says if he could bring Cooper back, he wouldn’t. When Leanna says, “You wouldn’t?” He replies, “No, because he’s in Heaven.”
“What have I done? What have I done?” Harris says sobbing.
“I've never left him in the car. I’ve taken him to daycare a million times,” he says
Harris says he tried as hard as he could to save Cooper.
Harris taps on the table with his fingers and takes a deep breath. “Okay. Okay,” he says.
Det. Stoddard comes in and tells Harris he seized his phone but can write down some numbers.
What are the next steps?, Harris asks. He'll be sent to jail tonight, Stoddard says.
Stoddard says charges could be added.
“Does it have to be like this?” Leanna asks. “He didn’t do this on purpose.”
"By his actions, your son’s dead. I have to charge him on that,” Stoddard replies. The courts will take over from there, he says.
“Despite the charge, I appreciate the courtesy. You guys were good to me,” Harris says to Stoddard.
Harris tells Leanna to go to Home Depot and let his boss know what happened, leaving out the legal aspects of the situation.
Leanna asks what will happen with Harris’ job but he doesn’t know.
“If something happens, we have places to go, ok?” Harris says.
“I know you didn’t do this on purpose. I know you didn’t. I love you,” Leanna says as they hug in parting.
The video ends.
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