9:00 a.m. State calls first witness of the day, Melony Gibson, to the stand. Gibson is the executive director at Little Apron Academy, where Cooper Harris attended day care.
9:03 a.m. Gibson says Cooper had been attending day care there since he was an infant. She says she had many interactions with Harris and his ex-wife Leanna.
9:03 a.m. Gibson says Harris was more gregarious and mom, Leanna, was more reserved. She says they always acted appropriately with Cooper.
9:04 a.m. "Cooper was an affable child. He was a talker. Calm-natured, very easy to get along, just a normal soon-to-be 2-year-old," Gibson said of Cooper.
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9:06 a.m. Gibson says Harris usually brought Cooper to day care in the morning.
9:09 a.m. State enters day care records into evidence. The records include who dropped him off and at what time.
9:15 a.m. Defense begins cross-examination of Gibson.
9:16 a.m. Defense says everyone at Little Apron knew Harris. Gibson smiles as she says yes. Agrees he was a "personality, always cracking jokes."
9:18 a.m. Gibson describes Harris as "very present." She said Harris used to stop in and check on Cooper at lunch sometimes. Talks about a time when Harris dressed up for day care events. "We definitely knew when Ross was in the building," Gibson said while smiling.
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9:24 a.m. Gibson says there were no signs of neglect or abuse, and if there had been she would've been surprised based on her interactions with the Harris family.
9:30 a.m. Defense says Harris went to Chick-fil-A several mornings in June after dropping Cooper at day care.
9:31 a.m. Gibson says her observation of Harris as a loving father wasn't a one time thing. It was formed over 18 months. When questioned by prosecutors, she says she has been surprised before by parents who act one way in front of her, but later turn out to be completely different.
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