I wonder if he was so preoccupied with all the girls he was texting he forgot about the little one.
100% agree with this. I think that JRH was so preoccupied with his "second life" that he neglected to drop Cooper off at daycare.
Which is exactly what the defense is going to propose. But if I was so preoccupied with sexting a bunch of women/girls and forgot my child resulting in his death, I would want them to put me under the jail. I could not carry on knowing that my own selfish wants caused me to forget my child. I literally could not live with myself.
I don't understand how the defense arguing that JRH was preoccupied helps them. Let's take texting and driving as an example. If I run a red light and kill another person, I am not innocent because I was preoccupied behind the wheel. I cannot imagine arguing before the court that I should not be responsible because I was knowingly engaged in a reckless activity. It's the same thing with Ross and Cooper. Ross was responsible for getting Cooper to daycare. If Ross failed to do so simply because he was preoccupied, he should be no less culpable under the law IMO.
This case brought me to WS, and I cannot stop thinking about sweet Cooper. I was previously employed at The Home Depot's corporate HQ, and I have eaten at the CFA where Cooper enjoyed his last meal. When my kids were toddlers, we used to meet up with other families on the CFA playground on an extremely frequent basis. I have shopped at The Home Depot where Ross bought the light bulbs on his lunch break, and I have traveled through the intersection between CFA and Ross's office literally thousand of times. For several years, my commute home from work took me past Akers Mill Square, the location where Ross discovered Cooper, and the movie theater where Ross was heading. I know these locations like the back on my hand. While I am trying to wait for the evidence to come out at trial, it is hard for me to overlook my personal knowledge with these various locations.
I cannot comprehend how Ross forgot Cooper in the short drive from CFA to his office. Boring tried to make that point during his opening statement when he talked about being able to throw a football from CFA to the turn lane. While I think that his explanation in court was unconvincing, I know and understand the point he was attempting to make. I feel like a broken record, but it is impossible to convey in words and pictures how close the turn lane is to CFA. Ross literally had seconds to decide in which lane he needed to be: 1) the lane to turn to daycare, or 2) the lane to head to work. That time frame would have been even shorter if Ross exited the shopping center in the proper location instead of making an illegal U-turn. I just cannot accept that Ross forgot in less than 60 seconds that he had Cooper in the car.
I have attached a picture of the layout of the location where Ross made his U-turn. Ross would have been on the same side of the road as the silver car. Please note the no U-turn sign in the foreground and the CFA in the background. The white and silver building in the background is The Home Depot's HQ, the location of Cooper's daycare. The Home Depot where Ross purchased his light bulbs at lunch would be immediately behind you and to your left. The Publix where Ross ate lunch is the beige shopping center through the tree and to your left (in front of you). The thing that this picture does not capture is how commanding The Home Depot's three corporate buildings are at the intersection (the intersection is 0.1 miles uphill from here, and there are no trees obstructing the view).
