GA - Suspicion over heat death of Cooper, 22 mo., Cobb County, June 2014, #10

[SStarr33]

With so many threads on this subject, it's getting difficult to choose where to post various thoughts.

Ross's behavior at the scene to me points more to how an innocent person would act. His belligerance with LE is what I'm talking about. If he planned this crime, why wouldn't he be more cooperative with LE and feigning sadness rather than cursing at LE, etc. His arrogant behavior is what got him put in cuffs right away. Maybe that wouldn't have happened had he not behaved so badly. Anyway, while so many things point to guilty as sin, some things leave me puzzled. I wouldn't vote to send someone to their death without more information.

This is going to be one of those websleuth cases where 99.999% of the group thinks he is guilty and those that don't are not going to be very popular posters here.:twocents:

LOL, ya think?????

 

[AgentFrankLundy]

I see mention in MSM of a "side business" RH was starting, any ideas what that was ?

 

[jjenny]

I missed the discussion, obviously. Do you have a link to the law that applies to sending photos to a minor?

There is a whole thread on it on the board.

 

[Karmady]

Prosecution:

UNIDENTIFIED PROSECUTOR: Now you said that the defendant and child stopped at Chick-Fil-A?

STODDARD: They did.

UNIDENTIFIED PROSECUTOR: Was that out of the ordinary or something they did on special occasions?

STODDARD: No. Justin stated that this happens two, three times a month and it was a daddy-son time, a special occasion for them.


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I am going through the testimony, and I seriously can't find anytime that the defense addresses chicfila

go to the questioning by defense counsel.

 

[Karmady]

There is a whole thread on it on the board.

thanks, jjenny. I'll check it out

 

[CHERIE.T]

Prosecution:

UNIDENTIFIED PROSECUTOR: Now you said that the defendant and child stopped at Chick-Fil-A?

STODDARD: They did.

UNIDENTIFIED PROSECUTOR: Was that out of the ordinary or something they did on special occasions?

STODDARD: No. Justin stated that this happens two, three times a month and it was a daddy-son time, a special occasion for them.


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I am going through the testimony, and I seriously can't find anytime that the defense addresses chicfila

Coopers last meal and the kiss of death from JH.

 

[jjenny]

okay. for the sake of discussion call her a woman with a reputation for "promiscuity." It ain't commin' in. Google pool table rapes

If she has DNA on her from other men, it will come in.

 

[TorisMom003]

I see mention in MSM of a "side business" RH was starting, any ideas what that was ?

RH had started a web design business with one of his buddies/co workers. Small business that was started 2 to 3 months ago apparently.

 

[Dr. Know?]

To watch a video on hot car deaths 2x, one being the week before Cooper died, and mom also watched it, something would have to influence someone's fear that it could happen. Did JRH forget Cooper before, LH or someone close to them? That's what I want to know. It wasn't like they moved from Alabama to AZ at 100 plus everyday.

 

[cluciano63]

I see mention in MSM of a "side business" RH was starting, any ideas what that was ?

A web design with a partner? Not sure, but I think I may have read that someplace.

 

[SStarr33]

I'd love to read the full transcript of their talk...

Me too. I will be pissed if LE has taken stuff out of context to make things sound more nefarious than they are.

 

[LittleRose]

What if it's shown that the sexting didn't bother LH? Would that lessen it's relevancy?

Maybe, but the Prosecution has texts between RH and LH, indicating that she knew about a previous affair. I doubt they're friendly texts and not likely she knew he was currently sexting.


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[PigPong]

Another poster has said the age of consent in GA is 16. Not sure whether there's an actual charge there. I guess we'll see.

eta: what I mean is, there may be a different law that applies to sending naked pics to a minor in GA. I just don't know and haven't looked.

First, OCGA 16-12-100(a)(1) defines a minor (in regards to sexual exploitation of children) as someone under the age of 18.

Second, in regards to electronics, see below:

TITLE 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
CHAPTER 12 - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS
ARTICLE 3 - OBSCENITY AND RELATED OFFENSES
PART 2 - OFFENSES RELATED TO MINORS GENERALLY
§ 16-12-100.2 - Computer or electronic and child exploitation prevention
O.C.G.A. 16-12-100.2 (2010)
16-12-100.2. Computer or electronic and child exploitation prevention


(a) This Code section shall be known and may be cited as the "Computer or Electronic and Child Exploitation Prevention Act of 2007."

(b) As used in this Code section, the term:

(1) "Child" means any person under the age of 16 years.

(2) "Electronic device" means any device used for the purpose of communicating with a child for sexual purposes or any device used to visually depict a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct, store any image or audio of a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct, or transmit any audio or visual image of a child for sexual purposes. Such term may include, but shall not be limited to, a computer, cellular phone, thumb drive, video game system, or any other electronic device that can be used in furtherance of exploiting a child for sexual purposes;

(3) "Identifiable child" means a person:

(A) Who was a child at the time the visual depiction was created, adapted, or modified or whose image as a child was used in creating, adapting, or modifying the visual depiction; and

(B) Who is recognizable as an actual person by the person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic, such as a unique birthmark or other recognizable feature or by electronic or scientific means as may be available.

The term shall not be construed to require proof of the actual identity of the child.

(4) "Sadomasochistic abuse" has the same meaning as provided in Code Section 16-12-100.1.

(5) "Sexual conduct" has the same meaning as provided in Code Section 16-12-100.1.

(6) "Sexual excitement" has the same meaning as provided in Code Section 16-12-100.1.

(7) "Sexually explicit nudity" has the same meaning as provided in Code Section 16-12-102.

(8) "Visual depiction" means any image and includes undeveloped film and video tape and data stored on computer disk or by electronic means which is capable of conversion into a visual image or which has been created, adapted, or modified to show an identifiable child engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

(c) (1) A person commits the offense of computer or electronic if such person intentionally or willfully:

(A) Compiles, enters into, or transmits by computer or other electronic device;

(B) Makes, prints, publishes, or reproduces by other computer or other electronic device;

(C) Causes or allows to be entered into or transmitted by computer or other electronic device; or

(D) Buys, sells, receives, exchanges, or disseminates

any notice, statement, or advertisement, or any child's name, telephone number, place of residence, physical characteristics, or other descriptive or identifying information for the purpose of offering or soliciting sexual conduct of or with an identifiable child or the visual depiction of such conduct.

(2) Any person convicted of violating paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.00 and by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than 20 years.

(d) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person intentionally or willfully to utilize a computer on-line service or Internet service, including but not limited to a local bulletin board service, Internet chat room, e-mail, on-line messaging service, or other electronic device, to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice, or attempt to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a child or another person believed by such person to be a child to commit any illegal act described in Code Section 16-6-2, relating to the offense of sodomy or aggravated sodomy; Code Section 16-6-4, relating to the offense of child molestation or aggravated child molestation; Code Section 16-6-5, relating to the offense of enticing a child for indecent purposes; or Code Section 16-6-8, relating to the offense of public indecency or to engage in any conduct that by its nature is an unlawful sexual offense against a child.

(2) Any person who violates paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than 20 years and by a fine of not more than $25,000.00; provided, however, that, if at the time of the offense the victim was 14 or 15 years of age and the defendant was no more than three years older than the victim, then the defendant shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.

(e) (1) A person commits the offense of obscene Internet contact with a child if he or she has contact with someone he or she knows to be a child or with someone he or she believes to be a child via a computer on-line service or Internet service, including but not limited to a local bulletin board service, Internet chat room, e-mail, or on-line messaging service, and the contact involves any matter containing explicit verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of sexually explicit nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse that is intended to arouse or satisfy the sexual desire of either the child or the person, provided that no conviction shall be had for a violation of this subsection on the unsupported testimony of a child.

(2) Any person who violates paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years or by a fine of not more than $10,000.00; provided, however, that, if at the time of the offense the victim was 14 or 15 years of age and the defendant was no more than three years older than the victim, then the defendant shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.

(f) (1) It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator of a computer on-line service, Internet service, local bulletin board service, or other electronic device that is in the business of providing a service that may be used to sexually exploit a child to intentionally or willfully to permit a subscriber to utilize the service to commit a violation of this Code section, knowing that such person intended to utilize such service to violate this Code section. No owner or operator of a public computer on-line service, Internet service, local bulletin board service, or other electronic device that is in the business of providing a service that may be used to sexually exploit a child shall be held liable on account of any action taken in good faith in providing the aforementioned services.

(2) Any person who violates paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.

(g) The sole fact that an undercover operative or law enforcement officer was involved in the detection and investigation of an offense under this Code section shall not constitute a defense to prosecution under this Code section.

(h) A person is subject to prosecution in this state pursuant to Code Section 17-2-1, relating to jurisdiction over crimes and persons charged with commission of crimes generally, for any conduct made unlawful by this Code section which the person engages in while:

(1) Either within or outside of this state if, by such conduct, the person commits a violation of this Code section which involves a child who resides in this state or another person believed by such person to be a child residing in this state; or

(2) Within this state if, by such conduct, the person commits a violation of this Code section which involves a child who resides within or outside this state or another person believed by such person to be a child residing within or outside this state.

(i) Any violation of this Code section shall constitute a separate offense.

 

[CHERIE.T]

LOL, ya think?????

:happydance: lolol no chit right SStarr!

 

[blue22]

Q Did they tell you that Ross comes to chifila a lot?
A: Yes
(Stuff about debit cards, I will skip over.)
Q Did he tell you that Ross comes to chifila a lot by himself?
A: No
Q Did he tell you Ross comes to chickfila and goes through the drive thought a lot?
A:No
Q Did he tell you Ross comes through the drive through in the morning and gets breakfast a lot?
A: No
(More about card)
Q Did Ross in fact tell you that he normally takes Cooper to daycare and goes back to chicfila and then goes to work?
A: No, not normally. He said that OCCASIONALLY he would.
Q Occasionally?
Q Occasionally, that's what he told you? Occasionally he would go to take Cooper to daycare and then go to chickfila to get breakfast and then go straight to work?
A: Yes Sir.
Q: During this intervire he told you he went straight to work
A: True
Q: He told you he forgot Cooper
A: True
Q:He told you it was an accident?
A: True
(More of that. )



**JMO. He is saying the EXACT same thing that he said in the prosecution testimony. 2-3 times a month he takes Cooper to eat BEFORE work. OCCASIONALLY, he takes Cooper and goes back through the drive through. (This is coming straight from Ross in his statement.) Same information, the defense is just trying to paint it in a "see, he goes after daycare, he could have just forgotten and been thrown off" picture.

 

[Karmady]

I see mention in MSM of a "side business" RH was starting, any ideas what that was ?

Some kind of computer/web thing. His co-workers both testified about it.

 

[gwenabob]

I think it would be more because everyone knows he needs the blue pill

I'm not convinced that is true. It is my theory that he pretended he had ED to hide his constant sexting with strangers. He had no trouble taking pictures of his erect penis for them. Maybe by the time evening came he had nothing left for his wife and made up a story about ED and low testosterone. I am waiting to see if that is true when trial comes. MOO and all that.

 

[PigPong]

A web design with a partner? Not sure, but I think I may have read that someplace.

This was discussed during the hearing Friday. It was called something like 9th Hour Development and included RH, his two friends (& coworkers) that testified on Friday, and another HD coworker. Basically, the friends he was meeting at the movies.

 

[RainCheck]

I missed the discussion, obviously. Do you have a link to the law that applies to sending photos to a minor?

Section 2256 of Title 18, United States Code, defines child as any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct involving a minor (someone under 18 years of age). Visual depictions include photographs, videos, digital or computer generated images indistinguishable from an actual minor, and images created, adapted, or modified, but appear to depict an identifiable, actual minor.

She also sent pictures of her breasts to him. He's in big trouble as far as the federal laws go.

http://www.justice.gov/criminal/ceos/citizensguide/citizensguide_porn.html

 

[Karmady]

Q Did they tell you that Ross comes to chifila a lot?
A: Yes
(Stuff about debit cards, I will skip over.)
Q Did he tell you that Ross comes to chifila a lot by himself?
A: No
Q Did he tell you Ross comes to chickfila and goes through the drive thought a lot?
A:No
Q Did he tell you Ross comes through the drive through in the morning and gets breakfast a lot?
A: No
(More about card)
Q Did Ross in fact tell you that he normally takes Cooper to daycare and goes back to chicfila and then goes to work?
A: No, not normally. He said that OCCASIONALLY he would.
Q Occasionally?
Q Occasionally, that's what he told you? Occasionally he would go to take Cooper to daycare and then go to chickfila to get breakfast and then go straight to work?
A: Yes Sir.
Q: During this intervire he told you he went straight to work
A: True
Q: He told you he forgot Cooper
A: True
Q:He told you it was an accident?
A: True
(More of that. )



**JMO. He is saying the EXACT same thing that he said in the prosecution testimony. 2-3 times a month he takes Cooper to eat BEFORE work. Occasionally, he takes Cooper and goes back through the drive through. Same information, the defense is just trying to paint it in a "see, he goes after daycare, he could have just forgotten and been thrown off" picture.

Did you know there are green smilies after the first four prosecutor questions? lol