Trial - Ross Harris #6

[rob]

Ross was stuck in a boring job he wanted out of and wasn't performing at. His start up business has bombed.He's married to a boring woman that he won't even have sex with. She's bossy, treats him like a child, reminding him about everything he should do.
But- he's looking for a new job, took over the family money in the last six months (as per testimony) sexting with multiple women, hooking up any time possible. Then one day, it's the day. I going to let C go, get on with my life and make myself happy for a change.
The light bulbs and the movie date are planned. Opps, C not dead at lunch or the friends drive off. So now it the movie. He tells the friends he will be late, yet leaves on time, cause he needs to make the discovery BEFORE LH gets to the daycare to pick C up. Drives in a different direction than the movie location and all of the sudden BAM, he pulls over and finds the baby dead. And, even though the chance of him being looked at was low, he is being looked at, and might end up in prison, just as he thought could possibly happen when he googled it.
This is sort of my theory. He's a know it all. He's too smart. He's not happy with his family life, now that he's in the big city of Atlanta and he realizes (?) he could be living a playboy life.
I'm still saying he let C go on purpose. He hoped he'd just go to sleep and fade away, and he was afraid of how he would look when he found him. But not enough to not do it.
If I'm on the jury, I'd hang it before I'd let him off.
All MOO

 

[JerseyGirl]

Defense calls Angie Bond to the stand. Bond is Leanna's best friend from high school.

 

[gitana1]

But the defense doesn't present at the Grand Jury does it? They only saw what Stoddard claimed correct? And so much of that has been debunked.

The defense does not present a case. Also, there is no cross examination and hearsay evidence is allowed. So an indictment can be easy where a conviction would not. It's very one sided.

 

[AuntB]

From Leanna's testimony this morning:

Kilgore: Where do you live now?
Leanna: I live in north Alabama... in Florence, Alabama.
Kilgore: Do you mind telling everybody why you moved up there?
Leanna: I moved up there to be close to my new boyfriend.
Kilgore: How do you feel about your ex husband?
Leanna: He ruined my life. He destroyed my life. I'm humiliated... I may never trust anybody again... the way that I did... If I never see him again after this day, that's fine.

 

[JerseyGirl]

The defense called its next witness, Angie Bond, who is a medical technologist in Mississippi. Bond has been best friends with Leanna since high school.

She met Harris the summer of 2004 when Leanna and he were dating. Bond testified that she was in the wedding party when the couple got married in 2006.

Bond testified that Leanna really wanted to have a baby. “It took her longer than she’d wanted to, she got really anxious about it,” Bond said.

They were an excited, expecting couple, Harris included, she testified.

 

[Hope4More]

Plenty of people get passed over the first time, and work harder and are promoted at the next opportunity.

And 'flexible' hours don't mean you can come in late, leave early, duck progress calls, and not even turn in your work product .

My husband has a salary position and has 'flexible hours.' He also works on team projects, much like Ross did. But it does not mean he can go in late every day and leave early when he feels like it. Especially not if he was being the weakest link in a group project. EVERYONE else suffers if you do not complete your portion of the work.

That conduct began BEFORE he was passed over? Or AFTER? See the difference?

In some positions and places not being promoted IS the end, and working harder means squat. We do not have the info to know what was the case at the Treehouse. Everything beyond what we know is just speculation.

 

[rob]

After reading my own post, I've decided he misplayed it. He should have been working overtime (no lunch no nothing, 'I've got to finish this project') and let LH discover C not at daycare and call him at work and make a big presentation of screaming and running out to the car to discover C. In my eyes, that would have been more believable.

 

[gitana1]

The defense has had two years to prepare Leanna for her testimony. They know what looked suspicious, they probably read here, so they were adequately prepared to try to "deflect" said testimony with acceptable explanations ie: "I told him to stop taking pictures" or "How much did you say" only came out that way when I meant "why are they charging you, what did you say" since he overtalked often, and "I didn't think we were ready to buy a house." We only have her word that that is what happened. Do I think she would say anything to "save" Ross, yes.

I agree.

 

[Emerald1328]

Is that a reference to baby Cooper, who may have died because he fell asleep with a full belly?

Cooper played NO part in his death.

 

[monkeypants]

Now ross cries? Good lord

 

[blue22]

That conduct began BEFORE he was passed over? Or AFTER? See the difference?

In some positions and places not being promoted IS the end, and working harder means squat. We do not have the info to know what was the case at the Treehouse. Everything beyond what we know is just speculation.

I don't understand that mindset. Since when is working hard squat? If you want a new job, you need references. If you're not doing anything valuable, because you didn't get a promotion...how on earth could anyone recommend you? I didn't get what I wanted, screw you I'm not doing anything. That's such a messed up way of handling life.

I'm really curious to know why he didn't get the other job. I wouldn't be surprised at all if he wasn't recommended.

 

[dstranger99]

After reading my own post, I've decided he misplayed it. He should have been working overtime (no lunch no nothing, 'I've got to finish this project') and let LH discover C not at daycare and call him at work and make a big presentation of screaming and running out to the car to discover C. In my eyes, that would have been more believable.

That would have been more plausible, and like I said earlier, Ross also causing a scene during lunch when he dropped off those light bulbs only to find that Cooper was still cooking so he had to go back to work and wait it out.

 

[Hope4More]

I agree.

Because....why, exactly would Leanna want to lie for Ross?

 

[Inthedetails]

After reading my own post, I've decided he misplayed it. He should have been working overtime (no lunch no nothing, 'I've got to finish this project') and let LH discover C not at daycare and call him at work and make a big presentation of screaming and running out to the car to discover C. In my eyes, that would have been more believable.

Me too. I've been thinking he did NOT do it on purpose, but the lightbulbs and movies are really starting to eat away at me today.

The supervisor was a defense witness, but I think she helped the State's case.

Still, I think the state's case leaves reasonable doubt for INTENTIONAL murder. There are still other charges that I think have been proved. jmo

 

[JerseyGirl]

Bond said she visited the couple in Marietta and they visited her in Mississippi.

When Bond visited Marietta, they went to the Georgia Aquarium and the Varsity. Cooper was there too. At one point over the long weekend, the two women wanted to go to a movie together while Cooper was at daycare but got the movie time wrong. Leanna called Harris to ask him to pick up Cooper from daycare, which he had no problem with, Bond said.

“He played with (Cooper) all the time,” Bond said. “He always did funny things to make (Cooper) laugh.”

He changed diapers and other not as fun things parents have to do, she said.

“He loved that little boy very much,” Bond said.

 

[JerseyGirl]

“When I first met Ross, the first words out of his mouth were ‘I’m crazy about her and I’m going to marry her,’”

Harris was very “chatty,” Bond said. He’d talk to the cashier in the grocery store checkout line.

On the day of Cooper’s death, Leanna left a frantic voicemail on Bond’s phone. When they finally touched base, Leanna told her that Cooper was “gone.”

“I said what do you mean he’s gone?,” Bond asked.

Leanna said “I don’t know how we’re going to get through this because Ross is never going to forgive himself,” Bond testified her friend said.

After Cooper’s death, most of the time Leanna was in a daze but home she was a wreck, Bond said. “She was inconsolable.”

 

[just the facts pls]

I don't understand that mindset. Since when is working hard squat? If you want a new job, you need references. If you're not doing anything valuable, because you didn't get a promotion...how on earth could anyone recommend you? I didn't get what I wanted, screw you I'm not doing anything. That's such a messed up way of handling life.

I'm really curious to know why he didn't get the other job. I wouldn't be surprised at all if he wasn't recommended.

BBM. Indeed that sums up what we saw in testimony from JRH's co-workers today. I agree, that is a messed up way with dealing with life.

As far as employment is concerned, I think that there's only two things your employer can disclose about you:

1. Confirming employment history and duration of employment.
2. Yes or no to the question "Would you hire this person again."

If Home Depot was called (not all employers are) it might very well be they answered "no" and for good reason.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Leanna broke down yesterday after testifying at the trial, said Bond, who described her friend as a very private person.

When Leanna walked into the room where Bond was sitting, she broke down.

“We could not get her to stop crying,” Bond said. They had to wait 30 minutes before Leanna was ready to leave the courthouse.

 

[Hope4More]

Cooper played NO part in his death.

I was referring to the imo very unfunny allusion to Ross not falling asleep after a full belly. Carry on.

 

[katydid23]

That conduct began BEFORE he was passed over? Or AFTER? See the difference?

In some positions and places not being promoted IS the end, and working harder means squat. We do not have the info to know what was the case at the Treehouse. Everything beyond what we know is just speculation.

So he gets passed over for a promotion, that means he should just stop finishing his work, start leaving early, goofing around? Does that make any sense at all? Because just being passed over does not mean one is going to be fired or get a bad recommendation for the next job. But he was heading that way, purposely, by his irresponsible actions at work. He was making things much worse.

And he had a family to take care of. It didn't seem like he had them in mind.