Photos: Key moments in the Justin Ross Harris case

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Photos: Key moments in the Justin Ross Harris case

Images from the Justin Ross Harris case, involving the death of his son Cooper in a hot car in June 2014.

Justin Ross Harris was sentenced to life in prison in 2016 for killing his 22-month-old son Cooper. But in 2022, the Georgia Supreme Court overturned Harris’s murder conviction. On May 25, 2023, the Cobb County District Attorney’s Office announced its decision not to retry Ross Harris for murder. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)

Justin Ross Harris and his son, Cooper, at a ball game in this undated image taken from Justin's Facebook page. Cobb police say Harris purposely left Cooper in a sweltering car to die on June 18, 2014. His lawyers have said the child's death was an accident. Here are key moments and behind-the-scenes images from the case.

Cobb County Police work near the SUV where Justin Ross Harris left his young son Cooper in the back seat of the vehicle on June 18, 2014, in what Cobb police call an act of malice murder. (BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM)

Not long after Ross Harris pulled the lifeless body of his son Cooper from his Hyundai SUV, Cobb County police examine the vehicle in the Akers Mill Square shopping center parking lot. (BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM)

Leanna Harris (left) sits with her friend Angie Bond in 2007 in Angie’s apartment in Ridgeland, Mississippi. PHOTO FROM FACEBOOK, USED WITH PERMISSION OF ANGIE BOND

Justin Ross Harris, the father of a toddler who died after police say he was left in a hot car for about seven hours, is escorted out of Cobb County Magistrate Court after he was denied bond, Thursday, July 3, 2014, in Marietta, Ga. Harris who police say intentionally killed his toddler son by leaving the boy inside a hot SUV was exchanging nude photos with women the day his son died and had looked at websites that advocated against having children, a detective testified Thursday. (AP Photo/Marietta Daily Journal, Kelly J. Huff, Pool)

Leanna Harris, right, wife of Justin Ross Harris, the father of a toddler who died after police say he was left in a hot car for about seven hours, arrives for her husband's bond hearing in Cobb County Magistrate Court, Thursday, July 3, 2014, in Marietta, Ga. Harris who police say intentionally killed his toddler son by leaving the boy inside a hot SUV was exchanging nude photos with women the day his son died and had looked at websites that advocated against having children, a detective testified Thursday. At that same hearing, a judge refused to grant bond for Harris, meaning he will remain in jail. (AP Photo/Marietta Daily Journal, Kelly J. Huff, Pool)

A tear rolls down the cheek of Justin Ross Harris, the father of a toddler who died after police say he was left in a hot car for about seven hours, as he sits during his bond hearing in Cobb County Magistrate Court, Thursday, July 3, 2014, in Marietta, Ga. Harris who police say intentionally killed his toddler son by leaving the boy inside a hot SUV was exchanging nude photos with women the day his son died and had looked at websites that advocated against having children, a detective testified Thursday. At that same hearing, a judge refused to grant bond for Harris, meaning he will remain in jail. (AP Photo/Marietta Daily Journal, Kelly J. Huff, Pool)

Justin Ross Harris, center, the father of a toddler who died after police say he was left in a hot car for about seven hours, looks on with defense attorney Carlos J. Rodriguez, right, as fellow defense attorney Maddox Kilgore, left, speaks during his bond hearing in Cobb County Magistrate Court, Thursday, July 3, 2014, in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/Marietta Daily Journal, Kelly J. Huff, Pool)

Leanna Harris, wife of Justin Ross Harris, the father of a toddler who died after police say he was left in a hot car for about seven hours, looks on during her husband's bond hearing in Cobb County Magistrate Court on July 3, 2014, in Marietta, Ga. Harris, who police say intentionally killed his toddler son by leaving the boy inside a hot SUV, was exchanging nude photos with women the day his son died and had looked at websites that advocated against having children, a detective testified Thursday. At that same hearing, a judge refused to grant bond for Harris, meaning he will remain in jail.

The mugshot for Justin Ross Harris after being taken into the custody on the day of his son Cooper's death, June 18, 2014.

A screenshot of the taped interview between Justin Ross Harris and Cobb County Police Detective Phil Stoddard on the day that Cooper died. Stoddard's statements during pretrial hearings made reference to this interview.

Justin Ross Harris, left, appears with his attorney Maddox Kilgore before Cobb Magistrate Judge John Strauss on Thursday evening June 19, 2014. Harris is charged with murder and first degree cruelty to children in the death of his 22-month-old son. This photo is of the closed circuit TV shown in the court's remote viewing area. (BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM)

What follows are some images from the life that Ross Harris and his family used to lead. Here, Leanna Harris and her husband, Ross, pose for a photo with their son, Cooper, in an undated photo. Photo downloaded from Ross Harris's Facebook page.

Ross and Leanna Harris lived in this Moundville, Alabama home before they moved to Atlanta in 2012. Neighbors--those who would open the door--describe the street as quiet and pleasant, and remember them as a friendly, nice couple. Ariel Hart / AHart@ajc.com

From right, Justin Ross Harris, his father Reggie Harris, and his half-brother Michael Baygents take in a Sugar Bowl game, likely the Alabama-Oklahoma matchup on Jan. 2, 2014.

This undated photo from Ross Harris' Facebook page shows him holding a sleeping baby. It's not specified that the child in the photo is his son Cooper.

Undated portrait of Cooper Harris in what appears to be a car seat. Photo downloaded from Ross Harris's public Facebook photos.

Another undated photo of Cooper Harris, the son of Justin Ross Harris and Leanna Taylor Harris, from Ross Harris' public Facebook photos.

This undated photo of Cooper Harris comes from Justin Ross Harris' Facebook page.

This undated photo of Justin Ross Harris posing in a restaurant bathroom mirror was posted on the site statement-analysis.blogspot.com.

An undated photo of Justin Ross Harris taken from his Facebook page.

Justin Ross Harris, left and pointing, attends a meeting at Home Depot in Marietta in this photo posted on Facebook in April, 2014.

Justin Ross Harris, in costume, holds his son, Cooper, in this Facebook photo posted in May, 2014. Harris appears to be wearing a Home Depot character costume.

Justin Ross Harris and his wife, Leanna, at Monkey Joe's in this photo posted to Facebook in June, 2014--the same month that Cooper died.

Cobb Police Public Information Officer Michael Bowman talks to members of the media Wednesday evening June 25, 2014 about the investigation into the death of a 22-month-old left in an SUV last week. (BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM)

Justin Ross Harris appears in Cobb County Magistrate Court Thursday, July 3, 2014, before Chief Magistrate Court Judge Frank R. Cox, during a probable cause hearing in Marietta, Georgia. Harris is facing charges of second-degree cruelty to a child and felony murder in the death of his 22 month-old son Cooper on June 18, 2014. Harris has plead not guilty to the charges. (Kelly J. Huff/Marietta Daily Journal-POOL)

Ross Harris' trial begins in Brunswick, Glynn County, Ga.(Stephen B. Morton for The Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Justin Ross Harris was found guilty on all charges. (Stephen B. Morton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Justin Ross Harris is sentenced in December 2016 to life in prison for killing his 22-month-old son, Cooper. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Justin Ross Harris was sentenced to life in prison in 2016 for killing his 22-month-old son Cooper. But in 2022, the Georgia Supreme Court overturned Harris’s murder conviction. On May 25, 2023, the Cobb County District Attorney’s Office announced its decision not to retry Ross Harris for murder. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)

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