Ross Harris trial: Day care workers describe Cooper, Ross

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Ross Harris trial: Day care workers describe Cooper, Ross

Photos from the trial of Justin Ross Harris from Oct. 13, 2016. Harris is charged with murder in the "hot car death" case involving his son Cooper in Cobb County in 2014.

Justin Ross Harris arrives in court for his murder trial at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga., on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2016. (screen capture via WSB-TV)

Melony Gibson, director at the Little Apron Academy, where Cooper Harris went to day care, testifies at Justin Ross Harris' murder trial at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga., on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2016. Gibson described Cooper as an affable child and Ross Harris as an involved father. (screen capture via WSB-TV)

Defense attorney Maddox Kilgore shows an image of Ross Harris dressed in costume during a visit to Cooper's day care, during Harris' murder trial at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga., on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2016. Kilgore was portraying Harris as an engaged father. (screen capture via WSB-TV)

Keyatta Patrick, Cooper Harris' teacher at the Little Apron Academy, testifies at Justin Ross Harris' murder trial at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga., on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2016. Patrick described Harris as an involved father. (screen capture via WSB-TV)

Azure Hawkins, one of Cooper Harris' teachers at Little Apron Academy, testifies at Justin Ross Harris' murder trial at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga., on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2016. Hawkins said that Ross Harris "wasn't the kind of dad who would just drop and run." (screen capture via WSB-TV)

Michelle Gray, a co-teacher in Cooper Harris' classroom at Little Apron Academy, testifies at Justin Ross Harris' murder trial at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga., on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2016. Gray described the moment that Leanna Harris arrived at the daycare to pick up Cooper. (screen capture via WSB-TV)

Defense attorney Maddox Kilgore shows images of emails sent to parents by the Little Apron Academy, during Justin Ross Harris' murder trial at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga., on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2016. Kilgore was trying to show that the emails wouldn't show which children were absent. (screen capture via WSB-TV)

Jeffrey Jackson, an IT security engineer at Home Depot, testifies at Justin Ross Harris' murder trial at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga., on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2016. Jackson said that he was asked to track a phone call that came into Home Depot on the day that Cooper Harris died. (screen capture via WSB-TV)

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Justin Ross Harris arrives in court for his murder trial at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga., on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2016. (screen capture via WSB-TV)

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