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A meal with Daddy at Chick-fil-A... that's what 22-month-old Cooper Harris enjoys the June morning that he dies. Father Justin Ross Harris, 41, takes his son to breakfast, and then instead of turning toward the daycare to drop off his son, Harris drives to work, parks his SUV in the lot and heads inside. The little boy is still strapped in his car seat. The temperatures that day are over 90 degrees outside, and 125 degrees in the car, according to experts. Cooper Harris suffers heatstroke and dies. Justin Ross Harris returns from lunch, stops to put a purchase inside the car, but doesn't see his son inside. The discovery of the body happens that evening as Harris is driving home. He pulls over into a parking lot, unlocking the lifeless body of his only child from it's restraints. Harris is charged and convicted of eight counts including malice murder. A judge sentences him to life without parole as well as 32 more years in prison. Now the killer dad is asking for a new trial. Today on Body Bags, former death scene investigator and forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan walks us through the terrible details of this case.
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The body of 13-year-old Minnie Soriano is found by a homeless man in a dumpster. The girl has been sex abused and strangled. Now after 22 years, 49-year-old Joseph Martinez has been arrested. Officials allege that Martinez, who teaches astronomy on the street, knew Soriano because he lived in her building. The teen also had an interest in astronomy and wanted to be an astronaut. Police say familial DNA technology pointed to Martinez. This is the first time the technology has been used in New York City.
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Restaurant manager killed while making food deliveries. Man says hypodermic needles in his pocket are for fishing.
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A new investigation launched in the death of a popular social media influencer after allegations of botched police work. 23-year-old Lauren Smith-Fields died of what has been ruled as an accidental overdose of Fentanyl, prescription medication, and alcohol. 911 was called by a man Smith-Fields met through a dating app. Matthew LaFountain told police that he woke up the morning following a date and saw Smith-Fields not breathing while “blood was coming out of her right nostril.” The victim’s family attorney, Darnell Crosland, is pushing for DNA testing after claiming a semen-filled condom and bloody bedsheets found at the scene were allegedly compromised by Bridgeport Police Department.
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Texas teens killed by mom's boyfriend. Mail carrier mom's turns in thieving daughter.
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Bart Halderson, 50, and his wife Krista Halderson, 53, are reported missing after their son, 23-year-old Chandler Halderson, says they didn’t return from a planned weekend trip to their cabin in Langlade County. Investigators find human remains and a bloody tarp in a wooded area in a remote part of Dane County. An autopsy confirmed that father Bart Halderson died from homicidal violence including a firearm injury. Krista Halderson is found days later. Their bodies had been dismembered. Chandler Halderson is charged with murder.
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American fugitive caught after coming down with COVID abroad. Man moves a pedestrian bridge to his home.
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New Orleans police executing a search warrant related to a missing person, find a dismembered body. The headless torso was found inside a freezer, which was inside a bus, parked next to a home. Drop cord had been run to the bus to power the freezer. The remains have been identified as Julia Dardar 36. An autopsy determined that Dardar died of blunt force injuries to her head and neck along with asphyxia due to manual strangulation. Benjamin Beale, 34, has been charged with second-degree murder.
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Woman tries to buy a baby from Walmart customer. Man bolts from traffic stop so he can finish his burger.
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The FBI report on the death of Gabby Petito concludes that Brian Laundrie killed Petito while the pair were on a cross-country van trip. The report also states that Laundrie confesses to the murder in a hand written notebook, found near the remains of Laundrie's body. According to the report, Laundrie tried to cover up Petito's death by using the woman's debit card, and then also sending text messages from her phone, to give the impression that Gabby was still alive.
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