Some coincidences or discrepancies or suspicious behaviors:
1. Just happened to stop taking daily photos of Cooper a couple weeks before incident. (I don't believe anything his ex says).
2. Ross watched a news report just recently about a guy who became an advocate after leaving his kid in a hot car, and as a result of the video, Ross has been turning and looking behind him at the car seat so he won't forget Copper, "because the worst fear of me is leaving my son in a hot car." He just coincidentallyhappened not that particular day. (I re watched the tape. Those were his exact words. It WAS his "worst" fear).
3. In addition to watching the news report about the man turned advocate who left his kid in the car, and having that impact him enough that he started to look behind him so he wouldn't forget Cooper, he also, right before Cooper died, watched a video of a vet showing exactly how hot it gets for dogs in the car. He watched the whole thing. And then left his son in the car shortly after.
4. The day before Cooper died, LH texted, “Don’t forget Cooper.” Answer, “NEVER.”
5. Typically doesn't go into Chik-fil-A to eat. Uses the drive-thru. Just happened to do so that day with his son, conveniently getting him on camera that morning. (Ross was a regular but the worker who helped him had never met Cooper before. Ross stated he usually went through the drive thru, which, by the way, would make it more believable that he had forgotten Cooper as opposed to actually taking him out of the car seat and interacting in the restaurant with him).
6. Often buys CFA for the workers at the daycare. Coincidentally did not order food for them that day.
7. Even though he usually calls the daycare when he's running late, he didn't that day, despite being quite late.
8. Cooper was wide awake when exiting the restaurant, but just happened to fall instantly asleep while parked in his car seat in the parking lot, before even driving off and stayed deeply asleep for the next six minutes. Cooper just happened to say nothing and made no noise the moment he was placed in the car. This is despite the fact that Ross stated that Cooper falls asleep real easily when you drive the car. Not when he's sitting in a parked car, not moving, which some feel happened for a few minutes before Ross left the parking lot.
9. He forgot his son in either a couple minutes after strapping him in tightly and kissing him or less than a minute after doing so. Protestations to the contrary, Cooper is not a cup of coffee. And I don't believe Ross was lulled into autopilot in a parked car or while driving 40 seconds to a turn. The cases I've read don't indicate something happening that quickly or in that manner.
10. For six to 7 minutes after leaving CFA, Ross didn't see his son although is proximity to the car seat and Cooper's head in that car was incredible. However magically, later that day, he saw his son when making a turn.
11. Despite his defense likely claiming distraction, or maybe exhaustion, Ross Harris has a very detailed, clear memory of every step he took the day Cooper died. So he remembered every damn minute of the day but forgot his son.
12. Ross just happened to park his car that morning, in a manner that involved backing in, but didn’t see his kid as he did so.
13. Communications about kids being at their childcare or getting there are often triggers for parents who accidentally left them in the car. But not for Ross. Not ever for Ross: Text from LH: “Get to work ok?” Wasn’t a trigger, even though the questio had a ‘safety” implication. And could trigger a memory of driving to work and to childcare.
14. He talked about his son at 11:17 a.m - not a trigger.
15. Email about his son? Not a trigger.
16. That day he texted: “When are you getting my buddy?” Not a trigger.
17. He just happened to have to go back to his car that afternoon to put something in it, but instead of putting the item in the back seat as many do, or carefully on the passenger seat, he tossed the fragile items in the front driver’s side, keeping his head above the roof line, and not looking or placing the items.
18. He just happened to coincidentally give some personal info about his plans to a security guard although he had never done so before.
19. He just happened to coincidentally take a longer route to the movies to meet his friends that evening - one that would have him drive by a crowded parking lot where he ‘discovered” his son.
20. A paramedic - not a cop - with no reason to lie, stated Ross showed no emotion when he pronounced the child dead.
21. His son is dead but he can, the very day he died, talk about wanting to be an advocate for hot car death prevention.
22. Ross was nonchalant as video showed, when he went into jail reception after arrest, sat with a relaxed posture and had small talk with another inmate. The day his son died.
These are not all, but some. And while I know there are possible explanations for each, when we find ourselves having to repeatedly contort and stretch to find an explanation as to why not one, not two, not three or four or five or six or seven but multiple coincidences don't add up to anything, I think logic an rationality are slipping a bit.
