Dad "sexted" girl, 17, while son was dying in hot car

[Jazzy]

Justin Harris with his son, Cooper.

A judge has ordered that the Georgia man charged with murder in his young son's death inside a hot car be held without bond in preparation for a trial.

At Thursday's bond and probable cause hearing, a detective testified that Justin Harris, 33, was "sexting" pornographic images of himself to multiple women, including a 17-year-old girl, while his son was dying inside a hot SUV on June 18.

Cobb County Police Detective Phil Stoddard also testified that there were two life insurance policies on 22-month-old Cooper. One was for $2,000 and the other, which was acquired in November 2012, was for $25,000.

Stoddard described evidence that prosecutors say shows that Harris intentionally left the child in the car, was practically leading a double life and should not be granted bond.

The detective said Harris, who told police he accidentally forgot to take the boy to daycare, had been exchanging nude photos with up to six women while he was at work the day the child died. He also said that the investigation revealed Harris had a habit of speaking with various women through computer-related messaging services and had even met up with some women and told at least one that he had cheated on his wife before.

The detective also said that in the weeks before Cooper's death, Harris did an Internet search for "how to survive in prison" and had looked at websites that advocated living a "child-free" life.

According to Stoddard, Harris told police that on the morning of June 18, he went to breakfast with his son at Chick-fil-A, then strapped the child into his car seat and gave him a kiss. Harris was supposed to drive the child to daycare, but he told police he instead drove to work without realizing that his son was in the backseat.

Stoddard said Thursday that the drive from Chick-fil-A to Harris' workplace is approximately .6 miles and that about one-tenth of a mile away from Chick-fil-A, there is a stoplight where Harris would have had to turn to go to the daycare.

Instead, Harris didn't turn and the child was left in the car alone for about seven hours while his father went to work at Home Depot's corporate office.

The temperature that day was 88 degrees at 5:16 p.m., according to a police warrant filed the day the child died. The medical examiner's office ruled the child died of hyperthermia and the manner of death was ruled a homicide.

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[Flurry]

This guy is a damn scum bag.