Father of Toddler Who Died in a Hot Car Sentenced to Life in Prison

The Associated Press reports that Harris received a malice murder conviction last month. On Monday, Cobb County Superior Court Judge Mary Staley Clark sentenced Harris to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Harris was discovered to be sexting throughout the day while 22-month-old Cooper was strapped in his car seat. Harris claimed he had forgotten to drop his son off at day care, though security footage showed him looking into the backseat and stopping by the vehicle on his lunch break. In one of his sexts sent to a woman with whom he was conducting an affair, Harris wrote that he had “no conscience.”